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Eric M. Adams

@ericadams99.bsky.social

Constitutional scholar, legal historian, and lawyer. Professor, University of Alberta, Faculty of Law.

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Canada’s exile of Japanese Canadian citizens: A shameful 80-year anniversary few remember Canada’s expulsion of thousands of Japanese Canadians 80 years ago offers lessons in a world of sharpening borders, insecurity and talk of who does and does not belong in a national community.

theconversation.com/canadas-exil...

17.12.2025 14:41 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

Thrilled that my book with Jordan Stanger-Ross, Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution, has been named one of the 100 best books of 2025.

Order here: www.ubcpress.ca/challenging-...

09.12.2025 03:49 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Challenging Exile is essential reading for history buffs The book tells the story of Japanese Canadians who were deported to Japan after the end of the Second World War

Beyond thrilled for this rave review from @johnibbitson.bsky.social in the @theglobeandmail.com for our book, Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution. Now available @ubcpress.bsky.social and fine bookstores.

www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...

14.11.2025 20:14 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
Book launch of “Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution.”

Book launch of “Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution.”

If you’re in the national capital region tonight, join us for the book launch of “Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution” by Eric M. Adams and Jordan Stanger-Ross.

www.canada.ca/en/library-a...

12.11.2025 14:08 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Launch of the book “Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution” by Eric M. Adams and Jordan Stanger-Ross.

Launch of the book “Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution” by Eric M. Adams and Jordan Stanger-Ross.

On November 12, join us in Ottawa for the launch of “Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution” by Eric M. Adams and Jordan Stanger-Ross, an illuminating book on rights, democracy and Canadian history.

Reserve your spot:
www.canada.ca/en/library-a...

05.11.2025 18:28 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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BC Book Recommendations From the People Who Make Them Get to know the work of our BC Independent publishers through this curated guide of top picks from the bookmakers themselves.

www.readlocalbc.ca/2025/10/22/i...

23.10.2025 14:38 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🚨EVENT REMINDER🚨

A reminder that next week is our book launch for "Challenging Exile" with co-author @ericadams99.bsky.social! Join us for discussions of this compelling legal-historical analysis of the internment of Japanese Canadians after WWII.

Register here: bit.ly/3KLktsp

14.10.2025 21:08 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Tickets are still available for our book launch for "Challenging Exile" with co-author @ericadams99.bsky.social. Join us on October 21 as we discuss Profs Adams and Stanger-Ross' legal-historical analysis of the internment/displacement of Japanese Canadians after WWII. Register here: bit.ly/3KLktsp

07.10.2025 16:37 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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We're excited to announce that we'll be hosting a book launch for "Challenging Exile," a new legal-historical analysis by Eric Adams and Jordan Stanger-Ross on the internment/displacement of Japanese Canadians after WWII. To register, go here: www.constitutionalstudies.ca/events/book-...

25.09.2025 15:52 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Pleased to have a chapter on the early professional life of Justice Abella in this open access collection. Congratulations to the editors on this important contribution to judicial biography in Canada.

07.05.2025 20:59 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Challenging Exile Challenging Exile - Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution; Challenging Exile delves into the origins, experience, and aftermath of a shameful moment in Canada’s past: the government’s attemp...

Now available for pre-order, my forthcoming book with Jordan Stanger-Ross, Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution, a shocking story of Canada's attempt to exile over 10,000 Japanese Canadians after the Second World War ended.

www.ubcpress.ca/challenging-...

28.03.2025 17:20 — 👍 8    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
View of The Constitutionality of Prorogation

You may hear a lot about prorogation in the coming days. My refresher here: journals.library.ualberta.ca/constitution...

21.12.2024 15:37 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0