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Mark Handelman, BA, LLB, MHSc (bioethics)

BIOGRAPHY Mark Handelman was called to the Ontario Bar in 1978 and holds an MHSc in Bioethics from the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics. Mark was first appointed to The Consent and Capacity Board in 1998 and served a ten year term, for 8 years of which he was a Vice Chair and Senior Lawyer Member.

In August 2019 Mark was reappointed to the Board. He was a part time Member of The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal from 2008 to 2018. From 2008 to 2019, Mark practiced elder law and health care law, frequently representing patients, their families and health care practitioners before the Board and in the Courts. His articles on consent and capacity law, mental health law, end of life-decision making and Powers of Attorney, some co-authored with physicians or bioethicists, have appeared in the popular press as well as peer-reviewed medical and legal journals. He is a member of Pro Bono Ontario and volunteers at Casey House.

Until 2002 Mark lived and practiced law in London, Ontario, where he also served as President of The Better Business Bureau, President of the London Chamber of Commerce, Director of The Ontario Chamber of Commerce, the National Council of Better Business Bureaux, The London Club and of Congregation Or Shalom.

He was one of the first members of Ontario’s Child Representation Program and wrote some 300 restaurant reviews and food articles for The London Free Press.

Mark’s practice now focuses on preparing Wills and Powers of Attorney frequently for persons of diminished capacity. He is Counsel to the law firm Whaley Estate Litigation Partners.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS The Law Society of Upper Canada

Ontario Human Rights Tribunal


EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Law Commission of Ontario, Advisory Committee on End of Life Decisions, September 2015 to date

Joint Centre for Bioethics expert panel on PAD and on the Panel’s PAD/mental health sub-committee, October 2015 to date

Private Practice, Health Law, 2008 to date

Counsel, Whaley Estate Litigation, 2010 to date

Member, Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, August 2008 to date

Member, Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants Discipline Tribunal, 2006 to 2011

Member, North York General Hospital Research Ethics Board, 2013

Member, U of T Medical School Research Ethics Committee, 2003 to 2008

Senior Lawyer Member, Consent and Capacity Board, 2000 to 2008

Vice Chair, Consent and Capacity Board, December 2000 to 2008

Toronto Regional Vice Chair, Consent and Capacity Board, 2001 to 2003

Acting Toronto Regional Vice Chair, Consent and Capacity Board, 2001

Vice Chair, Quality Assurance, Consent and Capacity Board, 2000 to 2002

Lawyer Member, Consent and Capacity Board, 1998

Member, Ministry of Health Critical Care Secretariat Ethics sub-committee, 2007 to 2008

Ethics sub-editor, Current Oncology, September 2005 to 2008

University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics, 2003 - 2005 MHSc (bioethics)

Partner, Jeffery Associates, 1988 - 2001

Sole Practitioner, 1979 - 1988

Chizmar Associates, 1978 -1979

Bar Admission Course, 1977 - 1978

Articling Student, 1976 - 1977

(3 months for the Dean, Windsor Law School,

7 months Poole, Bell in London)

University of Windsor, 1973 - 1976 (LL.B.)


University of Western Ontario, 1969 - 1972 (B.A.)

Student Lawyer, Hiatus House, summer 1976

Student Lawyer, Legal Assistance of Windsor, summer 1975

Law Clerk, Cecil Rotenberg, Q.C., summer 1974

Law Society of Upper Canada; Middlesex Bar Association (1978-2001)

Middlesex Criminal Lawyers’ Association (1980-2001)

Middlesex Real Estate Lawyers’ Association (1978-2001)

Acting Assistant Crown Attorney (1984-2001)

Sessional Instructor, Negotiation Techniques and Strategy, Bar Admission Course (1990 - 1995)

Standing Agent for Federal Prosecutions (1984 - 1995)

Canadian Bar Association (1978 - 1992)

Official Guardian Child Representation Panel (1980 - 1988)

Law Foundation Volunteer Lawyers service, 1998-2001

SOME CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Helped Found Hiatus House, Windsor, 1976, Ontario’s second emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence; wrote staff handbook and procedure manual.

Agent for The Law Society of Upper Canada Staff Trustee, 1982 and 1984—managed the practices of two absconding lawyers and drafted precedent forms and procedures still in use by the Law Society.

