Ruby Dhand and I are completely bowled over with the level of interest in the podcasts and webinars we have been offering to complement our new book Law and Mental Health in Canada: Cases and Materials, which is now in print.

More than one thousand lawyers have now attended the two webinars and downloaded the two podcasts we have released so far.

Today we spent an hour discussing Administrative Tribunal Litigation and Mental Health

It was an invigorating exchange between the co-General Editors and co-Authors of our book – Ruby and me, moderated by the inimitable Maya Shukairy of Ottawa!

There was apparently even a brief cameo appearance by my spouse, which I’m excited to see in the final product – and am endlessly entertained by – my fault in the end, but that just makes it more amusing.

Here are some pics for now while we await the release video-recording. All beautiful ladies (and me) all awash in unplanned co-ordination of red and black – in sync with our lovely book cover!

Webinar Mental Health at the Crossroads of Indigenous Clients, Bail and Sentencing – Video Recording Is Available on LexisNexis’ YouTube channel

Cassandra DeMelo, Naomi Sayers and Shaunna Kelly discuss these important issues on our webinar recorded live on Jan 17 2023.

You can now watch this wonderful session here:

Thanks for everyone’s incredible response to this series.

Between the webinars and podcasts we’ve had over a thousand lawyers attend these events or download them. 

Heart warming and encouraging level of interest in mental health Justice indeed!

And here now finally our Administrative Tribunal Litigation and Mental Health Webinar is UP on LexisNexis’ YouTube Channel

Watch the full hour content-filled conversation here:

WEBINAR RECORDING AVAILABLE NOW – 1 HOUR CPD

Video Recording of Administrative Tribunal Litigation and Mental Health webinar on January 25, 2023 at 1 pm ET. Please see the link below for the recording: ·        Webinar Recording (1 hr 1 min: 40 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 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 Anita Szigeti is recognized as Canada’s leading expert in mental health law. She has litigated thousands of mental health cases at the tribunal level and on appeals at all levels of Court for 30 years in Ontario and since 2014 in Nunavut. She is a widely published author, teacher, and sought-after speaker on any topic related to mental health and the law. Dr. Ruby Dhand is a Full Professor in the Faculty of Law at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia. Dr. Dhand is an award-winning teacher in the areas of human rights law, health law, mental health law & policy and disability law in Canada. She started a student run legal clinic to afford representation to individuals in mental health matters and has won teaching awards throughout her career. Maya Shukairy is a criminal defence lawyer. She is a sole practitioner and her practice focuses exclusively on criminal and quasi-criminal matters. Her practice is based in Ottawa. Maya speaks French, English and Arabic and she serves as a member of the governing body of various organizations including as Assistant secretary of WICCD, a newly formed association for Women In Canadian Criminal Defence.

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