Benjamin Ralston
@benjamin-ralston.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, University of Saskatchewan College of Law. Interested in rights, law, and the environment, among other things.
https://law.usask.ca/people/faculty/benjamin-ralston.php
https://law.usask.ca/people/faculty/benjamin-ralston.php
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We are hiring a tenure-track assistant professor at the College of Law, @usask.ca. We are especially interested in applicants with expertise in: (1) law and technology, (2) business (especially corporate law), and (3) Indigenous law and Indigenous legal theory.
usask.csod.com/ux/ats/caree....
usask.csod.com/ux/ats/caree....
Law: Tenure track position
Faculty Member, Law: Tenure Track
The College of Law at the University of Saskatchewan seeks to hire one tenure-track position. The Search Committee ...
usask.csod.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We are hiring a tenure-track assistant professor at the College of Law, @usask.ca. We are especially interested in applicants with expertise in: (1) law and technology, (2) business (especially corporate law), and (3) Indigenous law and Indigenous legal theory.
usask.csod.com/ux/ats/caree....
usask.csod.com/ux/ats/caree....
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We are excited to announce the Second International Conference of Critical Legal Geography at the University of Concepción, Chile, 17-20 March 2026. The call is now live @ www.clg.place on our conference page. Deadline for submissions 10 November 2025.
September 18, 2025 at 9:40 AM
We are excited to announce the Second International Conference of Critical Legal Geography at the University of Concepción, Chile, 17-20 March 2026. The call is now live @ www.clg.place on our conference page. Deadline for submissions 10 November 2025.
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🔥⚖️🌐final countdown to a historic moment for #ClimateJustice: in a few minutes, InterAmerican Court of Human Rights will deliver landmark authoritative judicial opinion on States' climate obligations
#AOLetsGo #OpiniónConsultiva
🧵key elements of context & analysis in thread👇
#AOLetsGo #OpiniónConsultiva
🧵key elements of context & analysis in thread👇
July 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🔥⚖️🌐final countdown to a historic moment for #ClimateJustice: in a few minutes, InterAmerican Court of Human Rights will deliver landmark authoritative judicial opinion on States' climate obligations
#AOLetsGo #OpiniónConsultiva
🧵key elements of context & analysis in thread👇
#AOLetsGo #OpiniónConsultiva
🧵key elements of context & analysis in thread👇
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Supreme Court Canada dismissed leave to appeal in youth Charter Rights challenge to Ontario greenhouse gas law. Per ONCA an new hearing will be held for 're-determination.' #climatechange #environment #onlaw
Charter, #environment, #children: Supreme Court Canada leave to appeal decision May 1st on youth challenge to #Ontario greenhouse gas emission reduction target law infringe Charter ss 7,15. #climatechange #scc www.scc-csc.ca/cases-dossie... Leaves decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/news...
May 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Supreme Court Canada dismissed leave to appeal in youth Charter Rights challenge to Ontario greenhouse gas law. Per ONCA an new hearing will be held for 're-determination.' #climatechange #environment #onlaw
There's no surer sign of spring than this around here.
April 24, 2025 at 2:01 AM
There's no surer sign of spring than this around here.
If you have a pile of grading to do, why not do it in the mountains, especially if you can leverage grandparents for childcare in the process?
April 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If you have a pile of grading to do, why not do it in the mountains, especially if you can leverage grandparents for childcare in the process?
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Good to see Safe Food Matters et al continuing to demand accountability from PMRA in relation to the licensing of glyphosate-based pesticides in Canada.
And I expect this decision by Justice Zinn to become a leading authority on review of decisions w/out supporting reasons.
#canpoli
And I expect this decision by Justice Zinn to become a leading authority on review of decisions w/out supporting reasons.
#canpoli
Friends of the Earth Canada v. Canada (Attorney General) - Federal Court
decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca
February 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Good to see Safe Food Matters et al continuing to demand accountability from PMRA in relation to the licensing of glyphosate-based pesticides in Canada.