Managed the law practices of two other sole practitioners, 1980 - 1988

Conducted major prosecutions pursuant to the Income Tax Act, Excise Tax Act, Narcotic Control Act and Canada Labour Code.

Represented owners in a major commercial land development, from property acquisition through re-zoning to financing and leasing, 1986 - 1990.

Achieved settlement of 98 claims against the Jesuits on behalf of First Nations victims of sexual abuse, 1994.


Appeared in the Court of Appeal as co-counsel for the Intervenor in Rasouli v. Sunnybrook, 2011

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Volunteer, Casey House 2008 to 2015

Hospital for Sick Children pro bono lawyer’s panel 2009 to date

Ontario Legal Aid Mental Health Law Committee, 2002 to 2005

Member, Humber River Regional Hospital Ethics Committee, November 2003 to May 2006

Member, William Osler Health Centre Corporate Ethics Committee, May 2004 to May 2006

Special Ability Riding Institute: Charter Director, 1977 - 1979

Optimist Club of Fanshawe London: Charter Member, 1978

Congregation Or Shalom: Governor, 1979 - 1980

Member of Fund Raising and Membership Committees

The London Chamber of Commerce:

Youth Liaison Committee, 1979 - 1980

Better Consumer Relations Committee, 1979 - 1983

Civic Affairs Committee, 1979 - 1983

Chair, Elected Officials Remuneration Sub-Committee, 1980 - 1981

Director, 1983 - 1985, 1989 - 1991

Vice President, 1985 - 1986, 1986 - 1987

President, 1988 - 1989

Municipal Affairs Committee, 1989 – 1993


Ontario Chamber of Commerce:

Director, 1989, 1990, 1991

London Centre (Provincial) Progressive Conservative Association:

Director, 1981 - 1983, 1990, 1993

Chair, Constitution Revision Committee, 1982 - 1983

Second Vice-President, 1983 - 1984

First Vice-President, 1984 - 1988

Candidate, 1990 Provincial Election

London East (Federal) Progressive Conservative Association:

Director, 1983 - 1993

Candidate, London Municipal Election, 1991

Southwestern Ontario Better Business Bureau:

Steering Committee Member, 1983 - 1984

Vice-President, 1984

President, 1984 - 1986

National Director, 1986 - 1987

Honorary Counsel, 1993 to 2000

London Club:

Chair, Membership Development Committee, 1997 - 1998

Member, Finance Committee, 1998 - 1999

Director, 1999 - 2001

Crimestoppers of London, Inc.:


Charter Director, 1987

Performing Arts Center Steering Committee:

Director, 1981 - 1983, 1992 - 1993

Mayor’s Downtown Steering Committee, 1990 - 1992

London New Arts Festival:

Honorary Counsel, 1996 - 1997

Orchestra London:

Special Fundraising Committee, 1998, 1999, 2000

London Regional Art Gallery:

Co-Convener, “The Art of Wine” inaugural fundraising event, 2000

Breast Cancer Society of Canada:

Member, Special Fundraising Committee, 1999

Covent Garden Market London:

New Market Steering Committee, 1998 - 1999

Bar Admission Course, London:

Student Representative, Faculty Advisory Committee, 1977 - 1978

Student Council Representative, 1977 - 1978

University of Windsor, Faculty of Law:

Law Representative to the Students’ Administrative Council, 1974 - 1976

Director, Students’ Administrative Council, 1975 - 1976

Student Law Society Representative, 1975 - 1976

Member, Student Legal Aid Society


University of Western Ontario:

Treasurer, B’Nai Brith Hillel, 1971 - 1972

Member, Political Science Advisory Committee

Student Council Nominating Committee, 1970 - 1972

Member: Bridge Club, Political Science Student Club, Sky Diving Club

PUBLICATIONS

Cease or Assist? Physician-Assisted Death in Canada, Trust Quarterly Review (Vol15, Iss. 2, 2017)

Understanding the Relationship Between Suffering and Capacity at the End-of-Life: A Pilot Study, Cartagena et. al, Law Commission of Ontario, December 2016, online at http://www.lco-cdo.org/Cartagena%20et%20al.pdf

Must do CPR??: strategies to cope with the new College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario policy on end-of-life care, With Laura Hawryluck and Simon J. W. Oczokowski, 63, 5 Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, May 2016

ASSISTED DEATH: THE RISKS AND BENEFITS OF TRIBUNAL APPROVAL, (2016) 36 (3) Health Law in Canada, p. 138

