Media & Commentary

Media commentary on issues including constitutional and Indigenous rights issues, public inquiries, sexual assault and consent

Recent op-ed: Kim Stanton, “Canada has the information to help prevent the next mass shooting” Globe and Mail (April 24, 2026)
Media appearances have included CBC Radio programs such as World at 6, Metro Morning, and The Current; CBC TV’s The National and various local news programs; CTV TV’s Power Play and CTV National News; Global TV’s Global Morning and Global News; and she has been cited in a range of newspapers and magazines, including the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, the New York Times, the Guardian, the Independent, the Cape Times, Chatelaine, Flare, Canadian Lawyer, the Lawyers Daily and Maclean's.

Sampling of Media Appearances By Theme

CBC Radio, Metro Morning, Interview with host Matt Galloway, “Does ‘I Believe Survivors’ Belong in a Criminal Trial?” (August 11, 2017)
Ottawa Today, Radio interview with host Mark Sutcliffe (August 11, 2017)
Sean Fine, “Believe the Victim has no place in courts, says judge in sexual assault ruling” Globe and Mail (August 9, 2017)
Cristin Schmitz, “Sex assault reforms problematic but lawyers hail Criminal Code cleanup” Lawyers Daily (June 8, 2017)
Canadian Press, “Alberta launches investigation after sexual assault victim jailed during hearing” (June 5, 2017)
Shaina Luck, “Women’s groups involvement in Halifax sexual assault appeal could set precedent” CBC News (May 27, 2017)

CTV News “Wet’suwet’en: What’s the Difference Between the Elected Band Council and Hereditary Chiefs?” (February 13, 2020)
NewsTalk 1010 Live radio interview with Dave Trafford, “Wet'suwet'en Rail Blockade Explained” (February 18, 2020)
Elmnt FM Radio 106.5 “Moment of Truth” (February 18, 2020)
CBC News, “Why 2 different kinds of Wet’suewet’en leaders support and oppose the gas pipeline” (February 19, 2020)
CTV News “Blockades and Reconciliation” (February 25, 2020)
Michel Comte, Agence France-Presse “Canadian Indigenous Laws Need Reconciling” (February 25, 2020)
Carrie Tait, Globe and Mail “Alberta Watchdog Questions Benefit of Collecting Race Data” (June 15, 2020)

Ian Austen, Canadian Judge Who Wore Trump Hat in Court Will Remain on the Bench New York Times (September 12, 2017)
Sean Fine, Ontario Judge Who Wore Trump Hat in Court Suspended for 30 Days Without Pay Globe and Mail (September 12, 2017)
CTV National News, lead interview, Justice Camp Resigns (March 9, 2017)
Canadian Press, “‘Knees together’ judge in sexual assault trial says he will resign from the bench” Toronto Star (March 9, 2017)
Mallory Hendry, “Justice Camp Resigns Following CJC Report” Canadian Lawyer (March 9, 2017)
Ashifa Kassam, “Treatment of sex assault victim condemned after lawyer quiz her on defendant’s penis size” The Guardian (November 11, 2016)
CBC Radio, The Current, Interview with Anna Maria Tremonti, “Justice Robin Camp: What’s at Stake for Sexual Assault Cases?” (September 7, 2016)
CTV TV, Power Play, Interview with Don Martin, Justice Robin Camp Inquiry
Global TV, Global Morning “Justice Robin Camp to take the stand at judicial review”
Additional interviews regarding Camp J on CBC TV, World at 6, The National, Local News at 6 (Calgary), the Cape Times, The Independent, Macleans Magazine, among others.

Interview with Angie Seth, MMIWG Report Response, CTV News (June 9, 2019)
Cristin Schmitz, “Law groups welcome MMIWG report, pledge to consider and reflect on inquiry’s ‘Calls for Justice’”, Lawyer’s Daily (June 5, 2019)
Alyshah Hasham, Jacques Gallant, et al, “The report on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls calls for sweeping justice reform. Here’s what that would require.” Toronto Star (June 3, 2019)
Alberta Court of Appeal ruling on Gladue murder case a win for women’s Indigenous groups”, CBC News (July 1, 2017)
Martha Troian, “Calgary police end search for Indigenous woman’s body parts”, CBC News (November 7, 2016)
Joanna Smith, “RCMP proposed parallel process to inquiry into missing, murdered indigenous women,” Toronto Star (September 26, 2016)
Canadian Press, Alberta court reviewing acquittal in death of Cindy Gladue, CBC (September 6, 2016)
Alberta Court of Appeal rules women’s groups can intervene in murder-case appeal of sex worker Cindy Gladue, CBC News, (March 9, 2016)
Interview with Jody Porter, LEAF Legal Director Offers Inquiry Planning Advice, CBC Superior Morning, (January 6, 2016)

“It’s up to government to implement the recommendations or risk seeing history repeat itself.”

“Nurturing Justice with Sunlight and Time” Peter A. Allard School of Law Alumni Magazine, 2024 (cover story; feature article on public inquiries)

“LEAF legal director reflects on her five years advocating for women” Canadian Lawyer
(January, 2018)
“Conversation with Kim Stanton” Massey News (2014-2015) 21-23
“Alumni Profile: Kim Stanton” Allard School of Law History Project (October, 2013)
“Public Inquiry or Truth Commission: What’s in a Name?” Nexus: University of Toronto Faculty of Law Alumni Magazine (Spring/Summer 2008) 68 (cover story; feature article on my doctoral research)