Mental Health

It’s time to act on mental health

May 5, 2015

“Paramedics support bill that would give mental health support” / Jonathan Migneault (Sudbury Northern Life, May 5, 2015) CUPE first responders gathered at Queen’s Park to urge passage of Bill 2, an amendment to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act which…

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Statistical update on mental health disabilities

December 5, 2014

In the recently released findings from its “Canadian Survey on Disability 2012” Statistics Canada reports mental health-related disability frequently co-occurred with other types of disability: 91.6% of those with mental health-related disabilities also reported at least one other type of disability in…

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Government fails to uphold country’s social obligation: response to AG report

November 26, 2014

“Vets needing PTSD benefits face dizzying paperwork, waits: auditor” / Murray Brewster (Hamilton Spectator, Nov. 26, 2014) Opposition parties, following release of the Auditor General report on Veterans Affairs’ handling of disability benefits for veterans with mental health conditions, charged the government…

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AG: too much red tape for veterans in accessing disability benefits

November 25, 2014

Auditor General Michael Ferguson’s Fall 2014 report, released today, confirmed what veterans needing mental health support have long known – they face bureaucratic barriers, unnecessary complexity, dizzying amounts of paperwork. The delays in waiting for medical records and approval of their…

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Impact of harassment and chronic mental stress appeal decision unclear

November 20, 2014

The April 2014 WSIAT 2157/09 decision which allowed a claims appeal by a nurse who had faced 12 years of ongoing workplace harassment, still divides lawyers on its implications. In this case the Tribunal concluded that claims for work-related mental stress which…

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Oct. 3 lecture by Australian researcher Alex Collie

September 3, 2014

Dr Alex Collie, Chief Research Officer of Australia’s Institute for Safety, Compensation and Recovery Research, will be speaking in Toronto in the CIHR Research Chair in Gender, Work & Health Speaker Series. His topic: “Complexity and adaptation in workers’ compensation systems: observations…

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Bill re-introduced to help first responders suffering from PTSD

July 7, 2014

Bill 2, Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder), 2014 , introduced by Cheri di Novo (NDP- Parkdale-High Park), passed first reading in the Legislative Assembly today. The bill adds a clause that that if an emergency response worker…

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PTSD bill gets second reading in the Assembly

February 27, 2014

Cheri di Novo’s Bill 67 (Workplace Safety And Insurance Amendment Act (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder), 2014) was debated in the Assembly today and passed second reading [read debate]. The legislation would mean that all claims related to PTSD for emergency response…

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