Key Considerations for Addressing Interim Requests for a Physician-Assisted Death Exemption, with other authors, Joint Centre for Bioethics, February 2016

PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED DEATH IN CANADA: AS THE LAW CHANGES, with Heather Hogan and Madeeha Hashmi, (2015) 36 (2) Health Law in Canada, p.46

LAST RIGHTS: CUTHBERTSON V. RASOULI -- What The Supreme Court Didn’t Say About End of Life Treatment Decisions, With Dr. Michael Gordon, (2015) 35(4) Health Law in Canada, p. 106; reprinted as course materials by Law Society of Upper Canada, June 2015

A Matter of Life and Death, STEP [Society of Estates and Trust Practitioners] Journal, September 2014 (This paper received the STEP award for best article of 2014)

Who Wants to Force Makayla Into Treatment? The Hamilton Spectator Op Ed, June 5


2014

The Other Side of the Coin: Personal Care and the Estate Lawyer, With Kim Whaley, Ontario Bar Association, October 2013

End of life decisions: The Mistakes We Make, One lawyer’s Perspective. The Advocate [Ontario Society of Medical Technologists], Autumn 2013

Consent to Withdrawal of Life Support: What the Supreme Court Said In Cuthbertson and Rubenfeld v. Rasouli, October 2013 http://whaleyestatelitigation.com/blog/2013/10/consent-to-withdrawal-of-life-support-what-the-supreme-court-said-in-cuthbertson-and-rubenfeld-v-rasouli/

End of Life Decisions: What do Lawyers Owe Their Clients? For the Canadian Bar Association Elderlaw conference, April 2013

Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide and Quality End-of-Life Care:

What are the Key Issues for Patients, Families, Health Care Providers and Institutions?

JCB Newsletter, Feb. 2012; with S. Lawrence Librach (Lead Author), Ann Heesters , Marcia Sokolowski, Lucie Wade

A checklist to meet ethical and legal obligations to critically ill patients at end of life, Healthcare Quarterly, Vol. 14, No.3, October 2011; with Robert Sibbald, Paula Chidwick and Andrew B. Cooper.

End of Life Decisions for Incapable Patients: The Basics, Canadian Institute Press, April 2009

Powers of Attorney for Personal Care: Fries With That Will? Ontario Bar Association 2009 Institute, February 2009

The Beneficial Role of a Judicial Process When "Everything" Is Too Much Mark Handelman and Bob Parke, Healthcare Quarterly, 11(4) 2008: 46-50 Co-authored script for and narrated Consent and Capacity Board video: Admission to a Care Facility: A Mock Hearing; 2008

Co-authored script for and appeared in Consent and Capacity Board video: Challenging


Substitute-Decision Makers; 2008

Co-authored script for and appeared in Consent and Capacity Board video: Reviewing a Patient’s involuntary status and capacity; 2008

Approximately 500 Judgments for Consent and Capacity Board Hearings

The Cancer Patient’s Wife, Current Oncology, December 2006

Battered Women: Emergency Shelters and the Law, with Wendy Ward, M.S.W.

University of Windsor Press, 1976

Approximately 150 Restaurant Reviews for the London Free Press, 1985 - 1988

Approximately 25 opinion articles on Law, Politics and Municipal Affairs, published in the London Free Press, 1988 - 2001

London’s New Properties Assessment Land Tax Regime, London Business Magazine, February 1994

Approximately 20 articles on Provincial Politics and Municipal Affairs, published in the London Business Advocate, 1985 - 1989

In Your Kitchen, a weekly column about people and food in the Sunday London Free Press, 1998 - 2001

Wine Notes, a monthly Internet wine column, 1999 to 2003

MAJOR HEALTH LAW AND ETHICS PRESENTATIONS Treatment After Death: Does the Consent and Capacity Board Have a Role? Joint Centre for Bioethics Fall Lecture Series, November 1027

The Law and Ethic of Assisted Death, Panelist, Kingston General Hospital Palliative Care Grand Rounds, March 2017

Consent and Capacity: What You Need to Know, With Judith Wahl, Osgoode Professional Development Certificate in Elderlaw course, March 2017

When is it Legal to Die in Canada? Ontario Council of Imams, March 2017

Ethics and the Law: Privilege, Conflict and Dishonest Clients, ILCO [Institute of law Clerks of Ontario], March 2017


