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New research project on claims suppression

April 6, 2025

Claims suppression (employer actions to discourage or hinder appropriate reporting of workplace incidents or illnesses) has long been identified as a key concern by the injured worker community. In a perverse outcome, the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s experience rating,…

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Release of the Meredith Act, 2025

February 12, 2025

This past Monday advocates from Thunder Bay & District Injured Workers Support Group (TBDIWSG) released The Meredith Act, 2025, proposed legislation to replace the current Workplace Safety and Insurance Act. Developed by the TBDIWSG over the past year together with the…

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IWC shares first episode of new podcast InjuredWorkerCast

December 21, 2024

Now available – the first episode of InjuredWorkerCast, a podcast produced by Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic that captures conversations about workers compensation, health and safety across the province and beyond. The podcast aims to give voice to injured worker stories and…

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What’s really going on? Rebates and government ‘largesse’

December 2, 2024

The recent announcement that Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board will be distributing $2 billion of ‘surplus’ rebates to businesses in February 2025 was met with shock and anger by the injured worker community. In response, Steve Mantis (Thunder Bay & District…

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Join IWC’s Annual General Meeting

October 25, 2024

Date: Wednesday November 13, 2024 Time: 6:00 – 8:00 pm Location: In person at the clinic (815 Danforth Ave. Suite 411) or by Zoom or Telephone Law or Justice? A critical Analysis Dear Friends, We hope you and your families are well.…

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ISAC wants your feedback on Ontario’s social assistance system

October 23, 2024

The Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) launched a survey yesterday to gather data and stories from those currently (or recently) receiving support from Ontario Works (OW) or Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP). The information collected will be used in a report on…

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Researchers looking for digital platform workers in the private household sector

October 21, 2024

In recent decades, law and policy reform has become increasingly based on what “research shows” rather than what seems fair and just. The School of Public Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo has published research on many issues of importance the…

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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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