HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR PANELISTS CASSANDRA DEMELO AND NAOMI SAYERS AND OUR AMAZING MODERATOR, SHAUNNA KELLY!
All registrants will receive an advance copy of the video recording of the event.
The public will be able to view the webinar recording on LexisNexis’ YouTube channel soon.
If you attended or watched a replay of the event you can claim 1.0 substantive hour of CPD in Ontario.
| WEBINAR RECORDING AVAILABLE NOW – 1 HOUR CPD Webinar Recording (1 hr 2 min: 30 sec) · For Ontario, 1 hour can be applied towards the 9 Substantive Hours of Continuing Professional Development required by the Law Society of Ontario · For other provinces, consider including this 1 hour course as a CPD learning activity in the mandatory annual Continuing Professional Development Plan required by the Law Society Read more about this topic in Law and Mental Health in Canada Law and Mental Health in Canada: Cases and Materials‘ General Editors & Authors: Anita Szigeti and Ruby Dhand Contributors: Cassandra DeMelo and Naomi Sayers This new publication addresses important aspects of both individual and systemic advocacy on behalf of individuals with serious mental health issues. It covers mental disorder provisions in the Criminal Code; the representation of Indigenous clients with psychiatric histories; Coroner’s Inquests into the deaths of persons in crisis at the hands of police and in institutional settings; and much more. Topics Covered · Civil Mental Health Law: Legal Concepts and Policy Considerations · Consent to Treatment · Guardianship and Powers of Attorney · Fitness to Stand Trial · The Not Criminally Responsible Verdict · Criminal Code Review Boards · Dangerous Offender and Long-Term Offender Proceedings · Plus much more $135 | 612 pages | Softcover | December 2022 | ISBN: 9780433525165 ORDER NOW About the Speakers Cassandra DeMelo is the founding lawyer at DeMelo Heathcote, in London, Ontario. She is completing her PhD at Western Law. Her practice focuses on criminal defence, but especially enjoys when it intersects with mental health and addiction issues. Both have been the focus of Cassandra’s graduate studies. Cassandra also speaks Portuguese and Spanish, and holds executive positions with the Criminal Lawyers’ Association (Ontario), Women in Canadian Criminal Defence, and is the President of the Criminal Lawyers’ Association (London). Naomi Sayers is a lawyer and Indigenous feminist, called to the Ontario (2018) and Alberta (2020) bars with nearly a decade of consulting experience. She worked in-house at one of Canada’s largest electricity providers. She has appeared at all levels of court in Ontario; federal court – trial and appeals; Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench; and various tribunals throughout Ontario. Ms. Sayers represented Work Safe Twerk Safe, the first and only federally incorporated non-profit advocacy group dedicated to strippers’ rights to work safely in Canada. Her advocacy on their behalf resulted in a precedent setting decision resulting in the Court recognizing the harms that sex workers experience in trying to access justice. That decision was also cited by the Supreme Court of Canada, affirming stigmatized groups’ right to privacy in litigation processes. Shaunna Kelly is Anishinaabe/Canadian-Irish and currently works with the Indigenous Justice Division of the Ministry of the Attorney General (MAG). Before working with MAG, she practiced as a criminal defence lawyer for 13 years, was an elected member of the Criminal Lawyers’ Association Board of Directors, and was the Gladue Court Representative to the CLA. Her criminal defence practice focused primarily on representing Indigenous people in Toronto. She has volunteered vast amounts of her time by providing educational training on Indigenous-focused topics to legal participants in various roles and positions. |
Looking forward to the next Webinar on Administrative Tribunal Litigation and Mental Health on January 25 2023.
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