Seminars

Date

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Theme

This conference is intended to bring together many of the actors responsible for ensuring equitable treatment for young persons with mental health problems who come into contact with the criminal justice system. Members of the police, mental health organizations, doctors, lawyers and judges will collaborate to present and discuss the latest developments and preferred practices at the often difficult intersection of criminal justice and mental health. The goals of the conference include updating attendees, fostering discussion and enabling participants to emerge with better tools and firmer links to other justice, health and social service professionals and to the community.

Organizing Committee

Co-Chairs

• The Honourable Justice Michele M. Murphy, Prince Edward Island Court of Appeal, Charlottetown, PE
• Superintendent Mike O'Malley, District Commander, West District, RCMP "J" Division, Fredericton, NB

Members

• Sgt. Andrew Blackadar, RCMP Policy Analyst and Crime Reduction Strategy for PEI, Charlottetown, PE
• Michele Dorsey, Chair, Criminal Code Review Board fro PEI, Charlottetown, PE
• The Honourable Justice William Goodridge, Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador, Trial Division, St. John's, NL
• Brian J. McKenna, Q.C., Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives, Charlottetown, PE

Date

Friday, February 1, 2013

Theme

This conference is intended to bring together many of the actors responsible for ensuring equitable treatment for persons with mental health problems who come into contact with the criminal justice system. As many challenging cases have revealed and as the ratification by Canada of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities mandates, this is a time for change. Persons with lived experience and their advocates, police officers, lawyers and judges, among others, will collaborate to present and discuss the latest developments and preferred practices at the often difficult intersection of criminal justice and mental health. The goals of the conference include updating attendees, fostering discussion and enabling participants to emerge with better tools and firmer links to other justice, health and social service professionals and to the community.

Organizing Committee

Co-Chairs

• The Honourable Judge Anne Derrick, Provincial Court of Nova Scotia, Chair, Hyde Inquiry, Halifax, NS
• The Honourable Justice Joel Fichaud, Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, Halifax, NS
• H. Archibald Kaiser, Professor, Schulich School of Law and Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS

Members

• Constable Michael Alford, RCMP Court Liaison Officer, Kings County, NS
• Staff Sergeant John D. Ennis, Advisory NCO Southwest Nova (District), New Minas, Kings County, NS
• Constable David Fairfax, Community Safety Resource Officer for the RCMP in Nova Scotia
• Ms. Emma Halpern, Equity Officer, Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society, Halifax, NS
• Deputy Chief Bill Moore, Halifax Regional Police, Halifax, NS
• Beth Symes, C.M., LSM, Symes Street Millard, LLP, Toronto, ON

Date

Monday, September 26, 2011

Theme

There are many programs that address the needs of people with mental challenges in the context of criminal justice: This session focuses on access to justice for those with mental challenges in our civil and administrative justice systems.

Co-Chairs

• Linda P. Lamoureux, Chair, Health Professions & Health Services Appeal & Review Boards, Ontario Hepatitis C Assistance Plan Review Committee, Transitional Physician Audit Panel, Toronto, ON
• Emanuela Heyninck, Commissioner, Pay Equity Commission, and Member, Health Professions and Services Appeal & Review Boards, Toronto, ON