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.  2. David Whelan 3. Canadian Appeals Monitor 4. BC Injury Law Blog 5. Ontario Condo Law Blog Crossroad Family Law Blog What exactly is the role of a legal assistant or paralegal...
Tags: Law, Canada, Ontario, Simpson, Jessie, Lozano, TSCC, Monday’s Mix, David Whelan, BC Injury Law Blog, BC Supreme Court Kamloops Registry, Teichrieb

I didn’t realize this song was my closeted dad’s gay anthem — until it was too late.

“When I was a kid, it was not uncommon to find my mom playing the piano at our house and my dad standing next to her singing ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ from Les Miserables.” So recounts a Redditor by the name of TheBrotherofTyler, writing of the slow realization that his Mormon father was gay; a fact that didn’t dawn on him until long after his parents had divorced and his father died of a drug overdose. Related: This Guy Needs Advice On How To Handle His Closeted Mormon Boyfriend “He would modify the...
Tags: Life, Lifestyle, Mormon, Billy Joel, Les Miserables, Ad Friendly, Queerty, TSCC

30 Canceled TV Shows That Ended on Cliffhangers

30 Canceled TV Shows That Ended on Cliffhangers There is nothing worse than getting involved in a TV show only to have it yanked away by heartless studio executives who are only worried about their bottom line. Oh wait, yes there is: to have a TV show end on a cliffhanger before being canceled. Luckily, in this day and age of social media, streaming networks, Kickstarter, and a love of nostalgia, we rarely have these problems anymore, what with reboots / mini-series / movies for shows like “F...
Tags: Amazon, Feature, Hbo, TV, New York, Movies, Nbc, Abc, Robin Williams, Stephen King, Dc Comics, Earth, Fox, New Hampshire, Sydney, Kickstarter

Social work researchers create easier, accurate way to analyze TSCC trauma results

A social work research team has proposed and tested an alternative method to using the Trauma Symptoms Checklist for Children in assessing trauma in children -- especially those in the juvenile justice system.
Tags: TSCC

CWRU social work researchers create easier, accurate way to analyze TSCC trauma results

A Case Western Reserve University social work research team, led by Fredrick Butcher, Ph.D., a research associate at the Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, has proposed and tested an alternative method to using the Trauma Symptoms Checklist for Children in assessing trauma in children -- especially those in the juvenile justice system.
Tags: Case Western Reserve University, CWRU, TSCC, Fredrick Butcher Ph D, Semi J