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Education
The following presentation was made by long-time disability activist and Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic Board director John Rae. In his career with the Ontario Public Service, John served as a Consultant with the Centre for Disability and Work, an Education Officer…
Life & work after work injury – register now for the June 8 Bancroft Institute session
The first 2021 Bancroft Institute session will take place (online) Tuesday June 8 from 1 to 4 p.m.
The injured worker community has long sought further study of the experiences of permanently injured workers after they are no longer active with the…
Bancroft online event on COVID-19 & injured workers
Injured workers are particularly vulnerable in this time of COVID-19 and are in need of greater support – as ONIWG, advocates and families have repeatedly told the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) and the government.
Tuesday November 10 an online event…
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A new season of (online) activities
September promises to be a busy month. A few events coming up:
September 1 @ 10:00 a.m. Andy King leads a discussion on knowledge activism in pandemic times. Thunder Bay & District Injured Workers’ Group Tuesday injured workers Zoom series runs to…
Starting next week – IWC’s online town hall & education sessions
As we continue to adjust to our ongoing office closure, Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic will begin having online town hall/education events about pressing issues related to Workers’ Compensation.
The first session, presented by IWC staff, along with injured workers and allies,…
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Hamilton group issues May newsletter, The Beacon
A new issue of The Beacon, Hamilton & District Injured Workers Group’s newsletter, is now available – with updates on COVID-19 support, workers’ compensation campaigns and injured workers’ news and events. Subscribe on the Hamilton group’s website https://hdiwg.net/newsletter to get the…
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Find out how the Injured Worker Speaker School can help you
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?
You can do it with the Injured Workers Speakers …
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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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