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Education
Do you want to learn more about the founding principles of workers’ compensation -and the injured workers’ movement?
Do you want to learn to speak out and get involved with changing the system?
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Upcoming Bancroft session on injured workers and international human rights law
In September of last year, the Ontario Network of Injured Workers’ Groups presented a submission to the United Nations that the practice of “deeming” in Canadian workers’ compensation systems is a violation of human rights under the UN Convention on the Rights…
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Precarious workers and return to work
How do precarious workers access workers’ compensation and return to work accommodation? How do power imbalances, aggressive WSIB deeming and vocational rehabilitation practices affect the low-wage injured worker? What are the barriers to meaningful access by Ontario’s migrant workers to return to…
Upcoming Bancroft: Sick & Tired – health and safety inequalities
Still time to register for the October 1 Bancroft session! Editor Stephanie Premji (associate professor, McMaster University) will be discussing the recently published Sick and Tired: Health and Safety Inequalities (Fernwood, Dec. 2018). The collection by experts from the fields of labour…
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New issue of “Justice for Injured Workers”
The September issue of Justice for Injured Workers is now out! Released on Labour Day, the latest issue of the Ontario Network of Injured Workers’ Groups’ newspaper includes:
Campaign recap: Workers’ Comp Is a Right – a year of growth and perseverance…
Update from the ONIWG AGM & Conference
Fair workers’ compensation for victims of occupational disease (and lessons learned in fighting for it) was just one of the topics addressed at last week’s annual general meeting and conference of the Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups. The OFL/ONIWG joint…
Sharing lessons on the legacy of asbestos
A delegation from Casale Monferrato, the small Italian town devastated by high rates of mesothelioma and related disease after occupational and environmental exposure to asbestos, yesterday began its week-long visit to Ontario. The group, which includes oncologists, a civic politician, educators and…
Outreach sessions for injured workers
Knowing your rights and how to self-advocate, sharing experiences with fellow injured workers, getting expert legal advice … Two outreach events have been organized for April by the Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups (ONIWG) in the Guelph and St Catharines regions…
Italian delegation to share experience in dealing with the legacy of asbestos
From April 7-15 a delegation from Casale Monferrato, Italy, the small city of 36,000 people which has suffered more than 1000 mesothelioma cases from preventable asbestos exposure, will make a solidarity and educational visit to Ontario. This visit is part of…
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Feb 28 – 20th annual International RSI Awareness Day Conference, Toronto
February 28 marks the 20th anniversary of the International RSI Awareness Day. The annual event – established on the initiative of Ontario injured worker activist Catherine Fenech – aims to educate about repetitive strain injuries and their prevention. The cause of…
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