Specialized seminars

Title: Genetics and Genomics – What Do I Need to Know? Overview in Medical Genetics and State of the Law
Date: March 27, 2015
Co-Chairs: The Honourable Justice Georgina Jackson, Dr. Barbara McGillivray 
Location: Toronto, ON

Title: Youth, Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System
Date: February 13, 2014
Co-Chairs: The Honourable Justice Michele M. Murphy, Superintendent Mike O'Malley
Location: Fredericton, NB

Title: Ethics and Civility in the Practice of Law
Date: December 13, 2013
Chair: Gavin MacKenzie
Location: Toronto, ON

Title: Medical Ethics, Law and Genetics
Date: April 5, 2013
Co-Chairs:  The Honourable Justice Georgina Jackson, Dr. Barbara McGillivray
Location: Vancouver, BC

Title: "Ambiguous Crossroads" - Persons with Mental Health Problems and the Criminal Justice System
Date: February 1, 2013
Co-Chairs: The Honourable Judge Anne Derrick, The Honourable Justice Joel Fichaud, Professor H. Archibald Kaiser
Location: Halifax, NS

Title: Mental Health and the Justice System: Barriers and Solutions
Date: September 26, 2011
Co-Chairs: Linda P. Lamoureux, Emanuela Heyninck
Location: Toronto, ON

Title: Mental Health and its Impact on the Justice System
Date: October 12, 2010
Co-Chairs: Heather MacNaughton, Joanne Spriet
Location: Vancouver, BC

Participants in the justice system who present with mental health and cognitive challenges are a reality of today’s Civil and Criminal Courts and Tribunals.

Cuts in available legal aid and other social services, have resulted in many such participants appearing without the assistance of legal counsel or other advocates. This seminar, held in Vancouver on October 12, 2010, brought together a group of experts and participants from across the justice system to discuss how to identify those with mental health and cognitive challenges, how those challenges might manifest themselves, and best practices or new ways of dealing with this group of participants. We hope these materials will serve as a starting point for an ongoing discussion.

Title: Law in a Fearful Society Symposium
Date: September 30 - October 7, 2004
Location: Vancouver, BC