Amy Matychuk
@amysusanne.bsky.social
Calgary police misconduct / prison justice lawyer. prisonpolicelaw.ca
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Amy Matychuk
@amysusanne.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Hi Bluesky! I’m a police misconduct and prison justice lawyer in #yyc. I follow and follow back public interest lawyers and folks interested in prison reform/abolition and police accountability/defunding. Canada-specific is a bonus.
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Finding common ground in politics is hard.
That's why I'm grateful for Dave Cree's Ward 8 endorsement.
We want to move Calgary forward by lifting people up - regardless of identity, income, or background.
Now is our chance to tell the province we value independent municipal leaders.
#abpoli #yyc
That's why I'm grateful for Dave Cree's Ward 8 endorsement.
We want to move Calgary forward by lifting people up - regardless of identity, income, or background.
Now is our chance to tell the province we value independent municipal leaders.
#abpoli #yyc
October 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Insane that we have to jump through this hoop but here is the link to preorder your flu and COVID vaccine in Alberta until September 30 #ableg
bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...
bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...
bookvaccine.alberta.ca
August 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Insane that we have to jump through this hoop but here is the link to preorder your flu and COVID vaccine in Alberta until September 30 #ableg
bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...
bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...
My Jewish husband was once asked if I was Palestinian, as though he must have a personal connection to the rights of Palestinians in order to care about them.
(My ancestors were Ukrainian/Austrian/British and not even slightly Palestinian)
(My ancestors were Ukrainian/Austrian/British and not even slightly Palestinian)
I’m Jewish and my husband is Palestinian; our daughter is both Jewish and Palestinian. An amazing thing that happens with some frequency is that some Jewish people, upon learning this, will take my pro-Palestine position less seriously because “it’s personal” for me.
May 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
My Jewish husband was once asked if I was Palestinian, as though he must have a personal connection to the rights of Palestinians in order to care about them.
(My ancestors were Ukrainian/Austrian/British and not even slightly Palestinian)
(My ancestors were Ukrainian/Austrian/British and not even slightly Palestinian)
As someone who uses the FOIP process frequently (and engages in hair-tearing about it)…quelle surprise! </s>
"In a new report, Alberta’s information and privacy commissioner has found that the provincial government relied on policies that broke access to information laws and were used to improperly refuse to process some requests for public records." #ableg #abpoli #foip
Alberta government failed to follow access to information rules
A report from Information and Privacy Commissioner Diane McLeod found the province had improperly refused to process a number of requests.
edmontonjournal.com
May 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
As someone who uses the FOIP process frequently (and engages in hair-tearing about it)…quelle surprise! </s>
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Hello!
I'm Nathaniel Schmidt and I'm running to be your next Ward 8 City Councillor.
Calgary has a bright future and I want to use my experience and positive vision to help create a city that works better - for my family, and for yours
Get involved: www.nathanielschmidt.ca
#yyc #yyccc #natefor8
I'm Nathaniel Schmidt and I'm running to be your next Ward 8 City Councillor.
Calgary has a bright future and I want to use my experience and positive vision to help create a city that works better - for my family, and for yours
Get involved: www.nathanielschmidt.ca
#yyc #yyccc #natefor8
May 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Hello!
I'm Nathaniel Schmidt and I'm running to be your next Ward 8 City Councillor.
Calgary has a bright future and I want to use my experience and positive vision to help create a city that works better - for my family, and for yours
Get involved: www.nathanielschmidt.ca
#yyc #yyccc #natefor8
I'm Nathaniel Schmidt and I'm running to be your next Ward 8 City Councillor.
Calgary has a bright future and I want to use my experience and positive vision to help create a city that works better - for my family, and for yours
Get involved: www.nathanielschmidt.ca
#yyc #yyccc #natefor8
This is the best possible outcome of the Canadian election. Libs need 4 more seats to have the majority of the vote, meaning they need to court the NDP for their 7 seats to remain in power. NDP pull the libs to the left and we get actual good shit like pharmacare.
April 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
This is the best possible outcome of the Canadian election. Libs need 4 more seats to have the majority of the vote, meaning they need to court the NDP for their 7 seats to remain in power. NDP pull the libs to the left and we get actual good shit like pharmacare.
