Taking its rightful place amidst the building Szigeti library here at the house, it really must be front and centre as the absolutely biggest of them all, and without a doubt the most comprehensive.

NOTHING, but NOTHING, could have made me happier than receiving the physical volume of this labour of love, as so many of us did on Friday, September 27, 2024.

It is a BIG BABY all right! Much bigger and frankly heavier, than I expected. A substantial TOME.

A colleague was first to get hers delivered off the truck from the printers on Friday morning. She texted a photo of it in her hand right away. Here she is:

A few hours later, the box was at my door – I had waited six months or more for this moment.

Someone else had to cradle it in their hand after my first try with it……

Here is why:

WHY SO BIG??

The book is thicker than our 20th Anniversary CCB Guide even though it is only perhaps 200 pages longer – the main reason is the quality of the paper used for this special volume. It is thick, white, classy stuff – and I gather for all those reasons, which make for a much more pleasant reading experience, heavier.

This is the side by side comparison – the difference between 980 pages (the CCB Guide) and 1172 pages (CAMHL) – but the physical difference is a lot more substantial – amounting to effectively double the difference – 400, rather than 200 pages. Because of the superb quality of the paper…….

HOW / WHERE / WHY TO BUY CAMHL

Surprisingly large as the physical volume may be, its heft does not take away from, nor does it outweigh the gravitas of the contents. The 50 Chapters in this book are substantial in the depth and breadth of their contribution, and priceless in their unique insights. Speaking of price, one of our brilliant contributing authors points out that even with the $200 price tag, which also seems hefty at first, ultimately that’s $4 a chapter, well worth the price of admission.

Here is where you can learn more about the book and order the print copy:

Now Available – Order the New CAMHL Volume Here:

The great news for students is that there is a much cheaper way to get both the print and the student e-versions online at substantial savings here:

Print – Canadian Anthology on Mental Health and the Law – Student Edition – 9780433530589 – $140

eBook – Canadian Anthology on Mental Health and the Law – Student Edition – 9780433530602 – $120

In further other good news, LexisNexis has decided to include CAMHL as part of their Academic Consortia packages. It should therefore be available to law schools through for example a Lexis+ Nexis Uni Premium subscription, if that has been purchased by the school.

REMARKABLE ACCOMPLISHMENT – CAMHL WENT FROM IDEA TO DELIVERED IN 16 MONTHS OR LESS

TIMELINE

FIRST IDEA FOR THIS BOOK – MAY 2023

EDITORIAL TEAM ASSEMBLED – MAY 2023

FIRST INVITATION TO A CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR – JUNE 2023

FIRST COMPLETE TABLE OF CONTENTS – AUGUST 2023

FIRST CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR SUBMISSION – OCTOBER 2023

HALF THE MANUSCRIPT DELIVERED TO LEXISNEXIS – NOVEMBER 2023

BALANCE OF THE MANUSCRIPT DELIVERED TO PUBLISHER – MARCH 2024

ENTIRE MANUSCRIPT TOGETHER WITH PRELIMINARIES AND FOREWORDS SUBMITTED – APRIL 2024

THE PROOF EDITING AND PRINTING PROCESS TOOK SIX MONTHS

ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THE BOOK AVAILABLE TO SUBSCRIBERS – MID SEPT 2024

PRINT COPIES DELIVERED TO ALL WHO PRE-ORDERED – SEPTEMBER 27 2024

MORE TO COME

A further volume of this Anthology is already in the works – another 45 chapters are contemplated – but we’ll be sure to split that into smaller chunks or figure out some other way to keep the product slim!

