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Joshua Shaw
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Assistant Professor, #USask College of Law | Legal theory and history | Medical law, ownership and use of bodies and biomaterials | He/him https://linktr.ee/jdmshaw
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Joshua Shaw @joshuashaw.bsky.social · Feb 14
My latest article, “A Common Law Power to Dissect: A Medico-Legal History,” is published in the Medical Law Review. I argue that some jurists claimed that dissection was lawful independent of statute. Such a power preceded and was parallel to the Anatomy Act 1832. academic.oup.com/medlaw/artic...
A common law power to dissect: a medico-legal history
Abstract. Some jurists claimed there was a common law power to dissect the human body prior to and outside of the Anatomy Act 1832. That power formed part
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Dead McCoy 💀 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 2d
are there any Edmonton graduate students following me who might want to do a couple of days of work in the provincial archives?
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 3d
Students in the humanities know what they are in college to learn! To use their human brains!

Here is a great piece that calls for us to reject AI in the classroom ⬇️⬇️⬇️
annakornbluh.bsky.social Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 4d
go, student newspaper of Notre Dame and Saint Mary

"employ in-class essays, oral exams+ rigorous discussions — that are far more difficult to use AI tools to complete. a close reading of the text should constitute the bulk in any introductory humanities class."
www.ndsmcobserver.com/article/2025...
Editorial: AI-proof the Core Curriculum
The Core Curriculum is an essential part of a Catholic education that must be saved from AI.
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mattherder.bsky.social @mattherder.bsky.social · 3d
Just published in Social Science & Medicine! Led by @sariahmed.bsky.social + @cmorten.bsky.social we interrogate how 'platform thinking' constrains not only pharma companies like J&J but also science more broadly.

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Public Sector Innovation and the Constraints of ‘Platform Thinking’: An Account of Johnson & Johnson’s Adenoviral Vector Vaccines
Scholarship on political economy of vaccines in the COVID-19 era has focused on mRNA. Yet Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) vaccine based on recombinant adeno…
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Dr. Sandra Duffy Golden @sandraduffy.bsky.social · 5d
WRITE YOUR DAMN LONG BOOK
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mattherder.bsky.social @mattherder.bsky.social · 8d
I'm hiring a Legal Research Fellow!

dal.peopleadmin.ca/postings/19632

CC @roojinhabibi.org @drximebena.bsky.social @elstorreele.bsky.social @cmorten.bsky.social @gregggonsalves.bsky.social @reshmagar.bsky.social @hollylynchez.bsky.social @akapczynski.bsky.social @fatimahassan.bsky.social
Research Fellow
Working in close collaboration with the Chair in Applied Public Health, the Infectious Disease Innovation Governance (IDIG) Research Fellow will play a leading role in a variety of research and capaci...
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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 7d
My annual reminder to students that you want a letter of recommendation from someone that can speak to your work and your work ethic in detail. Get to know your professors before you need a letter, and ask the professors that have commented on your work. Office hours are ideal for this.
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Joshua Shaw @joshuashaw.bsky.social · 10d
I ate a Saskatoon berry doughnut.
A man holds a plate with a doughnut.
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 12d
I fucking love buying books.
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Joshua Shaw @joshuashaw.bsky.social · Sep 16
A reception for 2SLGBTQQIA+ lawyers and law students in Saskatchewan is being held at the Saskatoon Club on Friday, 6-8 PM. Drinks and appetizers will be served (included in ticket). Come meet your peers in the legal profession, or let those in Saskatchewan know!