Movies you have seen six or more times, no Star wars, LOTR, or Trek
April 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Movies you have seen six or more times, no Star wars, LOTR, or Trek
AB lawyers on Bluesky! Have you already protested the UCP govt’s appropriation of Alberta Law Foundation funding? The govt wants to control how interest on our trust accounts is used. It’s NOT THEIR MONEY. Take a few minutes to call your MLA! action.albertalawfoundation.org
Speak Up Against Bill 39
For over 50 years, the Alberta Law Foundation has strategically managed resources to advance Access to Justice in the province. In that approach, the Foundation has worked closely with organizations, ...
action.albertalawfoundation.org
April 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
AB lawyers on Bluesky! Have you already protested the UCP govt’s appropriation of Alberta Law Foundation funding? The govt wants to control how interest on our trust accounts is used. It’s NOT THEIR MONEY. Take a few minutes to call your MLA! action.albertalawfoundation.org
So basically the UCP is appropriating non-public dollars by telling the Alberta Law Foundation how it can spend its funding, which it gets from interest accrued on lawyers’ trust accounts.
STORY: The United Conservative government’s Bill 39 is politicizing funding for legal groups, leading to $10 million in lost funding for low-income community law clinics and Indigenous legal services, a group of non-profits say. edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
Legal groups lose $10M in funding under new Alberta bill allowing minister to veto grants, law foundation says
The United Conservative government's Bill 39 is politicizing funding for legal groups, leading to $10 million in lost funding for low-income community law clinics and Indigenous legal services, a grou...
edmontonjournal.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
So basically the UCP is appropriating non-public dollars by telling the Alberta Law Foundation how it can spend its funding, which it gets from interest accrued on lawyers’ trust accounts.
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From yesterday: two Edmonton-area RCMP officers have been charged with dangerous driving. No details on the allegations, but certainly makes one wonder.
April 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
From yesterday: two Edmonton-area RCMP officers have been charged with dangerous driving. No details on the allegations, but certainly makes one wonder.
This happens to me often and I usually feel both relieved and confused. Happy the work is done but a bit alarmed about how completely it vanished from my memory
TFW you've got something due tomorrow and you open the Word document to discover that you already did about 2/3 of a draft that you somehow have no memory of
April 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This happens to me often and I usually feel both relieved and confused. Happy the work is done but a bit alarmed about how completely it vanished from my memory
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We need to start talking about how any and all attempts to have good faith discussions about bad faith positions launders those bad faith positions. They are given enough of a sheen of respectability to allow shit offered in bad faith to enter into consideration by otherwise reasonable people
April 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We need to start talking about how any and all attempts to have good faith discussions about bad faith positions launders those bad faith positions. They are given enough of a sheen of respectability to allow shit offered in bad faith to enter into consideration by otherwise reasonable people
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if there's one thing Evangelical Christians know it's that having the state execute a beloved dissident always stops that dissident's message from spreading so yeah seeking the death penalty for Luigi Mangione seems smart
April 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
if there's one thing Evangelical Christians know it's that having the state execute a beloved dissident always stops that dissident's message from spreading so yeah seeking the death penalty for Luigi Mangione seems smart
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For the love of whatever prime mover you ascribe the universe to I implore you from the bottom of my heart that the very first time you email someone, don't write them a several thousand word essay, you will mark yourself as someone without a sense of boundaries and your email will not be read
March 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
For the love of whatever prime mover you ascribe the universe to I implore you from the bottom of my heart that the very first time you email someone, don't write them a several thousand word essay, you will mark yourself as someone without a sense of boundaries and your email will not be read
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UPDATED: Crown prosecutors say an Edmonton police officer who used his job to pursue sex with victims of crime should serve prison time.
The officer's lawyer says he should get a community sentence because he suffers PTSD linked to his military service in Afghanistan.
The officer's lawyer says he should get a community sentence because he suffers PTSD linked to his military service in Afghanistan.
Crown seeks prison time for Edmonton police officer who sought sex from victims of crime
If Crown prosecutors have their way, an Edmonton police officer who used his job to pursue vulnerable women for sex will serve time behind bars.
edmontonjournal.com
March 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
UPDATED: Crown prosecutors say an Edmonton police officer who used his job to pursue sex with victims of crime should serve prison time.
The officer's lawyer says he should get a community sentence because he suffers PTSD linked to his military service in Afghanistan.
The officer's lawyer says he should get a community sentence because he suffers PTSD linked to his military service in Afghanistan.
I can barely imagine a more traumatizing way to spend the third trimester of pregnancy. Except, notably, to be without medical care in a war zone, which is the reality for pregnant people in Gaza.
NEW: Mahmoud Khalil's wife, Noor, files an upsetting but powerful statement with the court: "The past week has been the worst of my life, and I find myself without my single greatest source of support, in my time of greatest need." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I can barely imagine a more traumatizing way to spend the third trimester of pregnancy. Except, notably, to be without medical care in a war zone, which is the reality for pregnant people in Gaza.
I paid $300 for the RSV shot while my baby was in utero. It boggles my mind it isn’t free, given how severe we know RSV can be in newborns.
Alberta is expanding free access to a vaccine for RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) to older adults.
Anyone 70 or older can now get it for free.
For others, including pregnant people, it's still $300 a pop.
