Category Archives: Online Harassment

Important WiCCD YouTube Release Addresses Online Harassment of Women Colleagues by Male Lawyers – June 2024 – In Conversation with Natasha Calvinho

On June 9, 2024, WiCCD released an interview with Ottawa Criminal Defence Lawyer Natasha Calvinho, about her representation of Pat King in the context of proceedings arising from the trucker convoy situation. Here is the link: Natasha opens up in … Continue reading

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A NOTE TO MY STALKERS and ONLINE HARASSERS – Keep on Following me for Updates

I know my stalkers follow this blog and I want them to know that at some point, if the defamatory social media accounts they’ve stopped using but have not removed, remain live, I may well have to commence legal action. … Continue reading

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My Personal Story of being Harassed Online by Colleagues I once Considered my Closest Friends

This is one of those stories that’s probably harder to tell than to hear.  Or, in this case, harder to write than to read. I’ve never spoken publicly about it in any kind of detail, because these things carry a lot of shame. We, as targets of the harassment, are shocked, hurt, scared and feel ashamed. That this is happening to us.

We feel that we must have done something to trigger the behaviour.

We feel like it’s our fault this is happening to us.

And of course that’s not true. The stalker’s personality structure is fractured – it’s all about them, nothing to do with us. But that can be very difficult to appreciate as you are being targeted and stalked. Continue reading

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LAMDA and WICCD co-host CPD Panel on Online Harassment with Robin Parker, David Connally and Naomi Sayers February 22, 2022 at 5:30-7:30 pm

On February 22, 2022 LAMDA and WICCD will co-host this special panel, the first of its kind of which we are aware, entitled: “Targeted online harassment of lawyers: Balancing the Tension Between Professional Responsibility and Personal Safety” Many lawyers have … Continue reading

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