Monthly Archives: August 2020

Well, we did it – we did have the VHS tapes turned into USB sticks!! And literally at the same time, basically, we discovered the full hearing was taped and available this ENTIRE time, so ALMOST 18 YEARS, on CPAC: … Continue reading →

After an exhaustive search, our firm welcomes Tanner Blomme (@blomme-tanner on twitter!) as our latest articling student. Tannner is very passionate about mental health law and wrote me a joke to present at his interview. Doesn’t get much better than … Continue reading →

My third book and ultimate problem child has finally rolled off the presses. Printed, boxed and shipped out on the afternoon of Friday, August 28, 2020. I consider this the end of a very long journey. But yet the beginning … Continue reading →

There has been so much talk of this case lately and I am glad. Here is the link to the Judgment: https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/2064/index.do?q=starson It was a landmark decision. I had the privilege of being appointed Amicus Curiae in the Supreme Court. … Continue reading →

Taking a little trip down Memory Lane. Here is the text of a speech I gave at an event to celebrate 20 years of “Mad Pride.” It was a speech that made some people quite angry and other people very … Continue reading →

WHO: Nyamuon “Moon” Nguany Machar. When: September 2, 2020 01:30 PM EST Topic: Trauma Translated Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HivtIbg8Rj-ziJLOKQvWLA A confirmation email with how to join will follow, once registered.

The National Association of Rights Protection and Advocacy (NARPA) is running a series of fall webinars in place of its annual very popular conference this year, due to COVID. Here are the links to the first of the programming – … Continue reading →

You can view these brilliant submissions by clicking on the link to the document or the text is also copied and pasted below: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PbnJbwuWEQjd9rAMdpyxWzHJ6AanARRZ/view?usp=sharing                               THE EMPOWERMENT COUNCIL                                                              A Voice for the Clients of the                                                 Centre for Addiction … Continue reading →

I was quoted extensively in this amazing piece by Rachel Browne on the Gerstein Centre’s non-coercive mobile crisis response here: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pkywg7/this-crisis-team-has-handled-mental-health-calls-without-toronto-cops-for-30-years “If I had a dollar for every time I said ‘Call the Gerstein…,’” said Toronto mental health lawyer Anita … Continue reading →

I am quoted at length in this piece about Mr. Wiebe, an accused under the ORB. The comments attributed to me are excerpted below: “Seclusion and restraint, whether mechanical like being strapped to a bed, chemical like being injected with … Continue reading →