Assessing Capacity: Substance and Procedure, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Department of Social Work, February 2017 Consent, Capacity, Questions? The Kingston Council on Ageing, February 2017 Video Recording Client Interviews: Avoid Estate Litigation, Osgoode Professional Development, October 2016

Getting to Dead: Medical Aid in Dying, Osgoode Professional Development, October 2016

Consent and Capacity Board: Practice and Procedure, Advocates’ Society, October 2016

The Future of Elderlaw, panel participant, Osgoode Professional Development elderlaw Conference, May 2016

Dealing With The Elder Client, panel participant, Osgoode Professional Development Elderlaw Conference, May 2016

Consent and Capacity: The Law is the Minimum Ethic The Ottawa Hospital Grand Rounds, April 2016

Consent, Capacity, Questions? North Toronto Community (Mental Health) Outreach Association, March 2016

When is it Legal to Die in Canada? Baycrest Hospital Grand Rounds, January 2016

Current Consent and Capacity Issues: Understanding Capacity, with Dr. Suzanne Legault, Trillium Health Partneres, January 2016

When is it Legal to Die in Canada? Joint Centre for Bioethics (U of T) symposium, October 2015

Ontario Consent and Capacity Law Joint Centre for Bioethics ( U of T) symposium, October 2015

Consent, Capacity, Questions? Toronto East General Hospital Grand Rounds, with Dr. Nadia Incardona, June 2015

When is it Legal to Die in Canada? Canadian Psychologists’ Association annual meeting, June 2015

Practice Before The Consent and Capacity Board Panelist, Law Society of Upper Canada presentation, June 2015

Assisted Suicide in Canada: What Does the Law Mean Now? NICE (National Institute for the Care of the Elderly) annual conference, May 2015 (With Heather Hogan and Kimberly


Whaley)

Powers of Attorney for Personal Care: What Your Doctor and Lawyer Can’t Do At Your Life’s End, Advance Care Planning Day, February 2015

What to Do About Mr. Rasouli, Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital Grand Rounds, January 2015

End of Life Decisions in Canada, UNESCO World Bioethics Conference, Jerusalem, January 2015

Consent to Treatment: The HCCA Deconstructed, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, October 2014

Consent, Capacity, Questions? Northern Ontario Council on Elder Abuse, Sudbury, October 2014

Consent, Capacity, Questions? Eastern Ontario Elder Abuse Prevention Coalition, Kingston, September 2014

Cuthbertson v. Rasouli: Doors Left Open, Canadian Bioethics Society annual meeting, June 2014

Cuthbertson v. Rasouli: Impact of the Supreme Court Judgment, With Marshall Swadron and Kimberly Whaley, National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly Spring Symposium, May 2014

Cuthbertson v. Rasouli: Doors Left Open, with Dr. Michael Gordon, Joint Centre for Bioethics, February 2014

Defining The Impact Of New Technologies On End Of Life Care, Panel with Sally Bean, Guillermo Schible and Margaret Somerville; Ontario Bar Association Health Law Institute, February 2014

Cuthbertson v. Rasouli: What Next? Toronto East General Hospital Grand Rounds, December 2013

LIVE OR LET DIE: Rasouli v. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, With Harry Underwood and Eric Hoaken, Advocates’ Society Annual Fall Meeting, Anguilla, November 2013

Rasouli v. Sunnybrook: Lessons Learned, Brockville General Hospital Grand Rounds, November 2013

Final Days, Finest Hours: What Lawyers and Doctors Can’t Do at Life’s End Brockville General Hospital public symposium, November 2013


Powers of Attorney for Personal Care: Better Drafting, Less Testifying, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, November 2013

The Practical Application: Acting as an Attorney for Personal Care Ontario Bar Association, October 2013

Final Days, Finest Hours: What Lawyers and Doctors Can’t Do at Life’s End, Windsor Estate Planning Council, September 2013

Sunnybrook v. Rasouli: What We’ve Learned, What We May Learn, Toronto East General Hospital Grand Rounds, June 2013

Contested Capacity Hearings, Toronto Medico-Legal Society, April 2013

End of Life Decisions: What do Lawyers Owe Their Clients? Canadian Bar Association Elderlaw Conference, April 2013

Sunnybrookv. Rasouli: What We’ve Learned, What We May Learn. Trillium Health Partners Grand Rounds April 2013

