Maya Shukairy receives WiCCD’s Inaugural WiCCD Wonder Award – March 29 2023

Posted on March 30, 2023 by Anita Szigeti

It was a long and busy evening for WiCCD’s Assistant Secretary & Director of Education, the wonderful Maya Shukairy!!

Maya is now the first recipient of WiCCD’s Inaugural WiCCD WONDER Award (2023). Maya Shukairy’s contributions to WiCCD are invaluable, unending, tireless & fantastic.

We were joined in our celebration of Maya and the Find Your Niche Series she created for WiCCD by nearly all of the 22 FYN Alumna to date.

With us for the special virtual party were:

Kyla Lee

Lisa Jean Helps

Emma Rhodes

Naomi Sayers

Breana Vandebeek

Roots Gadhia

Tonya Kent

Jennifer Penman

Anita Szigeti

Annamaria Enenajor

Stephanie DiGiuseppe

Hamna Anwar

Sarah Rankin

Neha Chugh

Jordana Goldlist

Shaunna Kelly

Amanda Ross

Maija Martin

Cassandra DeMelo

and WiCCD’s President Sid Freeman

Ines Gavran, Janani Shanmuganathan, Michelle O’Doherty and Maria Shepherd were not able to join us but were there in spirit!

You can read about all the reasons Maya embodies a WiCCD Wonder in the letter she received with her award

There is nobody more deserving than Maya to receive this first of its kind – and maybe the last one to be awarded to a true WiCCD Wonder.

The FYN Alumna interviewed each other as part of the “Secret Maya” game that enriched our hour together.

This Special Celebration of WiCCD and the FYN Series and Maya will be aired on WiCCD’s YouTube channel on Sunday morning (April 2nd) here:

Check out all our FYN and other WiCCD videos on our YouTube channel here:

https://www.youtube.com/@wiccd-womenincanadiancrimi7144/videos

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About Anita Szigeti

• Called to the Bar (1992) • U of T Law grad (1990) • Sole practitioner (33 years) • Partner in small law firm (Hiltz Szigeti) 2002 - 2013 • Mom to two astonishing kids, Scarlett (20+) and Sebastian (20-) • (Founding) Chair of Mental Health Legal Committee for ten years (1997 to 2007) * Founding President of Law and Mental Disorder Association - LAMDA since 2017 * Founder and Secretary to Women in Canadian Criminal Defence - WiCCD - since 2022 • Counsel to clients with serious mental health issues before administrative tribunals and on appeals • Former Chair, current member of LAO’s mental health law advisory committee • Educator, lecturer, widely published author (including 5 text books on consent and capacity law, Canadian civil mental health law, the criminal law of mental disorder, a law school casebook and a massive Anthology on all things mental health and the law) • Thirty+ years’ experience as counsel to almost exclusively legally aided clients • Frequently appointed amicus curiae • Fearless advocate • Not entirely humourless
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