Monday’s Mix

Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award­-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible.

This week the randomly selected blogs are 1. Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada 2. Know How 3. OsgoodePD Blog 4. The Defence Toolkit 5. Librarian of Things

Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada
The Top 5 Outdated HR Policies That May Need a 2025 Refresh

The world of work has evolved rapidly in the last few years, and many workplace policies may not have kept pace. Outdated handbooks and contracts not only risk legal non-compliance but also impact employee morale, productivity, and retention. Below are five common HR policy areas that may require a modern refresh. 1. Hybrid Work and Flexibility Policies: Many organizations adopted remote or hybrid work arrangements during the pandemic, but few have formalized these changes in their HR policies. If your company is still relying on ad hoc agreements or policies from 2020, it’s time to update. …

Know How
House of Bills: June 2-5, 2025

Good morning, and welcome to the final edition of House of Bills for the most recent Session of the Ontario Legislative Assembly. See our summary of what happened last week (spoiler: lots) after the jump. …

OsgoodePD Blog
Reflections on the Certificate in Law Teaching

One of the foundational messages of the Certificate in Law Teaching is that law teachers should strive to create a “community of inquiry” – a learning community with a shared intellectual purpose, guided by an expert, engaged in activities in support of that purpose. The inaugural offering of the Certificate in Law Teaching lived up to this aspiration and then some. Over the three weekends we spent together, many participants made connections with each other or with instructors that will extend beyond the certificate, a hallmark of programs at OsgoodePD. These bonds were created through shared engagement in our mission, which included lively discussion, challenging questions, and mutual support. …

The Defence Toolkit
The Defence Toolkit – June 14, 2025: Expert Evidence

This week’s top three summaries: R v Walton, 2025 ONCA 368: #excessive intervention, R v Hardestine, 2025 BCSC 889: #ruse stop, R v Serieaux, 2025 ONSC 2356: #NCRMD R v Walton, 2025 ONCA 368 [May 14, 2025] Excessive Judicial Intervention [Reasons by P. Lauwers J.A. with J. George and J. Copeland JJ.A. concurring] AUTHOR’S NOTE: This case is a textbook illustration of judicial overreach and reinforces the critical principle that judges must not only be impartial—they must be seen to be…

Librarian of Things
Using TRMNL to make digital signs with LibCal

For years, I have been waiting for low-energy e-ink signage to become ubiquitous because they are so solarpunk retropunk. And because this present is a past’s terrible future, digital e-ink signs (with lights to help gig-workers find products faster) are ubiquitous at local grocery and big box stores, but e-ink e-book readers remain costly and my local transit system seems to have never heard of them or their promise: …

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