Powers of Attorney for Personal Care: Two Case Studies, Osgoode Professional Development, “Advising the Elderly” Conference, February 2013

When Health Practitioners Disagree with SDMs at End-of-Life: The Ethical Obligation to Seek Adjudication and How to Prepare for It, Ontario Hospital Association, January 2013

Consent, Capacity, Questions? Casey House education day, November 2012

Powers of Attorney—What Your Clients Need to Know, Retirement Planners Association of Canada, Ontario Division continuing education day, Sept. 2012

Unless You’re going to Live Forever—Powers of Attorney. Brampton community Presentation, June 2012

Consent, Capacity, Confusion, Grand Rounds at Casey House Hospice, April 2012

When Law and Psychiatry Collide, Osgoode Law School Health Law Class, March 2012

Personal Care Issues: Living Wills/Advance Directives/End of Life Decisions, with Dr. Laura Hawryluck, Justice Susan Himel, Osgoode Professional Development “Advising the Elderly Client” program, February 2012

Treatment Disputes With SDMs: Bad Decisions, Bad Decision-makers or Bad Practice? North York General Hospital, November 2011

Financial Capacity and Vulnerability, Society of Trust and Estate Planners, October 2011

Treatment Disputes With SDMs: Bad Decisions, Bad Decision-makers or Bad Practice?


Toronto East General Hospital Oncology Education Day, October 2011

Treatment Disputes With SDMs: Bad Decisions, Bad Decision-makers or Bad Practice? McMaster Fall Symposium, McMaster University, September 2011

Powers of Attorney: Capacity, Incapacity, Trigger Events, Ontario Bar Association Solo and Small Firm Conference, June 2011

When Treatment Disputes Arise: a Primer, Peterborough Hospital Grand Rounds, May, 2011

Wait a Minute, I Have Rights Too! A brief history of the law of dignity, autonomy, liberty, rights and freedoms, from the dawn of democracy to end of life. Keynote Presentation, Closing the Gap Healthcare 10th Anniversary education series, March 2011

Consent and Capacity: Law, Ethics, Practice, Ethics Grand Rounds, William Osler Healthcare Centre, March 2011

Powers of Attorney for Personal Care: Capacity and Trigger Events, Law Society of Upper Canada continuing Legal Education, February 2011

Doctors v. Lawyers: An End of Life Case Study, Osgoode Professional Development Program, “Advising the Elderly Client,” January 2011

Doctors v. Lawyers: An End of Life Case Study, Etobicoke General Hospital Ethics rounds, January 2011

Doctors v. Lawyers: An End of Life Case Study, Not for Profit Care Facilities of Ontario, annual meeting, December 2010

Doctors v. Lawyers: An End of Life Case Study Examining the Benefits of a Tribunal System of Adjudication, Alberta Health Law Institute, Edmonton, November 2010

Doctors v. Lawyers: An End of Life Case Study, Joint Center for Bioethics, November 2010

Developing a Policy to Support Clients’ Choices and Support Our Staff, with Frank Wagner, 2010 Canadian Elderlaw Conference, Toronto, October 2010

The 60-minute CCB Hearing and Other Gems, Trillium Health Centre, October 2010

Substitute Decision-making: A Process, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Hospital, October 2010

The 60-Minute CCB Hearing, Canadian Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, September 2010; with Dr. Thomas Hastings

End of Life Decision-Making for Incapable Patients, 8th Annual Canadian Society of


Hospital Medicine Conference, Toronto, September 2010; with Dr. Paula Chidwick

The Health Care Consent Act, Tools for Practitioners, West Park Health Care Centre, September 2010

The Health Care Consent Act, Tools for Practitioners, Toronto Dental Hygienists Society, September 2010

The Health Care Consent Act, Tools for Practitioners, Durham Dental Hygienists Society, May 2010

The 60-Minute CCB Hearing, Penetanguishene Mental Health Centre Grand Rounds, April 2010

The Process of The Mental Health Act, Canadian Institute Conference, “Mental Health in the Workplace,” April 2010

Legal Nuances for Mental Health Professionals, Halton Health Care Mental Health Grand Rounds, April 2010

The Health Care Consent Act, Tools for Practitioners, Rouge Valley Hospital, April 2010

The Health Care Consent Act, Tools for Practitioners, Credit Valley Hospital, April 2010

The 60-Minute CCB Hearing, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Grand Rounds, February 2010

