Monthly Archives: August 2022

Today is going to be a lot of fun! Excited to record a podcast episode on Disability Rights and section 15 of the Charter with the inimitable legal legend @DavidLepofsky and interviewed by @Cheryl_Milne for the @AsperCentre. Charter: A Course … Continue reading →

We work in a fast paced environment doing litigation on a regular basis – essentially daily at the tribunal level before the Consent and Capacity Board and the Ontario Review Board. We also have a very busy appellate practice mostly … Continue reading →

On August 11 2022 I spoke with Jean-Philippe Nadeau of CBC Radio about this Judgment. Here is the article about the case in French: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1904918/justice-proces-civil-asile-oak-ridge-penetanguishene-compensations-financieres The English translation here and below is a Google translation and it clearly contains errors, … Continue reading →

I am very honoured to be the sole Canadian Board member of NARPA, since 2019. NARPA is the National Association of Rights Protection and Advocacy and it is a unique and amazing organization. It unites clients – persons with lived … Continue reading →

Michael McKiernan covered this case for The Lawyer’s Daily on August 8, 2022 here: https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/insurance/articles/38679/court-of-appeal-decision-monumental-victory-for-psychiatric-patients-toronto-lawyer Court of Appeal decision ‘monumental victory’ for psychiatric patients: Toronto lawyer Monday, August 08, 2022 @ 10:50 AM | By Michael McKiernan An Ontario Court … Continue reading →

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UPDATE – this Program was held on September 6, 2022 and it was a beautiful, moving evening. Not a dry eye in the “room” – the event was held virtually, but still. WiCCD’s CPD Program on Representing Inuit Clients in … Continue reading →

WiCCD’s Statement here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CUP6Hx_DL65TNumPxPs6oOsK3-z9D6W_/view?usp=sharing LAMDA’s Statement here; https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j3hFmDIYILmoB2_tk7Qqw0oJWixsc2bl/view?usp=sharing

I just found this video of a favourite moment in time – a Throwback to a Thursday (maybe, maybe not) back in winter of 2021 when I was the inaugural guest of this Series pioneered by the then Women’s Committee … Continue reading →