Tess Sheldon

Lawyer & Associate Prof @WindsorLaw || disability, human rights, Madness & health justice || she/her || check it out @CALD_ACJSH @DJNOntario

[Tess Sheldon @tesssheldon]

So delighted to be working on this with the amazing @odeliabay and other folks. Follow us at @CALD_ACJSH!

[CALD-ACJSH @CALD_ACJSH]

Canadian Association of Lawyers with Disabilities - Association canadienne des juristes en situation de handicap
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[Kasari Govender @KasariGovender]

No data, no answers: Fatal shooting of autistic teen exposes gaps in B.C. policing. In order to ensure that we’re truly addressing discrimination in our systems and respecting human dignity, we need the information to back up our policy decisions. https://t.co/63Np41U8mf

[Ottawa Health Law, Policy and Ethics @OttawaHealthLaw]

Registration open @OttawaHealthLaw’s Mental Health Law Conference (Oct 2–3)!
Lucy Costa, Deputy Exec., Empowerment Council, will discuss the importance of patient voices and the past and future roles of the Psychiatric Patient Advocate Office (Oct. 2). https://t.co/jhVXpARRgf

[Ottawa Health Law, Policy and Ethics @OttawaHealthLaw]

Join @ottawahealthlaw.ca Mental Health Law Conference (Oct2/3). Check out Session 2: New Approaches to Care & Coercion w/ Sheila Wildeman (supported decision-making),Vanessa Gruben (mandated treatment & rights) & Archibald Kaiser (restraints/seclusion) https://t.co/m7xRRZQIoV

[Jennifer Chandler @jnfrchandler]

Join @ottawahealthlaw Oct 2–3 for a national conference: Reframing Mental Health Law: Emerging Controversies and Cross-Sector Perspectives. Keynotes: @Kwame_McKenzie & Dr. Tracy Vaillancourt. Student rates available. Hope to see you there! https://t.co/4bfB5vcWpR

[Ottawa Health Law, Policy and Ethics @OttawaHealthLaw]

Registration is OPEN! Join us Oct 2–3, hosted by @OttawaHealthLaw, for a national conference on Reframing mental health law: Emerging controversies and cross-sector perspectives. Keynotes: @Kwame_McKenzie & Dr. Tracy Vaillancourt. 
https://t.co/jhVXpARRgf

[Laverne Jacobs @LavJacobs]

Truly thrilled for this upcoming webinar on disabled youth advocacy with four amazing panellists, and excited that @ItsCarlyFox is collaborating with us at @LawDisabilitySC ! Friday, May 23 at noon EDT. More info below.

[Law, Disability & SC @LawDisabilitySC]

Join us for “Leadership in Canadian Disabled Youth Advocacy: Pathways & Intersections” May 23, 12-1:30pm EDT w/our panelists @DisabilitywAnna, Jay B, Logan W, Nicole C. Moderated by @ItsCarlyFox w/opening + closing remarks by Prof @LavJacobs! https://t.co/eR0pYQM2qG

[TNG Community Services @tngcommunityTO]

We’re headed back to court.

On April 7, Justice Callaghan will reconvene to provide an update on the case impacting Safe Consumption Sites in Ontario.

10:00 am onwards | 330 University Ave, Courtroom 8-1 (Overflow in 8-5 & 8-6)

https://t.co/J605ZBR4xY

#SaveOurSites

[TNG Community Services @tngcommunityTO]

Live: Intervenor,
Emily Hill, Aboriginal Legal Services, chose to honour courage of people to access service so they can continue to live. Indigenous people are more likely to use drugs due to trauma of colonialism and to experience barriers to basic health services.

[TNG Community Services @tngcommunityTO]

LIVE from the courtroom!

Stay tuned for live updates from TNG Community Services.

#SitesSaveLives #SupervisedConsumptionSites

[The Walrus @thewalrus]

Racialized professors at one of Canada’s leading law schools faced the institutional challenges of being underpaid, bullied, and ignored. @JulieSobowale investigates the tensions at @UBC’s @AllardLaw school:

https://t.co/YyAwEXsElB

[Janice Makokis @bearclannation]

My brother @DrMakokis drops some powerful truth bombs in here about the ongoing impacts of colonization on Indigenous peoples.

[Gillian Kolla, PhD @GillianKolla]

The lack of affordable housing is the root cause of this issue. How dystopian is it that rather than advocate for building housing for their citizens, these mayors are pushing for a suspension of Charter Rights to use police to displace them…to where exactly???

[Diana Chan McNally @DianaCMcNally]

If you oppose this suggested abuse of the notwithstanding clause to remove encampments, all so that @fordnation and local governments do not have to provide actual solutions like housing, shelter, and voluntary treatment, then please sign and share! https://t.co/nEexmNy7Gn

[CALD-ACJSH @CALD_ACJSH]

Join us for an engaging panel with disabled law students & lawyers, featuring Aria Lorenz, on Oct 24th, 7-9 pm ET. ASL, LSQ, English/French interpretation, and closed captioning provided. Registration is required! Learn more and sign up with @myNEADS at https://t.co/iDs7LZK0wE

[Disability Justice Network of Ontario @djnontario]

We talk a lot about the need to Raise the Rates with @RTRCoalition, but folks have to understand the chasm between the current rates and what Disabled People need to not just survive, but thrive in Ontario.

[Windsor Law @WindsorLaw]

Professor @irinaceric is the keynote speaker at the REVOLUTIONARY ADVOCACY: Law Union of Ontario 50th Anniversary Conference happening on October 18 & 19 in Toronto.

Many Windsor Law alum, professors and staff will also be speaking in panels, including Esensei Pangowish, Professor Vasanthi Venkatesh (@lebigv), Chris Ramsaroop, and Taneeta Doma.

Learn more: https://t.co/04GaGVMCVD