The Health Care Consent Act, Tools for Practitioners, Etobicoke General Hospital, January 2010

Powers of Attorney: What You Need to Know, Alzheimer’s Society of Mississauga, January 2010

End of Life Decision-making, Ethics conference, Ontario Hospital Association, January 2010

The Health Care Consent Act, Tools for Practitioners, The Brantford Civic Hospital, November 2009

Wait a Minute, I Have Rights Too! A brief history of the law of dignity, autonomy, liberty, rights and freedoms, from the dawn of democracy to end of life. Joint Centre for Bioethics, September 2009

Wait a Minute, I Have Rights Too! A brief history of the law of dignity, autonomy, liberty, rights and freedoms, from the dawn of democracy to end of life. Clinical Ethics Summer Institute Keynote Address, July 2009

Assessing the Assessor: Reviewing findings of Incapacity, Canadian Bar Association


Elderlaw Conference, June 2009

End of Life Decisions for Incapable Patients: The Basics, Canadian Institute Conference, April 2009

Powers of Attorney for Personal Care: Fries With That Will? Ontario Bar Association 2009 Institute, February 2009

Baycrest Hospital, Fraud Against the Person, November 2008

Trillium Health Sciences, The Scheme of The Health Care Consent Act, “Ethics Week” key note talk, November 2008

Canadian Critical Care Conference, Substitute Decision-making, Conflicts in Practice, Toronto, November 2008

Toronto Public Health Dentists annual meeting, Obtaining Consent to Treatment, June 2008

St. Mary’s Hospital Ethics Day, Who Makes Treatment Decisions for Children? June 2008

The Scarborough Hospital, Three Geriatric Case Studies, June 2008

CBC Radio “Sunday Edition,” Who Makes Treatment Decisions for Children? June 2008

Sunnybrook Hospital, No More Myths, Ands or Buts: Substitute Decision-Making at End of Life, April 2008

St. Joseph’s Hospital, London, No More Myths, Ands or Buts: Substitute Decision-Making at End of Life, 3 presentations, April 2008

The Scarborough Hospital, Reviewing Capacity Evaluations and Preparing for Board Hearings, February 2008

London Health Sciences Centre, No More Myths, Ands or Buts: Substitute Decision-Making at End of Life, two presentations, February 2008

Mount Sinai Hospital, Reviewing Capacity Evaluations and Preparing for Board Hearings, January 2008

Southeast Region Community Care Access Centres, two presentations, Reviewing Capacity Evaluations and Preparing for Board Hearings, January 2008

Hospital for Sick Children, Substitute Decision-Making and Capacity to Make Decisions, January 2008

Brampton Civic Hospital, No More Myths, Ands or Buts: Substitute Decision-Making at End of Life, January 2008


Consent and Capacity Board Annual Meeting, Rights and Liberties; Dignity and Autonomy—Our Role in End of Life Decisions, November 2007

Community Ethics Network, Toronto, Rx for Moral Distress, November 2007

Toronto East General Hospital, No More Myths, Ands or Buts: Substitute Decision-Making at End of Life, November 2007

St. Joseph’s Health Centre, No More Myths, Ands or Buts: Substitute Decision-Making at End of Life, October 2007 and February 2008

University Health Network, No More Myths, Ands or Buts: Substitute Decision-Making at End of Life, October 2007

Sir William Osler Hospital, Etobicoke, No More Myths, Ands or Buts: Substitute Decision-Making at End of Life, October 2007

Sunnybrook Hospital Toronto, No More Myths, Ands or Buts: Substitute Decision-Making at End of Life, October 2007

Humber River Regional Hospital (Church Site), Toronto, No More Myths, Ands or Buts: Substitute Decision-Making at End of Life, October 2007

Humber River Regional Hospital (Finch Site), Toronto, No More Myths, Ands or Buts: Substitute Decision-Making at End of Life, October 2007

Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto, No More Myths, Ands or Buts: Substitute Decision-Making at End of Life, October 2007

City of Toronto Public Health Dental Clinic Staff, Consent and Capacity Law and Ethics for Health Care Professionals, October 2007

University of the West Indies School of Clinical Medicine and Research, Bridgetown Barbados, 3 lectures: Capacity and Substitute Decision-making; Substitute Decisions at End of Life; The Law and Ethic of Involuntary Committal, October 2007

Caribbean Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Bridgetown, The Law and Ethic of Community Treatment Orders, October 2007

