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Calling all CMHAs, Alzheimer societies, psychiatric facilities, community health centres, mental health teams (children and adult), school boards, psychotherapy teams and Ontario Health Teams!

Join us for our second legal issues for mental health agencies series commencing March 2025.

Meet your presenters:

Kate Dewhirst

Kate Dewhirst

Kate’s mission is bringing the law to life. She takes legal theory and makes it understandable, accessible and fun. She is the founder of Kate Dewhirst Health Law, a law firm in Toronto.

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Maria McDonald

Maria is founder of McDonald HR Law and works with health care employers on all their human resources and human rights needs. She makes teaching a delight – using real-life scenarios to explain human resource issues.

Jackie Swaisland

Jackie Swaisland

Jackie is a co-founder of Landings LLP, a law firm specializing in immigration law. She is recognized as one of Canada’s leading voices in immigration law.

Gillian Kafka

Gillian Kafka

Gillian is a Senior Counsel with Kate Dewhirst Health Law. She has a stand-up comedian vibe taking questions from the audience. Gillian focuses on privacy and risk management.

The topics we will cover in the 2025 webinar series are:

January

Consent and Capacity

new CCB decisions and duty of care
January 23
12 noon - 1pm Eastern Time
February

Employment law

how to deal with difficult employees –Maria McDonald is presenter
February 27
12 noon - 1pm Eastern Time
March

AI

using tech in mental health – Gillian Kafka is presenter
March 27
12 noon - 1pm Eastern Time
April

Family law

custody battles, POAs, guardianship, kinship
April 24
12 noon - 1pm Eastern Time
May

Board and admin relations

how to set each other up to succeed
May 22
12 noon - 1pm Eastern Time
June

Criminal law

NCR, unfit to stand trial, trespass orders, MAID
June 26
12 noon - 1pm Eastern Time
September

MFIPPA/FIPPA

working with partners who are subject to public transparency rules
September 25
12 noon - 1pm Eastern Time
October

Immigration law

citizens, residents, protected status, foreign nationals – Jackie Swaisland is the presenter
October 30
12 noon - 1pm Eastern Time
November

Duty of Care

for consent and capacity
November 27
12 noon - 1pm Eastern Time

... while this is what you're really buying:

Knowlege and expertise to do your job better.

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These are some of the real benefits to you and to your organization when you join our 2025 webinar series:

We'll help you get a good night’s sleep

No more night terrors! These webinars give you peace of mind that you're on top of the latest issues in mental health law, risk management and employment law.

We will equip you with hands-on practical knowledge

These webinars use actual examples from cases with other mental health agencies to give you practical information. Each webinar includes handouts and tools you can put to use immediately.

We will help you stimulate team conversations on difficult topics

All webinars are recorded so you can play and replay them in your team meetings at any time.

Understand you are not alone

Join our community of mental health leaders who face the same issues as you do.

Your whole leadership team gets to come for no extra charge

You can register up to 5 members of your organization to join these webinars – all for the one price. Share the wealth of information!

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How much does it cost?

2025 Legal Issues for Mental Health Agencies Webinar series

$ 1095 +HST

your subscription includes
  • 9 hours of live webinars
  • Live Q & A to Kate, Maria Jackie or Gillian throughout
  • Everything is recorded for you to replay to your teams, or for you, if you miss one
  • Up to 5 members of your team can attend each webinar – which is under $32 per person per session

What if I find I don’t like it?

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No problem: We will take all the risk away from you. We are so sure that you’ll love training with us that we make you this promise:

If at any time you don’t enjoy the webinars, if for any reason the series isn't what you wanted or hoped for, or if you’re not finding it useful, then we will refund you in full. No conditions.

Ready to participate? Here’s how: