WiCCD’s 2024 Surprise Awards Ceremony Now Live on YouTube – with Justice Brock Jones, Nader Hasan, Genevieve Eliany and Anita Szigeti

Posted on January 12, 2025 by Anita Szigeti

You can now watch the 23 minute Surprise Awards Ceremony held at WiCCD’s Bail Conference on Sept 14, 2024, here – for an uplifting moment of tears, smiles and just a whole lot of good feels!

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A surprise presentation of WiCCD’s Annual Awards was the second last “panel” at our Bail Conference on September 14, 2024 held at the TMU. The Awards Ceremony was not listed on the Agenda, in part because some of the Awards were intended to surprise their recipients.

WiCCD’s Treasurer Cassandra DeMelo presented the first Award to WiCCD member Genevieve Eliany who is WiCCD’s Woman of 2024. WiCCD’s Secretary Anita Szigeti presented the WiCCD Ally 2024 Award to Nader Hassan. WiCCD’s Assistant Secretary, Education Director and Bail Conference Co-Chair Maya Shukairy surprised co-Chair Justice Brock Jones with WiCCD’s first ever Administration of Justice Award (2024). Finally, WiCCD’s Founder, Anita Szigeti, was presented with the one and only “WiCCDest” Award by Cassandra DeMelo. This too was a surprise.

The Awards Presentation contains impassioned, moving speeches by all the recipients and presenters. This was an extremely well received segment at the conference. We recommend watching this short video for a truly uplifting experience.

To learn more about the Recipients and the reason they received their awards or to see the Awards themselves, you can check out the information on our LinkTree here: https://linktr.ee/wiccd#WiCCDAwards#celebration#recognize accomplishment #Feminist Allies #WiCCDWoman#WiCCDAlly#Administration of Justice

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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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