St. Michael’s Hospital Mental Health Nurses Grand Rounds, A Review of Mental Health and Capacity Legislation, June 2007

Toronto Central CCAC, The Law and Ethic of Assessing Capacity and Obtaining Informed Substitute Consent, 3 seminars, June 2007

St. Mary’s General Hospital, Waterloo, Strategies and Skills for Navigating Ethical Conflict


in a Health Care Setting, June 2007

University of Toronto second year medical school class, Capacity and Substitute Decision-making, May 2007

Centre for Clinical Ethics (St. Joseph’s Hospital Toronto) Charting Ethics Consultations, April 2007

Trillium Health Centre Grand Rounds, The Law and Ethic of Involuntary Psychiatric Detention, March 2007

Humber River Regional Hospital Grand Rounds, Legal Remedies for Resolving Treatment Decisions at the End of Life, February 2007

Humber River Regional Hospital Grand Rounds, The Health Care Consent Act, Tools for Social Workers, February 2007

Critical Care Secretariat, Ministry of Health, Presiding Member for the “End of Life” Mock Hearing for Intensivists, February 2007

Baycrest Hospital Grand Rounds, Legal and Ethical Considerations at the End of Life, February 2007

Sunnybrook Hospital Grand Rounds, Getting Better Results at Consent and Capacity Board Hearings, January 2007

Credit Valley Hospital Grand Rounds, The Law and Ethic of Assessing Capacity of Involuntary Psychiatric Patients, January 2007

End of Life Decision-making for Intensivists: The Consent and Capacity Board, A “web cast” to hospitals across the province, December 2006

Various Venues, Capacity and Substitute Decision-making for Geriatric Patients, sponsored by Pfizer Corporation, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Humber River Regional Hospital Grand Rounds, Involuntary Detention of Psychiatric Patients, November 2006

Toronto Rehabilitation Hospital, Consent and Capacity Law and Ethics for Social Workers, October 2006

London Regional CCAC Association, Consent and Capacity Law and Ethics for Social Workers, October 2006

Ontario Long Term Care Physicians Annual Meeting, Consent, Assent and Dissent: Capacity Issues for Health Practitioners, October, 2006

Toronto Rehabilitation Hospital, The Law and Ethic of Assessing Capacity to Make


Admission Decisions, October, 2006

Joint Centre for Bioethics, Clinical Ethics Committee Weekly Clinical Conference, The Health Care Consent Act, Tools for Practitioners, Parts 1 and 2; May/June 2006

Southwest Association of CCAC’s, The Health Care Consent Act, Tools for Practitioners, May 2006

William Osler Hospital, Etobicoke Campus, The Health Care Consent Act, Tools for Practitioners, Grand Rounds, February 2006

Hospital for Sick Children, Consent, Assent and Dissent: Capacity Issues for Health Practitioners, Ethics Grand Rounds, December 2005

Homewood Psychiatric Facility, Consent, Assent and Dissent: Capacity Issues for Health Practitioners, Ethics Grand Rounds, November 2005

McMaster Geriatric Institute and Ontario Case Managers Association/Ontario Case Managers Association, various full day seminars, Consent and Capacity Law and Ethics for Social Workers, 2004 to 2006

International Academy of Law and Mental Health biannual conference, Ethical Perspectives on Community Treatment Orders, Paris, July 2005

William Osler Hospital Brampton Campus, Ethics Rounds, Preparation for CCB Hearings, June 2005

Joint Centre for Bioethics, Clinical Ethics Committee Weekly Clinical Conference, Charting Ethics Consultations, May 2005

William Osler Hospital Etobicoke Campus, Ethics Rounds, Preparation for Hearings, May 2005

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Grand Rounds, An Ethical Perspective on the Consent and Capacity Board and Psychiatric Patients, April 2005

Peterborough Psychiatric Assessment Services for the Elderly (PASE) annual meeting, Capacity Assessments and Their Importance; April 2005

William Osler Hospital, Grand Rounds, A Moral and Legal Perspective on Consent and Capacity;

--Etobicoke Campus, April 2005;

--Georgetown Campus, May 2005

Ontario Physiotherapist Association, annual meeting, What Should Physiotherapists Know About Consent and Capacity? Kingston, Ontario, April 2005


Southlake Regional Hospital, Newmarket, Grand Rounds, Mental Health Law and Ethics, March 2005

St. John’s Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, A Moral and Legal Perspective on Consent and Capacity, February 2005

Grand River Hospital, Kitchener, Grand Rounds, Mental Health Law and Ethics, February 2005

University Health Network, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Capacity Issues for Occupational Therapists, February 2005

Hospital for Sick Children, Psychiatric Grand Rounds, Capacity Reviews, Surrogate Decisions and Legal/Ethical Issues in the Treatment of Children, January 2005.