(In the U.S., the vaccine is recommended in pregnancy to protect newborns.)
Anyone 70 or older can now get it for free.
For others, including pregnant people, it's still $300 a pop.
(In the U.S., the vaccine is recommended in pregnancy to protect newborns.)
RSV shot now free for larger number of older Albertans | CBC News
More Alberta seniors are now eligible for provincially funded RSV vaccines. All Albertans 70 and over are now eligible.
www.cbc.ca
March 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I paid $300 for the RSV shot while my baby was in utero. It boggles my mind it isn’t free, given how severe we know RSV can be in newborns.
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I talk tough about Ottawa.
I talk tough about the Liberals & NDP.
I talk tough about Trudeau.
But when it comes to talking tough with Trump, I bend the knee and kiss the ring.
Read:
medicinehatnews.com/commentary/o...
I talk tough about the Liberals & NDP.
I talk tough about Trudeau.
But when it comes to talking tough with Trump, I bend the knee and kiss the ring.
Read:
medicinehatnews.com/commentary/o...
February 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I talk tough about Ottawa.
I talk tough about the Liberals & NDP.
I talk tough about Trudeau.
But when it comes to talking tough with Trump, I bend the knee and kiss the ring.
Read:
medicinehatnews.com/commentary/o...
I talk tough about the Liberals & NDP.
I talk tough about Trudeau.
But when it comes to talking tough with Trump, I bend the knee and kiss the ring.
Read:
medicinehatnews.com/commentary/o...
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Message to #YYC Co-Op Stores.
We've been Calgary co-op members for 40+ yrs. Your record of labelling produce by country of origin is mixed.
In these Trumpian times we expect you to highlight goods produced in Canada & preferentially stock from Mexico rather than the US.
#ableg #abpoli #canpoli
We've been Calgary co-op members for 40+ yrs. Your record of labelling produce by country of origin is mixed.
In these Trumpian times we expect you to highlight goods produced in Canada & preferentially stock from Mexico rather than the US.
#ableg #abpoli #canpoli
February 3, 2025 at 5:04 AM
In 2022 I visited Masafer Yatta and met Basel Adra. He is stunningly brave.
NO OTHER LAND, without US distribution, has been nominated for the Oscar for best documentary feature.
"I hope it gets seen by millions in the U.S.," its co-directors told me. "We hope to influence people: not just to change their minds but to move them to act." www.rogerebert.com/interviews/b...
"I hope it gets seen by millions in the U.S.," its co-directors told me. "We hope to influence people: not just to change their minds but to move them to act." www.rogerebert.com/interviews/b...
Our Film Has A Power: Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham on No Other Land | Interviews | Roger Ebert
The filmmakers behind one of this year's most powerful documentaries details the urgency of documenting war crimes in Gaza.
www.rogerebert.com
January 24, 2025 at 6:22 AM
In 2022 I visited Masafer Yatta and met Basel Adra. He is stunningly brave.
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What’s it like running your own law firm?
Accounts receivable > mortgage balance.
Accounts receivable > mortgage balance.
December 28, 2024 at 2:34 PM
What’s it like running your own law firm?
Accounts receivable > mortgage balance.
Accounts receivable > mortgage balance.
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From the inbox: a Red Deer RCMP officer has been charged with breach of trust for transmitting intimate images from a detained person's cell phone while they were in hospital.
December 16, 2024 at 7:39 PM
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All I have to say is OH BOY
“During the course of the investigation, police found additional women who were inappropriately contacted by Singer. CPS said a total of 10 people experienced similar behaviour.”
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7401219
“During the course of the investigation, police found additional women who were inappropriately contacted by Singer. CPS said a total of 10 people experienced similar behaviour.”
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7401219
www.cbc.ca
December 5, 2024 at 12:50 AM
All I have to say is OH BOY
“During the course of the investigation, police found additional women who were inappropriately contacted by Singer. CPS said a total of 10 people experienced similar behaviour.”
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7401219
“During the course of the investigation, police found additional women who were inappropriately contacted by Singer. CPS said a total of 10 people experienced similar behaviour.”
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7401219
3 years after the misconduct, a client of mine who reported domestic violence to the cops and received sexual text messages from the investigating officer has won her case at the Law Enforcement Review Board. There will be a rehearing about the misconduct and initial consequence imposed.
CPS unfairly handled complaint against officer for sending sexual email, rules police watchdog
Calgary police handling of a woman's complaint over an officer's inappropriate email was done unfairly, a watchdog has ruled.
calgaryherald.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:17 AM
3 years after the misconduct, a client of mine who reported domestic violence to the cops and received sexual text messages from the investigating officer has won her case at the Law Enforcement Review Board. There will be a rehearing about the misconduct and initial consequence imposed.