www.cbapd.org/details_en.a...
The Canadian Bar Association : SAGDA & University of Saskatchewan College of Law Start of Season Reception
We look forward to your participation - register today!
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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · Aug 26
This also works at academic conferences
weratedogs.com WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · Aug 26
This is Jack. He shocked everyone with an unhinged scream before he launched into a race… and then won. 14/10 (TT: paigephills)
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · Aug 16
For the evening crowd, my latest for @cba-nationalmag.bsky.social: Courts entitled to weigh in when notwithstanding clause pre-emptively invoked #cdnlaw #cdnpoli #canqueer
Courts entitled to weigh in when notwithstanding clause pre-emptively invoked
Saskatchewan Court of Appeal says nothing in the Charter suggests legislatures have the last or only word on whether legislation limits rights
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Jim Clifford @jimclifford.bsky.social · Aug 9
These LLMs have read more primary sources than any of us will ever read (assuming they’re printed and scanned). But they’re the equivalent of someone who never takes notes and has no idea where they read it and whether the source was trustworthy.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Jul 31
I wish more aspiring academics really appreciated this aspect, that academia is dialogical. You have to be able to extemporaneously defend your ideas and discuss them in great detail, orally. You have to know it well enough to have it at your fingertips.
richardstupart.com Richard Stupart @richardstupart.com · Jul 31
At PhD/post-PhD level, academia is fundamentally dialogical and unless you intend to hide behind a prompt your whole life, you are going to look like a fool when you open your mouth and don't have a working understanding of the things you profess to write about.
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · Jul 25
Literally describes nobody. Like zero accuracy on the description front.
michaelhobbes.bsky.social Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · Jul 24
Literally making up a guy to get mad at
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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · Jul 21
Important things to consider before we outsource the research and writing process to machine proxies
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Joshua Shaw @joshuashaw.bsky.social · Jul 10
Does anyone here have any more information about this case like the file number or counsel representing the plaintiff? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Winnipeg woman's brain tumour sample lost by health authorities, lawsuit claims | CBC News
A Winnipeg woman is suing multiple health authorities in Manitoba after she claims staff members lost a sample of her brain tumour when it was sent for lab testing in 2023.
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Criminological Highlights @crimhighlights.bsky.social · Jul 2
A recent article by @crimhighlights.bsky.social member Tyler King theorizes a new form of discretion in the criminal courts. While it is more theoretical, scholars interested in legal discretion may find it relevant. Free to read/download from @lsijournal.bsky.social!

doi.org/10.1017/lsi....
The Multiple Realities of Legal Objects: Accounting for ‘Ontological Discretion’ in Criminal Courts | Law & Social Inquiry | Cambridge Core
The Multiple Realities of Legal Objects: Accounting for ‘Ontological Discretion’ in Criminal Courts
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Joshua Shaw @joshuashaw.bsky.social · Jul 1
We are Saskatchewanians now.
Two men and their dog stand in front of a sign which reads, “Welcome to Saskatchewan - Land of Living Skies”.
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Joshua Shaw @joshuashaw.bsky.social · Jul 1
From that experience and further training, I am prepared to make a positive and thoughtful contribution to legal education in Saskatchewan and Canada.
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Joshua Shaw @joshuashaw.bsky.social · Jul 1
In addition to teaching and research, that involved obtaining a postgraduate certificate in higher education teaching (PGCHE) and becoming a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) in the UK.
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Joshua Shaw @joshuashaw.bsky.social · Jul 1
My start at the University of Saskatchewan involves me leaving the University of Kent, in Canterbury, England, where I was a Lecturer in Law since September 2023. I learned a lot from my time in England, and I believe I became a better teacher and scholar as a result.
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Joshua Shaw @joshuashaw.bsky.social · Jul 1
I will also continue to research laws affecting the use and disposal of dead bodies and bodily materials, with a historical and theoretical focus that enables me to study the nature of law and power relative to the human body, and how law matters to concepts and practices of medicine and health.
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Joshua Shaw @joshuashaw.bsky.social · Jul 1
As of today, I am officially a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Law at @usask.bsky.social. I am so happy to return home to the Canadian Prairies, and to join such warm colleagues. In 2025/2026, I will be teaching tort law to 1Ls, and jurisprudence to 2Ls and 3Ls, in the Juris Doctor program.
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Joshua Shaw @joshuashaw.bsky.social · Jun 21
My partner (Connor) and l are moving to Saskatoon (permanently!) for my job at USask. Connor is looking for work in the city of Saskatoon or remote in Canada, starting July 1. He is a communications/marketing specialist, who has worked in such roles since 2017. Does anyone have any leads for him?
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Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · Jun 24
Join me and others at the free online event “40 Years of the Surrogacy Arrangements Act: What Next for Surrogacy?” on 16 July at 5.30pm!! Registration via link #surrogacy40 www.progress.org.uk/event/surrog...
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