Peterborough Regional Hospital, Grand Rounds, Mental Health Law and Ethics, January 2005.

Hamilton Community Care Access, Assessing Capacity to Make Admission Decisions: a Legal Perspective, January 2005.

St. Joseph’s Health Centre Hamilton, Grand Rounds, Mental Health Law for Mental Health Professionals December 2004

Peel Region Community Care Access, two presentations, Reviewing Capacity Evaluations and Preparing for Board Hearings, November/December 2004

Wellington County Community Care Access, two presentations, Reviewing Capacity Evaluations and Preparing for Board Hearings, November/December 2004

Homewood Hospital, Guelph, Grand Rounds, Mental Health Law and Ethics, November 2004

William Osler Hospital Grand Rounds, End of Life Decision Conflicts Between Health Practitioners and Substitute Decision-makers, with Dr. Laura Hawryluck, November 2004

University Health Network Toronto Western Hospital Grand Rounds, Mental Health Law for Mental Health Professionals, October 2004

Ontario Community Treatment Coordinators Annual Meeting, Community Treatment Orders: the Legal Nuances, October 2004

Lakeridge Hospital Grand Rounds, Mental Health Law for Mental Health Professionals, October 2004

Humber River Regional Hospital Grand Rounds, Mental Health Law for Mental Health Professionals, September 2004


St. Michael’s (Toronto) Psychiatric Grand Rounds, Mental Health Law for Mental Health Professionals, September 2004

Credit Valley Hospital Grand Rounds, The Personal Health Information Act, September 2004

Hamilton-Wentworth Community Care Access Centre, Capacity Assessments and Reviews, June 2004

McMaster University Summer Institute on Gerontology, A Legal Perspective On Consent And Capacity, May 2004

Humber River Regional Hospital Grand Rounds, The Health Care Consent Act, Capacity Assessments and How to Prepare for Board Hearings, May 2004

U of T Graduate Faculty of Nursing, Nurse Practitioner’s Program, All About Substitute Decision-makers, Consent to Treatment and Capacity Assessments, April 2004

Sunnybrook, Baycrest and Bridgepoint Hospitals Joint Conference on Consent and Capacity Issues, Consent & Capacity: Prevention, Planning and Best Practice, March 2004

McMaster University First Nations Community Health Care Training Course, Mental Health Law in the Community, March 2004

Cochrane District Community Care Access Centre, The Health Care Consent Act for Community Social Workers, February 2004

Registered Nurses Association of Ontario, District 7 annual meeting keynote speaker, Capacity Assessments and Reviews, February 2004

St. Michael’s General Hospital, Kitchener, Capacity Assessments, Consent and Capacity Law and The CCB, December 2003

Toronto Rehabilitation Hospital, The Law and Ethic of Consent to Treatment, December 2003

The Canadian Institute Mental Health Conference, Recent Developments in Mental Health Law, December 2003

Toronto Western Hospital Grand Rounds, End of Life Decision Conflicts Between Health Practitioners and Substitute Decision-makers, November 2003

St. Joseph’s Hospital, Hamilton, Grand Rounds, Mental Health Law Best Practices, November 2003

University Health Network Toronto Western Hospital Grand Rounds, End of Life Decision-


making, November 2003

Central East Community Care Access Centres, CCAC and the CCB, October 2003

Adult Protective Workers Association, Mental Health Law in the Community, May 2003

Metropolitan Toronto Police Association, Mental Health Issues and Community Policing, May 2003

Insight Seminars, Substitute Decision-making and Mental Health Patients, November, 2002

Sunnybrook & Womens Hospital Grand Rounds, Medical-Legal Ethical Issues and the Role of the Consent & Capacity Board, May 2002

Documents

Mark Handelman, BA, LLB, MHSc (bioethics)welpartners.com/resources/WEL_handelman_cv.pdf · Wine Notes, a monthly Internet wine column, 1999 to 2003 MAJOR HEALTH LAW AND ETHICS PRESENTATIONS