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Speaker: Lisa Hamilton

Lisa Hamilton leads the Medical Malpractice-Health Disciplines Group at Bell Temple LLP. She is an astute and unwavering advocate of health care providers and the facilities where they work, defending malpractice and sex abuse suits at all levels of court in Ontario and related appeals, as well as Complaint and Discipline matters before the governing Colleges, the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal and the Information and Privacy Commission.

Deadline to Register: February 24 @ 5:00 p.m.

Webinar access link and any session materials will be sent to registrants within 24 hours of the event.

In this engaging session, video interviews of adult children of divorce will be presented along with commentary from the Honourable Justice Andrea Himel (Superior Court of Justice – Newmarket), Maxine M. Kerr (family law lawyer and mediator) and Dr. Shely Polak (PhD, MSW, RSW, Acc.FM). The session will include discussions around the impact of conflict, and the long-lasting effects of divorce on children. Dispute resolution options will also be presented and discussed.

Participants will leave with practical tips and strategies that are designed to assist families during challenging times. The program will conclude with open dialogue, bridging the gap between lawyers and mediators, to allow for a integrated process for families.

Registration Deadline: January 19 at 5:00 p.m.

Access link and presentation materials will be sent to registrants within 24 hours of the event.

Join panelists Haley Gaber-Katz (JFCS counsel), Ricardo Theoduloz (MSW), Carrie Hoffelnar (CAST), and the Honourable Justice Sherr as they discuss these crossover cases and how we can best serve children harmed by conflict.

1.     What are the impacts of conflict on children? How can we tell when conflict has risen to the level of emotional harm where the child is in need of protection?
2.     How does a Children’s Aid Society view emotional harm? High conflict? How to speak so they will listen? How can they speak so other professionals can hear them?
3.     How do judges identify children who are being impacted by conflict to a degree that makes the impact a protection concern?  How effectively do CAS’ approach emotional harm from high conflict? Parent’s counsel? What works and what doesn’t?

Deadline to Register: December 13

Access link and presentation materials will be sent to registrants within 24 hours of the event.

L’aliénation parentale et le refus (justifié ou non) d’un enfant d’avoir des contacts avec un parent sont des sujets de discussion « tendance » dans l’univers du droit familial. Notre panel d’experts composé d’une juge, une avocate du Bureau de l’avocat des enfants et une experte en santé mentale analyseront un scénario de faits où les enfants refusent les contacts avec un parent, soulevant ainsi des allégations d’aliénation parentale. Les panélistes examineront les problématiques soulevées dans ce scénario selon leur perspective distincte et offriront des conseils pratiques pour les professionnels impliqués dans des situations similaires.

Des faits seront ensuite ajoutés au scénario et les panélistes expliqueront si leur analyse et approche doit être modifiée. Le scénario sera fourni aux participants à l’avance pour allouer plus de temps d’analyse aux panélistes. Les participants sont vivement encouragés à lire et à se familiariser avec les scénarios, car ils ne seront pas relus au début de la formation.

Date limite pour s’inscrire : Le dimanche 15 novembre 2021 à 12h

Les informations pour accéder au webinaire et les documents additionnels seront distribués la veille de l’évènement

NATIONAL SELF REPRESENTED LITIGANTS PROJECT

Dayna Cornwall, Project Manager, National Self Represented Litigants Project

The core of the work of the National Self-Represented Litigants Project is to advocate for better and deeper understanding of the needs, motivations and challenges of self-represented litigants. They are committed to:

• Collaboration to enhance the responsiveness of the Canadian justice system to self-represented litigants (SRLs) and their direct participation in the change process, and continuing dialogue among all stakeholders who include SRLs, lawyers, judges and court services staff.

• The development of practical, focused, and accessible resources to assist self-represented litigants and to enhance understanding and co-operation among SRLs, lawyers, judges and court services staff, and to information and resource-sharing among all interested and affected parties.

This presentation will focus on the research on emerging areas of special interest to those affected by the SRL phenomenon, including jurisprudence, court and legal information services, and changes in legal practice to meet SRL needs (unbundling, coaching).

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A joint presentation of AFCC-O and Simcoe County Law Association

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Professor Nicholas Bala, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University
Justice Andrea Himel, SCJ, Newmarket
Deborah Alton, Reflection Centre

Moderator
Ashley H. McInnis, B.A., LL.B. Stewart, Esten LLP

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