Research

Workers’ compensation: morality versus the business case

November 23, 2018

The experience of being injured at work and claiming workers’ compensation can greatly influence injured workers’ possibilities for rehabilitation and successful return to work. A new study examines why some claims are prolonged, conflicted and frequently associated with confrontational interactions between Ontario…

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Research study seeks participants

September 27, 2018

A group of researchers from McMaster University (Stephanie Premji), the University of Toronto (Agnieszka Kosny), and the University of Waterloo (Ellen MacEachen) are conducting a study on the return to work experiences of injured workers who have problems with English. They are…

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Tip of the iceberg

May 7, 2018

In the recently published Parkland Institute study Safer by Design: How Alberta Can Improve Workplace Safety, authors Jared Matsunaga-Turnbull and Bob Barnetson offer recommendations to address the unacceptable (and underestimated) number of workplace injuries and illnesses through better preventive measures, occupational…

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Women and workplace health

March 7, 2018

Women workers make up 48% of Ontario’s employed workforce and represent 35% of allowed high impact lost time compensation claims (Schedule 1), 50% of Schedule 2 claims, according to WSIB 2016 statistics. However in their study “Falling Through the Legal Cracks”…

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Study on emotional impacts of McIntyre Powder seeks participants

February 12, 2018

Danielle Aubin, a Laurentian University student in the master’s program in interdisciplinary health, would like to interview miners for her study “After the dust settles”. The former Elliot Lake resident is investigating the emotional impacts on underground miners required to breathe in…

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What the papers say … research & reporting

November 16, 2017

Announcing details of the upcoming (Dec. 4) Bancroft Institute workshop: What the papers say: Research and reporting on workers’ compensation in the precarious economy. The half-day session (1:00 – 4:30 p.m.) will feature Sara Mojtehedzadeh (Toronto Star), Katherine Lippel (University of Ottawa),…

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Bancroft schedule – save the dates!

July 18, 2017

The fall session of the Bancroft Institute for Studies on Workers’ Compensation and Work Injury will be held October 3 with a full-day session: “Pre-existing or Related? Workplace Chronic Health Conditions”. Keynote speakers Becky Casey and Peri Ballantyne discuss findings from their…

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Working towards safety

June 18, 2017

With the start of the summer job season, the Ministry of Labour’s annual inspection and enforcement blitz got underway, aimed at ensuring workers are safe at work and know their rights. Although Ontario now has mandatory occupational health and safety (OH&S) awareness…

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Support for families of the injured worker?

April 19, 2017

A work-related injury or illness affects not only the worker but also the family on whom they rely for support. The social, emotional, financial and health toll on households is frequently substantial: lower income or poverty, changed family dynamics, physical strains…

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McIntyre Powder – making the link

April 7, 2017

“Fifth Estate: Ontario health agency finds ‘concerning’ rate of ALS in miners exposed to McIntyre Powder” / Lisa Mayor (CBC News) In 1979 the investigative TV program Fifth Estate (Powder Keg) reported on the controversial dust, McIntyre Powder. Used in Ontario from…

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