Administrative Justice and Mental Health: Promises, Perils and Possibilities (1:35:39)

10:50 – 12:15 pm: Panel Six | Administrative Justice and Mental Health: Promises, Perils and Possibilities

This panel will discuss the advantages and challenges of administrative tribunals adjudicating cases which involve people with mental health disabilities. Tribunals do not have a formal regime for addressing capacity issues – is law reform required? When do adjudicators have a duty to accommodate, particularly where self-represented litigants are concerned? How do we recruit and train adjudicators to be aware of unconscious bias, while ensuring understanding of the lived experiences of people with mental health disabilities?

Chair

• Mr. David A. Wright, Chair, Law Society Tribunal, Ontario

Speakers

• Ms. Julie Baril, Director of Legal Office, Tribunal administratif du Québec
• Mr. Michael Gottheil, Chief of the Commission and Tribunals, Alberta Human Rights Commission
• Ms. Tess Sheldon, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Windsor, Toronto
• Ms. Jean Buie, Lawyer, Social Benefits Tribunal, Ontario