Isabel Grant
@igrantubc
Law Professor specializing in criminal and mental health law. VAW and disability advocate.
“On a difficult day for many women the SCC upheld the prohibition on pimping . My colleague Janine Benedet's factum is quoted at para 163 about the profound sexism and sexualized colonialism in prostitution: decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-cs…
Canada’s sexual-assault law is not the problem – it’s the application of it by Elizabeth Sheehy, Janine Benedet, and @igrantubc theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…
As the only female writer @HeavyHockeyNet, I felt a responsibility to share what I think many women are feeling in the wake of the Hockey Canada SA trial verdict. The verdict landed—but accountability never showed up and I’m not one to stay silent. heavyhockey.com/2025/07/26/the…
“When mental illness is repeatedly framed in the context of suffering, the framing effect could serve to reinforce notions that life with severe mental illness is not worth living,” the report says.
"« Le temps presse » : un rapport dénonce la couverture médiatique déficiente de l'aide médicale à mourir. Des chercheurs ont étudié près de 370 articles de presse consacrés à l'AMM pour les personnes atteintes de maladies mentales" Merci @meagangillmore #polcan #polqc
"The unit is led by social worker Sara Bergen, whose biography states that she also heads the overall administration of MAiD in British Columbia. This dual role is, in itself, cause for concern, says @TrudoLemmens"
New FOI documents re: B.C.'s #MAiD Oversight Unit highlights need for public, transparent monitoring bccatholic.ca/news/catholic-…
4.9% of the approvals reviewed had errors dealing with the criteria, not to mention all the other mistakes. But we need to tolerate potentially criminal deaths lest we discourage providers from offering death.
New FOI documents re: B.C.'s #MAiD Oversight Unit highlights need for public, transparent monitoring bccatholic.ca/news/catholic-…
This determination, and the conclusion that a woman is not credible because she understated her weight, are so far the most ridiculous things I've heard today.But I haven't seen the reasons yet.
The judge also said that Cal Foote putting his naked genitals in EM's face was not necessarily a sexual act. FFS.
this might me the most asinine thing i’ve ever read she can’t remember her exact weight so she’s not credible? she said a figure of speech, “her truth,” so that means it’s not really what happened?? are we serious here??
Just a cautious warning on Twitter that defending EM needs to be done carefully because the Galloway case teaches us that men may well bring defamation actions against women who try to support a complainant on social media. The idea that we have free expression is not true.
“What survivors hear today is a clear message that there is still a wide gap between what we know about real consent and the culture that has been fostered in our communities." — Peggy Sattler, NDP MPP, London West
Rest in Power Michelle Ahenakew #MMIW #MMIWG
RCMP say woman reported missing July 12 has been found deceased in a "remote rural area" of Saskatchewan. aptnnews.ca/?p=274181
“No matter the verdicts in what is known as the Hockey Canada sexual-assault trial, the complainant E.M. deserves our respect and gratitude for shouldering the burden of testifying. It is a public service to us all when women defy the odds and agree to participate as public…
Kudos to @igrantubc, Janine Benedet and Liz Sheehy. archive.ph/bsqVd#selectio… #HockeyCanada
This is our tribute to EM this morning on what must be a very difficult day. It would have been stronger had it evaded the lawyers: archive.ph/bsqVd
Everyone knew what was coming this morning. This quote feels all the more apropos.
"Whatever verdict is rendered, we say this to women: you are entitled to rely on a criminal justice system that is based on respect for both women’s equality and the right to a fair-trial process. And to E.M., we say thank you for your courage." archive.ph/bsqVd#selectio…
Can't quite believe this took us until 2025 to figure out.
Good article on the BC Human Rights tribunal affirming the denial of accessibility accommodations by an employer for an immunocompromised person constitutes discrimination on the basis of disability. I'm quoted in this piece. pressprogress.ca/human-rights-t…
He choked her; he destroyed a dining room table and other items of “emotional value” to her; he was convicted; he was left out on bail till his sentencing 10 weeks later. He killed her. RIP Bailey McCourt #femicide thestar.com/news/canada/br…
All the ways media such as @CBCNews erase killing of women and girls by men. They say he is a 'baseball-bat killer' rather than a 'woman killer'. #CallItFemicide He killed Caroline Bernard. Say that! #SheHasAName.
No, @CBCNews, he did not kill a baseball bat. He killed a woman, Caroline Bernard, not an inanimate object. Be better. Do better. #CallItFemicide Baseball-bat killer who successfully challenged murder parole provision in B.C. court gets life cbc.ca/news/canada/br…
His alleged victims – 12 women and three men – ranged in age from 25 to 94 and died between September 2021 and July 2024.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…
