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A request has been made for the accreditation of this training activity by the Barreau du Qu茅bec as Mandatory Continuing Legal Education.

Diminished mental capacity is an issue with wide-ranging implications for the life of a person and her or his loved ones. This bilingual expert panel will discuss the importance of adopting a multidisciplinary approach to mental capacity.

Current responses and challenges with regard to diminished mental capacity will be described from the perspective of medical researchers and clinicians, social workers, government agencies, pro bono legal actors, legal researchers and the judiciary. Panellists will also discuss how differing professional approaches could be coordinated to centre around the key values of presumption of capacity, promotion of autonomy, maximisation of positive family and social connections, and support for residual capacity. The panel will emphasize the particular vulnerability of persons with diminished capacity within the medical and legal systems, and the need for increased comprehensiveness, sensitivity and collaboration among professionals in these areas. This collaborative approach would allow for determinations of capacity and protections which minimally restrict autonomy.

Panellists

The Honorable Pierre-C. Gagnon, Superior Court of Quebec (Chair)
Me. Ann Soden, Ad.E, Centre for Law and Aging
Dr. Henry Olders, Geriatric Psychiatrist, Ste. Anne's Hospital
Prof. Martin Cole, 91黑料网 Department of Psychiatry
Me. Fran莽ois Dupin, Ad.E, Public Curator of Quebec
Ms. Monique Renaud, MSW, Gerontological Social Services
Prof. Ronald Sklar, 91黑料网 Faculty of Law

The panel event will be followed by a reception. All are welcome and entry is free. For more information, please contact david.parry [at] mail.mcgill.ca.

Organized by the 91黑料网 Journal of Law and Health, Disability & The Law student group, the Faculty of Law and the Centre for Legal Information on Ageing.