The Charter 25 Years Later: The Good, the Bad, and the Challenges

This year, as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Charter, journals and newspapers are replete with evaluations. Some are positive, some less so. Some are downright critical. Today, I would like to offer my reflections on the good news and the bad news about the Charter,a quarter-century on

New Windows on Justice: Osgoode Students in Conversation with Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada

Osgoode Students in Conversation with Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada

New Windows on Justice: Osgoode Students in Conversation with Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada

Osgoode Students in Conversation with Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada

Medicine and the Law: The Challenges of Mental Illness

In this lecture, I offer some thoughts on a medical/legal issue that is old, yet perennially pertinent; that is common, yet extraordinary; that is wellknown, yet all too often swept under the carpet. I refer to the issue-or more accurately the plethora of issues-that surround mental health and the law