And I expect this decision by Justice Zinn to become a leading authority on review of decisions w/out supporting reasons.
#canpoli
And I expect this decision by Justice Zinn to become a leading authority on review of decisions w/out supporting reasons.
#canpoli
Justice Blackhawk of Canada's Federal Court has issued a very detailed & thoughtful decision on the relevance of UNDRIP to decision making by the federal Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission in Kebaowek First Nation v Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, 2025 FC 319 decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca/fc-cf/decisi...
Kebaowek First Nation v. Canadian Nuclear Laboratories - Federal Court
decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca
February 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Justice Blackhawk of Canada's Federal Court has issued a very detailed & thoughtful decision on the relevance of UNDRIP to decision making by the federal Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission in Kebaowek First Nation v Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, 2025 FC 319 decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca/fc-cf/decisi...
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For anyone on this platform with an interest in the ways in which law and space are entangled with one another (i.e. critical legal geographies), please check out this starter pack: go.bsky.app/4cqybPr
Consider it a living document. If you would like to be included or removed, just let us know.
Consider it a living document. If you would like to be included or removed, just let us know.
February 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
For anyone on this platform with an interest in the ways in which law and space are entangled with one another (i.e. critical legal geographies), please check out this starter pack: go.bsky.app/4cqybPr
Consider it a living document. If you would like to be included or removed, just let us know.
Consider it a living document. If you would like to be included or removed, just let us know.
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The Critical Legal Geographies Network is now on Bluesky.
January 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The Critical Legal Geographies Network is now on Bluesky.
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Yukon could get a new Indigenous-led protected area as big as Vancouver Island. The Ross River Dena Council, Yukon and Canada are studying protections for caribou habitat in an area where both the landscape and the Kaska people have been disturbed by colonization. thenarwhal.ca/ross-river-d...
A new Indigenous protected area in Yukon | The Narwhal
The proposed protected area could cover eight per cent of Yukon, and be co-managed by the Ross River Dena Council and the territorial and federal governments
thenarwhal.ca
December 11, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Yukon could get a new Indigenous-led protected area as big as Vancouver Island. The Ross River Dena Council, Yukon and Canada are studying protections for caribou habitat in an area where both the landscape and the Kaska people have been disturbed by colonization. thenarwhal.ca/ross-river-d...
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Canada strangely argues at the ICJ that the right to life is not informed by the environment and the 'content' of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is 'undefined'. Also argues that the principle of prevention does not exist in the field of climate change.
December 3, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Canada strangely argues at the ICJ that the right to life is not informed by the environment and the 'content' of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is 'undefined'. Also argues that the principle of prevention does not exist in the field of climate change.
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Saskatoon temps were around −28°C this week, just like 34 years ago.
Why −28°C?
Why 34 years ago?
Neil Stonechild was arrested by two #Saskatoon police officers & left in a field northwest of the city on Nov 25, 1990.
Neil was found by construction workers 34 years ago today, frozen to death.
Why −28°C?
Why 34 years ago?
Neil Stonechild was arrested by two #Saskatoon police officers & left in a field northwest of the city on Nov 25, 1990.
Neil was found by construction workers 34 years ago today, frozen to death.
November 30, 2024 at 5:06 AM
Saskatoon temps were around −28°C this week, just like 34 years ago.
Why −28°C?
Why 34 years ago?
Neil Stonechild was arrested by two #Saskatoon police officers & left in a field northwest of the city on Nov 25, 1990.
Neil was found by construction workers 34 years ago today, frozen to death.
Why −28°C?
Why 34 years ago?
Neil Stonechild was arrested by two #Saskatoon police officers & left in a field northwest of the city on Nov 25, 1990.
Neil was found by construction workers 34 years ago today, frozen to death.
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First Full Text Draft of the Plastics Treaty - many options still open but this could be a milestone in the process. The institutional provisions are very much inspired by the #ParisAgreement
wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/ha...
wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/ha...
wedocs.unep.org
November 29, 2024 at 2:30 PM
First Full Text Draft of the Plastics Treaty - many options still open but this could be a milestone in the process. The institutional provisions are very much inspired by the #ParisAgreement
wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/ha...
wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/ha...
