Mental Health and the Crossroads of Indigenous Persons, Bail & Sentencing – LexisNexis

• To identify and address issues specific to Indigenous persons living with mental health disorders in both the criminal and civil mental health fields
• To identify and address issues specific to bail and sentencing for accused persons presenting with mental health disorders
• To participate in a Question & Answer period with the opportunity to ask live questions

Agenda
1:00 – 1:05 Introduction and agenda overview
1:05 – 1:10 Intergenerational Trauma and Barriers to Accessing Justice for Indigenous Peoples
1:10 – 1:15 Indigenous Approaches to Mental Health and Culturally Appropriate Treatment (Mazzei v BC)
1:15 – 1:20 The impact of Gladue and Ipeelee on mental health proceedings
1:20 – 1:25 Fetal Alcohol Syndrome – specialized courts
1:25 – 1:30 Bail Conditions and Review
1:30 – 1:35 R. v Zora: A reminder about the presumption of condition-less bail
1:35 – 1:40 Treatment/Counselling Conditions in Bail Orders
1:40 – 1:45 Other Instances of Terms Being Placed on a Mentally Disordered Accused
1:45 – 1:50 Intersection of mental health, Indigenous persons, and the bail and sentencing stages
1:50 – 2:00 Q&A and Conclusion

CPD Credits (1 hour)

• For Ontario, 1 hour can be applied towards the 9 Substantive Hours of Continuing Professional Development as required by the Law Society of Ontario
• For other provinces, consider including this 1 hour course as a CPD learning activity in your mandatory annual Continuing Professional Development Plan as required by the Law Society