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Education

Presentation to the 2021 Disability and Work National Conference

December 2, 2021

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…

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Filed Under: Education, Employment

Life & work after work injury – register now for the June 8 Bancroft Institute session

June 5, 2021

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injured worker community has long sought further study of the experiences of permanently injured workers after they are no longer active with the…

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Filed Under: Education, Injured workers, Research

Bancroft online event on COVID-19 & injured workers

October 18, 2020

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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Filed Under: Covid-19, Education

A new season of (online) activities

September 1, 2020

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…

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Filed Under: Education

Starting next week – IWC’s online town hall & education sessions

May 19, 2020

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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Filed Under: Benefits, Education

Hamilton group issues May newsletter, The Beacon

May 12, 2020

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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Filed Under: Education, Injured workers

Find out how the Injured Worker Speaker School can help you

February 25, 2020

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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Filed Under: Education, Injured workers

Upcoming Bancroft session on injured workers and international human rights law

February 24, 2020

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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Filed Under: Education, Law Reform

Precarious workers and return to work

November 26, 2019

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…

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Filed Under: Education, Employment, Research, Videos

Upcoming Bancroft: Sick & Tired – health and safety inequalities

September 24, 2019

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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Filed Under: Education, Safety

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