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A gentle reminder to this new community that if you want to grow connectivity and vitality in this space you need to re-post (and not just like) those posts that resonate with you and that you think deserve a broader audience. #bluesky won't do it for you. It's not like the other place.
November 28, 2024 at 6:47 AM
A gentle reminder to this new community that if you want to grow connectivity and vitality in this space you need to re-post (and not just like) those posts that resonate with you and that you think deserve a broader audience. #bluesky won't do it for you. It's not like the other place.
The Supreme Court of Canada just released a fascinating new decision on the Honour of the Crown. Building on a recent case on legislative reconciliation in the child and family services context, it has outlined a complementary framework for contractual reconciliation: www.scc-csc.ca/case-dossier...
November 27, 2024 at 6:21 PM
The Supreme Court of Canada just released a fascinating new decision on the Honour of the Crown. Building on a recent case on legislative reconciliation in the child and family services context, it has outlined a complementary framework for contractual reconciliation: www.scc-csc.ca/case-dossier...
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How do carbon taxes affect food prices? In our latest paper, @dr_jen_winter and I analyze both direct and indirect impacts across the entire food supply chain: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5024885
It's the most detailed exploration of CTaxes and food yet! 🤓 #cdnecon #cdnpoli
It's the most detailed exploration of CTaxes and food yet! 🤓 #cdnecon #cdnpoli
November 25, 2024 at 11:25 PM
How do carbon taxes affect food prices? In our latest paper, @dr_jen_winter and I analyze both direct and indirect impacts across the entire food supply chain: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5024885
It's the most detailed exploration of CTaxes and food yet! 🤓 #cdnecon #cdnpoli
It's the most detailed exploration of CTaxes and food yet! 🤓 #cdnecon #cdnpoli
It's a peacefully quiet day on the USask campus for the few of us who have to be here today.
November 25, 2024 at 3:30 PM
It's a peacefully quiet day on the USask campus for the few of us who have to be here today.
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“Climate change threatens to make almost everyone poorer. So, naturally, some governments and individuals are looking to the courts to make fossil fuel companies pony up. And they just got billions of dollars worth of encouragement.” #cdnpoli
www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
Can Big Oil be made to pay like Big Tobacco?
Those who want fossil fuel companies to pony up encouraged by proposal requiring tobacco giants to provide provinces, territories and smokers billions in compensation
www.nationalmagazine.ca
November 22, 2024 at 2:47 PM
“Climate change threatens to make almost everyone poorer. So, naturally, some governments and individuals are looking to the courts to make fossil fuel companies pony up. And they just got billions of dollars worth of encouragement.” #cdnpoli
www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
Our first real snow came late this season. But Mother Nature seems to be making up for lost time.
November 20, 2024 at 12:02 AM
Our first real snow came late this season. But Mother Nature seems to be making up for lost time.
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Excellent short piece by Jolene Lim on the recent Shell climate change 'It would be misguided for companies and their legal advisors to read the Court of Appeal’s decision as an endorsement of ‘business as usual’.' cil.nus.edu.sg/blogs/milieu...
cil.nus.edu.sg
November 18, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Excellent short piece by Jolene Lim on the recent Shell climate change 'It would be misguided for companies and their legal advisors to read the Court of Appeal’s decision as an endorsement of ‘business as usual’.' cil.nus.edu.sg/blogs/milieu...
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‼️ CfP: Canadian Law and Society annual meeting will be held at the University of Saskatchewan College of Law 11-13 June 2025! Proposals are due 15 January 2025. ‼️
Please share widely! 📢
Please share widely! 📢
November 11, 2024 at 11:26 PM
‼️ CfP: Canadian Law and Society annual meeting will be held at the University of Saskatchewan College of Law 11-13 June 2025! Proposals are due 15 January 2025. ‼️
Please share widely! 📢
Please share widely! 📢