8:30 – 9:00 Registration & Light Breakfast
9:00 – 9: 15 Welcome & Introduction
Interim Dean Mary Condon, Osgoode Hall Law School
Professor Jamie Cameron, Program Chair, Osgoode Hall Law School
9:15 – 10:15 Fairness Themes and the ORB Study
Moderator
Alexander (Sandy) Simpson, Chief of Forensic Psychiatry, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Speakers
Professor Lorne Sossin, Osgoode Hall Law School
Professor Jamie Cameron, Osgoode Hall Law School
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:30 Mental Health Processes: ORB, CCB & Mental Health Court
Moderator
Professor Ronda Bessner, Osgoode Hall Law School; Member, Consent and Capacity Board
Speakers
Justice Richard Schneider, Chair, Ontario Review Board
Ms. Margaret Creal, Chair, Consent and Capacity Board
11:30 – 12:30 Perspectives and Voices
Moderator
Professor Ben L. Berger, Osgoode Hall Law School
Panelists
Ms. Lucy Costa, Deputy Executive Director, Empowerment Council
Ms. Mercedes Perez, Perez Bryan Procope LLP
Mr. Brendon Pooran, Pooran Law; Member, Consent and Capacity Board
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 2:30 Social Justice Tribunals of Ontario
Moderator
Professor Shelley Kierstead, Osgoode Hall Law School
Speakers
Ms. Pamila Ahlfeld, Interim Chair, Social Benefits Tribunal
Ms. Maria Tassou, Associate Chair, Criminal Injuries Compensation Board
Ms. Mary Asbil, Assistant Registrar, Social Benefits Tribunal; Child & Family Services Review Board
2:30 – 3:30 At Risk Populations: Aboriginals and Prisoners
Moderator
Professor Jamie Cameron, Program Chair, Osgoode Hall Law School
Speakers
Mr. Jonathan Rudin, Program Director, Aboriginal Legal Services Ontario
Mr. Howard Sapers, Independent Advisor on Corrections Reform, Government of Ontario