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Daphné Dossios
Daphné Dossios is the Montreal reporter for Courthouse News. Originally from Switzerland, they previously worked for Radio-Canada (CBC) in Vancouver. Their reporting has also appeared in Ricochet Media and the Toronto Star. Daphné has a particular interest in social justice stories, especially those involving 2SLGBTQ+, immigrant, and Indigenous communities.
Latest Articles by Daphné Dossios
Canada Supreme Court finds Crown representatives must be bilingual in New Brunswick
New Brunswick's Acadian population sued over the appointment of an anglophone lieutenant governor, citing their right to an English and French government in the province.
Canada's top court backs controversial national security law
Only one justice agreed with an Ontario law professor's argument that criminalizing the disclosure of confidential information unconstitutionally restricts lawmakers' speech.
Canada’s Supreme Court scrutinizes Facebook's role in Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal
Facebook is accused of allowing Cambridge Analytica access to Canadians' data for use in targeted political advertising.
Canada's Supreme Court examines Quebec law on traffic stops amid racial profiling concerns
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in 1990 that police officers can stop drivers randomly, without cause.
Indigenous Nations clash over overlapping land claims at Canada Supreme Court
Two cases before Canada’s Supreme Court raise the novel question of whether competing claims made by different Indigenous Nations for the same land should be considered separately or litigated all together in a single proceeding.
Canada Supreme Court asks if Crown representatives must be bilingual
The Supreme Court of Canada will decide whether appointing an anglophone Lieutenant Governor violates New Brunswick’s linguistic rights.
Canada’s national security law may silence parliamentarians
The Supreme Court of Canada spent two days hearing arguments on whether a law governing a special intelligence committee breaches parliamentarians’ freedom of speech and should be declared unconstitutional.
Satellite boom turns space into orbital wild west
Low Earth orbit is crowded with debris, threatening the atmosphere and future exploration. Experts say it’s time to treat space like an ecosystem, not a dumping ground.