FOR NOW WE CELEBRATE THIS ENORMOUS ACCOMPLISHMENT

I hope to have more exciting photos soon with all the four fabulous women in our co-Editor group, Dr. Ruby Dhand, Dena Bonnet and Justice Jill R. Presser and our amazing 70 Contributing Authors:

CANADIAN ANTHOLOGY ON MENTAL HEALTH LAW

General Editors and Authors

Anita Szigeti (Toronto, Ontario)

Dr. Ruby Dhand (Kamloops, British Columbia)

Dena Bonnet (Toronto, Ontario)

The Honourable Jill R. Presser, Superior Court of Justice, Ontario (Toronto, Ontario)

Contributing Authors

Lauren Barney (Hamilton, Ontario)

Professor Benjamin L. Berger (Toronto, Ontario)

Brianna Boyle (Saint John, New Brunswick)

Dr. John Bradford (Hamilton, Ontario)

Kelley Bryan (Toronto, Ontario)

Annika Butler (Toronto, Ontario)

Katharine Byrick (Toronto, Ontario)

Professor Jamie Cameron (Toronto, Ontario)

Dr. Mary Ann Campbell (Saint John, New Brunswick)

Dr. Gary Chaimowitz (Hamilton, Ontario)

Jennifer Chambers (Toronto, Ontario)

Shannon Chace (Toronto, Ontario)

Neha Chugh (Cornwall, Ontario)

Justice Renee Cochard (Edmonton, Alberta)

Nikoleta Curcin (Toronto, Ontario)

Cassandra DeMelo  (London, Ontario)

Melanie de Wit (Toronto, Ontario)

Liesha Earle (Toronto, Ontario)

Dr. David Eden (Hamilton, Ontario)

Kelly Eberhard (Peterborough, Ontario)

Etienne Esquega (Thunder Bay, Ontario)

Michael Feindel (Toronto, Ontario)

Kate Forget (Toronto, Ontario)

Rick Frank (Toronto, Ontario)

Dr. Sonu Gaind (Toronto, Ontario)

Caleigh Glawson (Winnipeg, Manitoba)

A.J. Grant-Nicholson (Toronto, Ontario)

Dr. Sahil Gupta (Toronto, Ontario)

Jolene Hansell (Ottawa, Ontario)

Professor Adelina Iftene (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Daphne Jarvis (Toronto, Ontario)

Justice Harry LaForme (Toronto, Ontario)

Professor Jamie Livingston (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Professor Trudo Lemmens (Toronto, Ontario)

Alison Licht (Toronto, Ontario)

Gavin Mackenzie (Toronto, Ontario)

Dr. Mini Mamak (Hamilton, Ontario)

Mary Marshall (Alberta)

Carter Martell (Toronto, Ontario)

Sherry McKibbon-Thomas (Toronto, Ontario)

Dr. Rob McMaster (Toronto, Ontario)

Caitlin McNair (Toronto, Ontario)

Jane E. Meadus (Oshawa, Ontario)

Dr. Heather Moulden (Hamilton, Ontario)

Dr. Yedish Naidoo (Hamilton, Ontario)

Sophie Nunnelley (Toronto, Ontario)

Justice Gladys Pardu (Toronto, Ontario)

Meera Pahwa (Windsor, Ontario)

Dr. Mark Pearce (Toronto, Ontario)

Dr. Stephanie Penney (Toronto, Ontario)

Mercedes Perez (Toronto, Ontario)

Philippe Plourde (Iqaluit, Nunavut)

Dr. Dipesh Prema (Kamloops, British Columbia)

Sarah Rankin (Calgary, Alberta)

Professor Kent Roach (Toronto, Ontario)

Julian Roy (Toronto, Ontario)

Yadesha Satheaswaran (Toronto, Ontario)

Naomi Sayers (Garden River First Nation, Sault Ste Marie)

Amy Shoemaker (Toronto, Ontario)

Maya Shukairy (Montreal, Quebec)

Eric Siebenmorgen (Hamilton, Ontario)

Justice Lorne Sossin (Toronto, Ontario)

Dr. Lori Triano-Antidormi (Hamilton, Ontario)

Professor Sheila Wildeman (Nova Scotia)

Anna Trbovich (Toronto, Ontario)

Omeasoo Wahpasiw (Ottawa, Ontario)

As perhaps an aside, though not really, my co-Editors will attest to the fact that by day’s end all I really cared about was this:

CAMHL completes a circle of 5 for now – sitting tallest, strongest, prettiest and most colourful – for now – because there’s more to come – no doubt about that – and as always I’ll look forward to it all!

Here is a mock-up by a colleague I think looks pretty great!