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Who killed Sir William?

July 1, 2024

The recently released Who Killed Sir William delivers an engrossing, frank appraisal of a community-university research alliance (CURA) project, the Research Action Alliance on the Consequences of Work Injury (RAACWI) from its origins in 2003 to completion in 2012. The collaborative project,…

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Age discrimination in Ontario’s workers’ compensation

June 24, 2024

In an op-ed in Hamilton Spectator (June 24) Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic caseworkers Tebasum Durrani and Chris Grawey note that while the province celebrates June as Seniors Month, older injured workers continue to be at increased risk of poverty. Under the…

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Celebrating injured worker activism

June 3, 2024

Saturday communities around the province gathered in solidarity on June 1st for the 41st time to raise public awareness of the ongoing fight for injured worker justice that delivers the fair and humane treatment Meredith Royal Commission envisioned for Ontario’s new workers…

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June 1st is Injured Workers’ Day – Let’s Make it Official!

May 16, 2024

On June 1, 1983, over three thousand injured workers forced a government committee looking at major changes to Ontario’s workers’ compensation system to conduct a public hearing on the steps of the Legislature, because there wasn’t enough room inside! Every year since,…

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Monthly injured workers’ meetings at IWC

April 8, 2024

We are happy to announce that Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic (IWC) is launching a new monthly hybrid meeting (in person and on zoom/telephone) that will combine the educational aspects of our Know Your Rights sessions with the social aspects, peer support,…

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Update: claims deadline for Oxy addiction class settlement extended

February 22, 2024

Do you know someone who was on OxyContin or OxyNEO? There is a Canadian class action on behalf of people who were prescribed OxyContin or OxyNEO anytime between January 1, 1996, and February 28, 2017 and became addicted. A $20 million settlement…

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Watch public hearings on Bill 149 changes to workers’ compensation

February 8, 2024

The Ontario Government has recently introduced Bill 149, which it calls the Working for Workers Four Act, 2023. It is proposing changes to a number of labour laws, including the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, which makes the rules for how…

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Peterborough remembers a history of industrial hazards

January 21, 2024

The Peterborough Occupational Disease Action Committee (PODAC) is leading the charge to raise funds for a memorial monument that will honour the lives of workers who succumbed to occupational diseases. “We want to ensure the legacy of occupational disease is not soon…

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Remembering Dr Ron Ellis

January 3, 2024

As we move into the new year, the legal and injured worker community continue to honour the memory and achievements of engineer, labour lawyer, arbitrator, teacher and legal scholar Dr Ron Ellis. His lifelong work promoting fairness in administrative justice and workers’…

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Legal clinics receive health & safety award

December 12, 2023

On November 23rd, 2023, Injured Workers Community Legal Aid Clinic (IWC) was the co-recipient of the Ontario Federation of Labour’s Prevention Link Health and Safety Award, which was shared with the staff of IAVGO Legal Clinic. The award, which was given out…

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