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Research

Calling on injured workers to take part in Human Rights Commission survey on poverty

November 18, 2022

The Ontario Human Rights Commission is doing a survey of people who are experiencing poverty, or have experienced poverty in the past, and also family members, friends or service providers who know someone who has experienced poverty. This is part of a…

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Filed Under: Injured workers, Poverty, Research

University of Waterloo seeks injured workers for study on retirement & poverty

October 17, 2022

A University of Waterloo-based study focused on injured worker poverty in retirement years would like to hear from injured workers who have engaged with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s Loss of Retirement Income (LRI) benefits. As a part of their investigation,…

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Filed Under: Age, Benefits, Poverty, Research

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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Filed Under: Injured workers, Law Reform, Research, Safety

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worker community has long sought further study of the experiences of permanently injured workers after they are no longer active with the…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

CIWA survey on COVID-19 impact on Canadian injured workers (deadline extended to May 28)

April 19, 2021

The Canadian Injured Workers Alliance and its team of researchers are looking for Canadians who have had a workplace injury to take part in a study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. For this study you will be asked to complete…

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Filed Under: Covid-19, Research

“A disregard for workers’ environmental & health concerns”: lessons of the McIntyre Powder program

March 30, 2021

A recently published article “Dust versus Dust: Aluminum Therapy and Silicosis in the Canadian and Global Mining” (Canadian Historical Review, 102(1) Mar. 2021: 1-26) provides a thorough, if disturbing, examination of the forces in play behind the development and widespread adoption of…

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Filed Under: In the News, Occupational disease, Research, Safety

Research Project on Injured Workers in Thunder Bay and District Looking to Speak to Service Providers

December 10, 2020

A workers’ compensation experience study is looking to speak to those who provide services to injured and ill workers in Thunder Bay and District. A few weeks ago we posted about a new research study looking at the mental health needs of…

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Filed Under: Mental Health, Research

Thunder Bay injured workers’ needs study

November 16, 2020

Have you been hurt at work and been involved in the WSIB claim application process? Lakehead University Psychology and Health Sciences researchers ​Drs. ​Deborah Scharf and Anna Koné are looking for individuals who would be interested in sharing their experience in an…

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Filed Under: Mental Health, Research

OHCOW survey on workers’ experiences during COVID-19

November 16, 2020

This survey by Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (OHCOW) is designed to learn about your experiences as a worker during a pandemic. As things have changed since this first survey was originally launched in April/May 2020, the survey is being re-launched…

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Filed Under: Covid-19, Research

Research project on impact of physical distancing seeks survey participants

May 19, 2020

A new research study is being launched focusing on the mental health consequences of physical distancing among low-income Ontario residents during the COVID-19 crisis. The researchers (McMaster University and University of Western Ontario) seek participants willing to complete an online survey. You…

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Filed Under: Covid-19, Mental Health, Research

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