You Choose What to Do Next: Understanding Defamation and Anti-SLAPP Legislation

You Choose What To Do Next are trauma-informed accessible legal information workshops and resources for people affected by gender-based violence. Join us this month to talk about Section 137.1 of the Courts of Justice Act (CJA) which outlines the parameters of Ontario’s anti-SLAPP legislation. SLAPP suits (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) are legal actions often used as a way to dissuade, intimidate, and silence survivors of sexual harassment and assault who have publically come forward about what happened by claiming defamation. Ontario’s anti-SLAPP legislation has been developed to support survivors from defamation claims against them.

You Choose What To Do Next are trauma-informed accessible legal information workshops for people affected by sexual violence and other forms of gender-based violence.

• Legal Workshop January 26, 2022 #1: Understanding the HRTO Process
• Legal Workshop Feb 28, 2022 #2: Understanding Defamation and Anti-SLAPP Legislation
• Legal Workshop March 23, 2022 #3: Understanding Laws for Criminal Harassment (i.e. stalking, online harassment, etc.) 

Questions or concerns connect with group facilitator Fahamida Zahan: fzahan@torontomu.ca