BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.177.157//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240508T012755EDT-7637COUBvu@132.216.177.157 DTSTAMP:20240508T052755Z DESCRIPTION:\n\nProfessor Shaheen Shariff\, James McGill Professor and Dire ctor of iMPACTS\, was invited to be a keynote speaker at the 34th Annual C onference of the Canadian Association for the Practical Study of Law in Ed ucation (CAPSLE). The conference is held in Toronto\, Ontario from April 2 8 to April 30\, 2024. The full schedule is available on the CAPSLE website .\n\nShariff's keynote is titled 'Navigating Contemporary Socio-Legal Cont roversies: Anti-Wokeism\, Social Media Content Moderation\, and Institutio nal Censorship in Educational Landscapes' and is scheduled for Monday\, Ap ril 29 at 3:00pm. Her keynote is timely and important for educators and po licymakers at a time of polarized and divided communities. Here is her abs tract:\n\n\n Professor Shariff’s keynote address will highlight legal and i nstitutional challenges in navigating contemporary socio-legal controversi es. Rapid expansion and popular use of social media platforms\, uninhibite d online discrimination\, especially sexual violence and sextortion of chi ldren\; as well as offensive and hateful online content which are difficul t to regulate. The Canadian federal government’s recent efforts to contain such content through Bill 63 have drawn mixed responses. As society diver sifies\, so do calls for equality\, critical examination of accurate histo ries in schools. This has drawn a backlash with nationalists and populists asserting a “right to offend” under Section 2(b)\, the freedom of express ion section of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. At the heart o f these debates is the erosion of democracy. Has democracy permanently imp loded and how can we reclaim it together?\n\n\niMPACTS researchers Selene Coiffard-D'Amico (Research Assistant\, McGill Faculty of Law) and Dr. Chri stopher Dietzel (Research Associate\, McGill University) will also present on 'Thresholds for Social Media Platforms' Responsibility toward Online H arms: A Comparative Legal Analysis\,' on Monday\, April 29 at 1:15pm. Here is their abstract: \n\n\n Sexual violence and discriminatory hate speech a re prevalent on social media platforms and affect the health\, wellbeing\, and educational success of post-secondary students. How do social media c ompanies’ content moderation policies respond to these harms? How do their policies comply with legal thresholds for platform responsibility in vari ous jurisdictions? This presentation critically analyzes the content moder ation policies of Facebook\, Instagram\, X (Twitter)\, and TikTok to under stand their treatment of offensive online content. This presentation also examines platform compliance with legal thresholds and provides recommenda tions for mitigating online harms and promoting young adults’ safe social media use.\n\n\niMPACTS is also launching two books at CAPSLE. Interruptin g Sexual Violence: The Power of Law\, Education\, and Media is the first v olume in the series “Confronting Systemic Omissions and Impacts in Educati onal Policy” by series editor Shariff. This edited collection features con tributions about sexual and gender-based violence from iMPACTS co-investig ators and graduate students\, and it was co-edited by Shariff and Dietzel.  Pandemic Injustice: Navigating Legal and Policy Lines During the COVID-19 Pandemic is the second volume in the “Confronting Systemic Omissions and Impacts in Educational Policy” series by series editor hariff. This edited collection sheds light on how vulnerable communities have been disproport ionately impacted by governments’ policies and laws since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic\, and it was co-edited by Dietzel and former McGill law student\, Kimia Towfigh.\n\nThese two edited collections are the newest p ublications that have been produced by iMPACTS. Notably\, iMPACTS has edit ed two special issues of the Education & Law Journal. The first\, which wa s published in 2017\, is titled “Navigating the minefield: Responding to l egal and educational dilemmas in addressing sexual violence in universitie s” and was edited by Shariff\, Dietzel\, and former McGill student\, Nazam pal Jaswal. The second special issue was published in 2020 and is titled “ Sexual violence: Impacts on and implications for the intersections of law and education.” The second special issue of the Education & Law Journal wa s edited by Professor Shariff\, Dr. Dietzel\, and Kimia Towfigh.\n\n \n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240428 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240430 SUMMARY:34th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for the Practica l Study of Law in Education (CAPSLE) URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/definetheline/channels/event/34th-annual-conferen ce-canadian-association-practical-study-law-education-capsle-356434 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR