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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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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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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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Talking Radical Radio – Thunder Bay injured workers fighting for compensation and care

February 22, 2023

Talking Radical Radio host Scott Neigh recently interviewed activist leaders from the Thunder Bay & District Injured Workers Support Group: one of the founders, Steve Mantis; president Eugene Lefrançois; and vice-president Janet Paterson (Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups…

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A look-back on 2021

December 30, 2021

In leaving 2021 behind, a round up of selected events from the past year that underscore increased awareness of social and health inequities that face too many workers and their families; the power of solidarity and support, collaboration and compassion among the…

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IWC makes recommendations to Standing Committee on changes to Bill 27 (surplus funds distribution)

November 17, 2021

Orlando Buonastella and Kathrin Furniss from Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic were among those making presentations today at public hearings before the Standing Committee on Social Policy on Bill 27 (Working for Workers Act, 2021) . Specifically, they spoke to the Committee…

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Registration deadline Wed. Nov 10 for public hearings on Bill 27 (WSIB surplus distribution)

November 9, 2021

Schedule 6 of Bill 27, Working for Workers Act, 2021 amends the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act to allow distribution of “surplus” funds. The Bill has now been referred to the Standing Committee on Social Policy for public (virtual) hearings Nov. 15-18.…

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Remembering Katherine Lippel

October 5, 2021

Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic was saddened to learn of the death of Dr Katherine Lippel, Distinguished Research Chair in Occupational Health & Safety Law at the University of Ottawa, widely respected for her commitment to employment law that advanced workers’…

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Calling for occupational disease reform

September 9, 2021

A recent National Observer investigation detailed how an Ontario paper mill poisoned nearby First Nations and their decades-long fight for environmental justice. The toxic chemicals and contaminants also had long-term and grave impacts for construction workers at the Dryden Mill. A report…

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