WiCCD’s First Big Conference – on Bail – A resounding Success!! It’s also WiCCD’s Awards Season with some Surprises!! – September 14, 2024 at the TMU campus

Posted on September 15, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

Thanks to the incredible efforts of WiCCD’s Education Director and Associate Secretary Maya Shukairy and His Honour Justice Brock Jones of Toronto’s OCJ, WiCCD hosted our first large scale hybrid conference on Bail at the TMU Student Centre’s Tecumseth Auditorium on Saturday, September 14, 2024.

Close to 400 people were registered for the Event with more than 200 watching online and about 150 in person with us – an incredible audience!

Eight panels of wonderful substantive content held the interest of attendees throughout a full day of programming.

We Closed out the Day with the Presentation of WiCCD’s Annual Awards for 2024

First the incredible Genevieve Eliany received the WiCCD Woman 2024 Award

You can read WiCCD’s Letter to Genevieve Eliany here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qVg1KEMWPOtX7ZVALCDpPXosZ1cfAnC-/view?usp=drive_link

Congratulations Genevieve!!

The incomparable Nader Hasan Received the WiCCD Ally 2024 Award

You can read WiCCD’s letter to Nader here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qPdy3u59Hi-fNJCf7Ld2exUto1PpCdgs/view?usp=sharing

Anita’s Introduction Presenting the Award to Nader here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RiuqGqjMJvL_ZLJu3PcYzIQ-X7fgZ92a/view?usp=sharing

Nader also gave a wonderful, empowering speech you can watch here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x4yi2at-ASchc93yHniMUVgLqj163CYi/view?usp=drive_link

Congratulations Nader!

The Honourable Brock B. Jones was Awarded WiCDD’s First Ever Administration of Justice Award (2024) for his incredible support of WiCCD and fostering collegiality in the bar through education.

You can read about the Award for Justice Jones here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bM6T8kyWrwBUchRpTiijODwqVUGiJCRT/view?usp=sharing

His Honour’s short but powerful acceptance speech here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aDwY49wqKmsTVc2-ddJKKsw2kbnNk6A2/view?usp=drive_link

Congratulations and Thank You Your Honour!

Last and perhaps least, but definitely not to me, I was genuinely moved – to tears I’ll readily confess, to receive WiCCD’s first and I’m guessing only ever “The WiCCDest”Award, which made me incredibly happy – more on that later. But here is a photo of my beautiful award!

Some Photos of All WiCCD’s 2024 Award Recipients

Huge thanks to all our Sponsors – Cooper Sandler, DeMelo Heathcote, Shukairy Law, Destination CPD, and of course the wonderful Danann Hawes and Emond!

For a wonderful de-brief / recap of the full day’s highlights, watch this Conversation with His Honour Justice Jones released the following weekend, Sept. 22 2024

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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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