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10:35 – 11:55 am: Panel Ten| Coming Together to Better Respond to People Experiencing Mental Health ProblemsHow does healthcare relate to justice? This last panel will discuss how critical it is to bridge the gaps between the healthcare system and the justice system by promoting interdisciplinary actions and bringing together professionals and scholars. Such collaboration […]

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19 8:45 – 10:15 am: Panel Nine | Mental Health, Criminal Law and Sentence Enforcement: An OverviewThis panel will assess the intersection of mental health and criminality from different perspectives such as federal policing, federal corrections, and community supervision of sentences. An emphasis will be placed on the successes and failures of our […]

1:15 – 2:45 pm: Panel Seven | How Does Civil Justice Take Charge of Those Suffering from Mental Health Problems? This panel will consider issues surrounding litigants who live with mental illness; what tools are available to assist such litigation? How can a decision maker minimize the impact of legal processes on the litigant? The […]

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 […]

Date Wednesday, October 17, 2018Thursday, October 18, 2018Friday, October 19, 2018 Theme The theme of Justice and Mental Health will be discussed by panellists who will attempt to bridge the gap between the Justice and Healthcare systems; what is the interrelation between vulnerable groups and mental illness as it plays out in the courts (civil […]