Monthly Archives: September 2020

Aakanksha was as delightful an articling student as we could hope for. She is leaving us for now but we hope to have her back one day soon into the fold. She has been amazing. Good Luck to you Aakanksha … Continue reading →

Finally, as our beloved Blue Jays’ head to this weird post-season of 2020, we have located ourselves behind home plate in the 100 series level seats – best seats in the house for daughter Scarlett and me. It’s the best … Continue reading →

28 years ago today, on September 24, 2992, I was called to the Ontario bar. I only learned this – well, the exact date – recently. After finding a ticket stub for a Call to the Bar Ceremony on February … Continue reading →

This is a solid comprehensive piece with expert commentary on this important case and some comments by me about its relevance and impact as well. It is one to celebrate. https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/20999/appeal-court-ruling-provides-clarity-to-review-board-on-how-to-adjudicate-matters-lawyer- The hope and the expectation is that that case … Continue reading →

For a brief moment in time, you can check out the short film archived here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OseWBoXy70NGzLuigrV3hiEs-VbCjNmp/view?usp=sharing Dawson College is Canada’s largest CEGEP, in Montreal, with over 10,000 students. As part of its Social Sciences Week in October of each year, … Continue reading →

The experience of black and other racialized clients who are accused persons under the Ontario Review Board is not captured in any known studies. There is no race-based evidence with respect to whether black or other racialized NCR accused are … Continue reading →

[86]   People with mental illness are entitled to become irritated, upset, impatient and angry without their conduct being pathologized as symptomatic. https://www.ontariocourts.ca/decisions/2020/2020ONCA0563.htm

I am fortunate enough to work with Kathy Flaherty,@ConnConnection on the governing Board of NARPA (the National Association of Rights Protection and Advocacy) & with Jennifer Mathis of the Bazelon Center as well. Both women are fabulous leading mental health … Continue reading →

Proud to call Boris Bytensky “friend.” His eerily similar to my life / career path may explain a lot. That being said, when my colleagues and I tried to depopulate the psychiatric hospitals, we did not get the co-operation that … Continue reading →

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