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• 2019

  Association for Canadian Clinical Legal Education

• 2016

  University of Toronto Faculty of Law

  Dissertation Title: “Meds on the Menu: The Covert Administration of Psychotropic Medication to Adult Inpatients Determined to be Decisionally-Incapable in Psychiatric Settings”.\nThesis Committee Members: Dr. Lorraine Ferris

  Dr. Trudo Lemmens & Dr. Elizabeth Peter.

  Dalla Lana School of Public Health - University of Toronto

  Director

  Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  Adjunct Professor

  University of Toronto Faculty of Law

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  Visiting Professor and Academic Director of the Disabilty Law Intensive

  York University - Osgoode Hall Law School

  Toronto

  ON

  Notable Case: Co-counsel to the Empowerment Council (representing the interests of persons involved in the psychiatric and addictions systems) before the Coroner’s Inquest into the Death of Ashley Smith.

  Lawyer

  Justice for Children and Youth

  University of Toronto

  C.P. Shah Graduate Scholarships in Science and Technology

  University of Toronto

  Osgoode Hall Law School Teaching Award (Adjunct)

  York University

• 2009

  Central Toronto Community Health Centers

• 2008

  Master of Laws (LL.M.) (2008)

  Downtown Legal Services (DLS) (2001-2004)

  Thesis Title: “It’s Not Working: Barriers to the Inclusion of Workers with Mental Health Issues”

  Executive Member

  Mandate for Public Interest Law (2002- 2004)

  University of Toronto

• 2006

  Gerstein Crisis Centre

  Litigation

  Courts

  Legal Service

  Legal Assistance

  Policy Analysis

  Legal Issues

  Educational Workshops

  Public Speaking

  Human Rights

  Public Health

  Qualitative Research

  Research

  Dispute Resolution

  Critical Theory

  Legal Advice

  Legal Research

  Public Policy

  Law and Ordered C.H.A.O.S.: Social Science Methodology

  and the Charter Claims of Persons with Disabilities

  Roberto Lattanzio

  John David Lee

  This paper aims to provide members of the Canadian bench and bar with a\nprimer on social science research design and methodology. We develop a simple\nyet reasonably comprehensive prima facie mnemonic framework of analysis entitled\n“C.H.A.O.S.” — for “Contemplative

  ” “Hypotheses

  ” “Alternatives

  ” “Operationalize

  ”\nand “Sample.” This proposed model offers a means of digesting

  analyzing

  \nand focusing lines of social scientific analysis by developing a systematic\nframework to assess and understand the role of social scientific methodology\nwithin Canadian litigation

  including claims pursuant to the Canadian Charter of\nRights and Freedoms.\nThe paper also considers the barriers experienced by persons with disabilities\nin relation to their access to social science evidence in support of their Charter\nclaims. The limited availability and funding for such evidence has a disproportionate\nimpact on Charter claimants with disabilities. If an excessively large amount of\nexpensive social science becomes an essential dimension of a successful Charter\nclaim

  otherwise meritorious claims from persons with disabilities are effectively\nprecluded from succeeding. In that way

  Charter rights are enshrined in form

  but\nnot substance. The authors suggest that the proposed mode may provide assistance\nto all parties in developing and assessing social science evidentiary records.

  Law and Ordered C.H.A.O.S.: Social Science Methodology

  and the Charter Claims of Persons with Disabilities

  This article examines the judicial treatment of complaints of discrimination from workers with mental health issues. Equality protections promise full inclusion in social

  work and community life. The principle of inclusion is understood in three inter-related parts: inclusion in the workforce

  inclusion in decision-making and

  in the most broad and prospective sense

  inclusion in Canadian society. The current framework of equality protections has not effectively addressed these core values of inclusion for workers with mental health issues. The workplace continues to be a site of discrimination and harassment. Barriers prevent workers with mental health issues from getting or keeping employment

  discourage their participation in decision-making

  and entrench the devaluation

  isolation and exclusion of persons with mental health issues. Accommodative measures must be alive.

  It’s Not Working: Barriers to the Inclusion of Workers with Mental Health Issues

  lorraine ferris

  carol strike

  In September 2011

  the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the Canadian federal government’s failure to renew a statutory exemption allowing a supervised injecting facility to continue operating under federal drug laws

  contravened the claimants’ rights to life

  liberty and security of the person. This paper considers whether and how that decision in Canada (Attorney General) vs. PHS Community Services Society (the Insite decision) might impact on the operation of future Canadian supervised injection facilities. After a background section about Insite and Canada’s constitutional framework and relevant legislation

  we review the lower court decisions

  in so far as these assist in understanding judicial treatment on appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. Next

  we review the appeal decision highlighting two exceptional aspects of that ruling relevant to this paper. Last

  we explore ideological opposition to supervised injection sites and possible implications of the Insite decision on the operation of future supervised injection facilities.

  Hopeful Result

  Unclear Implications: A Comment on Canada (Attorney General) v PHS Community Services Society

  Tess

  Sheldon

  Dalla Lana School of Public Health - University of Toronto

  University of Windsor

  York University - Osgoode Hall Law School

  Justice for Children and Youth

• 2005

  ARCH Disability Law Centre

  Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services

  Toronto

  ON

  Notable Cases: Appeared before many tribunals and levels of court

  including the Supreme Court of Canada in Cuthbertson v. Rasouli

  Canada (Attorney General) v. Downtown Eastside SWUAV and Alberta v. Cunningham. A variety of roles from 2005-2006

  2007-2012

  2015-2018

  Staff Lawyer

  ARCH Disability Law Centre

  University of Windsor

• 2001

  Juris Doctor (2004)

  Faculty of Law

  Co-founder: Ability Rights and the Law (ARL) - 2002-2003

  University of Toronto

• 1996

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

  Dalla Lana School of Public Health

  University of Toronto

  Master of Science (M.Sc.)

  MSc Thesis Title:” Diagnostic Criteria for Depression in the Elderly”.

  Psychiatry and Public Health

  University of Alberta