THE WELDON TIMES

Canada as we know it is a lie. We have been fed a reality that placed Canada at the epicenter of equality and freedom, distinct from the horrid atrocities of our neighbours. We allowed ourselves to become an adjudicator of other nations' human rights violations without addressing our own extensive list of shortcomings. This article is part of the Black Voices collection, an ongoing collaboration with Dalhousie Black Law Students’ Association.

This summer, I had the opportunity to participate in the Queen’s International Law Program in the public international law stream. In this article, I will share some highlights and personal reflections on the program, from practical advice on entering the field of international law to insights into what it means to study it at a time when the system appears to be collapsing. 

Climate change has been a sword of Damocles hanging over our heads for over 40 years now. The changes predicted in the late 1970s are materializing at home and in remote areas of the world. One of the most notably impacted regions is the Arctic. The melting of glaciers, disappearance of polar caps, and recession of perma-ice have wreaked havoc on the lives of animals and plants inhabiting the North. Unfortunately, new challenges have arisen.

I spent most of my first year in law school feeling like a fraud. I’d written a impassioned personal statement about imparting change on...

Studying international law as a law student feels like playing a game of Uno where everyone insists on their own rules. Let's give it teeth.