DPhil candidate in constitutional theory @BalliolOxford | @fdnPETF Scholar | @SSHRC_CRSH Doctoral Fellow | Research Fellow @GUConstitution | 🇨🇦🌍
Montréal, Québec | London, UK
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Shortly after Myanmar's civil war began, I spent time with the rebel fighters, activists, and policymakers driving the Spring Revolution.
Every faction led a different struggle. Every person spoke of a different revolution.
Now in @readliberties
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I am deeply honoured to be elected to the International Court of Justice.
I am grateful for the support and faith states have put in me to serve the @CIJ_ICJ. I look forward to serving the Court with independence and integrity alongside colleagues elected today.
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BREAKING NEWS
The 2026 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the Canadian author Anne Carson, “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.”
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Never been to the opera before?
Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @MetOpera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
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Claude has discovered a previously unknown enzyme system hidden in the DNA of bacteriophages. Beside the enzyme’s gene sits a long array of repeating DNA—a structure that looks somewhat similar to CRISPR.
We don’t yet understand what this system does, but only a handful of known systems share its features, and all of them are able to cut, copy, and paste DNA. Historically, the discovery of such programmable systems has helped revolutionize medicine. CRISPR, for instance, is now the foundation of genetic medicines. But it will take much more work to learn what this system does, and whether it can be put to similar use.
Read more: anthropic.com/news/claude-di…
La juge Boctor a été nommée à la QCCA - quelle excellente nouvelle canada.ca/en/department-just…
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Je vous recommande cet article de La Presse : Le modèle québécois, « comme une Chevrolet 1967 » lp.ca/2DZaM9?sharing=true
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I hadn't quite appreciated the scale of this deal. It's big!
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“Kite invited me to sit in the living room while the others retreated to the kitchen. He told me to call him by his alias — ‘like the bird’ — as this was the name he adopted upon joining Myanmar’s revolutionary forces.”
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Today, Prime Minister Carney announced the nomination of the Honourable Glenn D. Joyal to the Supreme Court of Canada. pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releas…
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#Breaking: Louise Arbour, a former Supreme Court justice and UN war crimes prosecutor, will serve as Canada’s 31st governor general, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced. trib.al/UJUdDlC
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Turing Award winners Gilles Brassard and Charles Bennett pioneered ideas that are now foundational to quantum computers and quantum communications
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EXCLUSIVE: The EU and a 12-nation Indo-Pacific bloc are opening talks to explore forming one of the largest global economic alliances, multiple people with knowledge of the talks told POLITICO.
Canada's Mark Carney is spearheading the discussions.
🔗 politico.eu/article/eu-and-i…
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Thankfully, a world leader--of our closest friend and neighbor, Canada--is finally standing up to Trump. This is a historically important speech by Mark Carney, not only for Canada but for the United States and the world. Our friends and allies must stop indulging, enabling, and submitting to America's madman president. Only forthright resistance and tough love will get us out of our downward spiral.
Canadian Prime Minister @MarkJCarney's speech at Davos is quite brilliant. Without vitriol or exaggeration, he outlines the harsh new world that Trump is leading us all toward. Here's the full text; much recommended: globalnews.ca/news/11620877/…
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Opinion: Our war heroes recognized that Canada is good theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
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Our Research Fellows Conference is now in session. Throughout the day, selected Fellows are sharing works in progress — from book proposals to law review articles — and receiving in-depth feedback from leading scholars in the field.
We’re gratified to see such vibrant discussions and to watch the next generation of constitutional thinkers refine their ideas in collaboration with senior experts.
@BottiniEleonora @RickPildes @RGrenierBenoit @lsolum @LaelWeinberger @mark_storslee @AnnikaBarkdull @charlesfcapps @tylerblindley
@RandyEBarnett @shbarclay
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Really looking forward to this Research Fellows conference tomorrow that our Georgetown Center for the Constitution is hosting. I get to catch up with some of my favorite scholars, and I'm looking forward to lots of engaging discussions.
Very grateful to our exceptional research fellows for participating, to our top-notch senior scholars for being willing to come and share their wisdom, and to my colleagues and friends, @RandyEBarnett and @lsolum, for their tremendous support of this program.
@GUConstitution @BottiniEleonora @RickPildes @RGrenierBenoit @LaelWeinberger @mark_storslee @AnnikaBarkdull @charlesfcapps @tylerblindley @shbarclay @asmauddinesq
Thrilled to be back in DC to present my paper 'Adjudication and the Justification of Constitutional Authority'! An immense thank you to everyone at @GUConstitution, and to @lsolum for kindly agreeing to comment on my work. Looking forward to tomorrow!
Launched in 2024 by Faculty Co-Director Professor Stephanie Barclay, our Center’s Research Fellows Program supports early-career academics to advance their work towards publication with feedback from senior scholars and a robust scholarly network.
This Friday, 6 of our 28 Research Fellows will present in-progress scholarship and receive dedicated commentary from leading experts:
At the Heart of Power: Supreme Courts as Guardians of the Right to Vote — Eleonora Bottini with commentary by Richard Pildes
Sentencing at the Founding — Samuel Merchant with commentary by Michael Klarman
Adjudication and the Justification of Constitutional Authority — Raphael Grenier-Benoit with commentary by Lawrence Solum
Religious Exceptions and the Art of Good Governance — Angela Wu Howard with commentary by Alexander Tsesis
Churches and the Transformation of Corporations as Nonstate Actors — Lael Weinberger with commentary by Kellen Funk
Establishment Clause Interpretation After Kennedy — Gabrielle Girgis with commentary by Mark Storslee
We’re looking forward to a great event and lots of substantive discussions tomorrow.
Link to website announcement: law.georgetown.edu/constitut…
@BottiniEleonora @RickPildes @RGrenierBenoit @lsolum @LaelWeinberger @mark_storslee @AnnikaBarkdull @charlesfcapps @tylerblindley @RandyEBarnett @shbarclay @asmauddinesq
