Research

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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Interview with researcher

March 7, 2017

Dr Agnieszka (Iggy) Kosny, well-known to the injured worker community, was a recent guest on Steve Mantis’ popular “Community Conversations” Thunder Bay cable show. A staff scientist with the Institute for Work and Health and participant in the Research Action Alliance on…

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Last chance to register! Bancroft Institute on RTW

February 7, 2017

This Thursday evening and Friday (see full agenda) the Bancroft Institute for Studies on Workers’ Compensation and Work Injury tackles the challenge of Measuring Return to Work. How does the WSIB measure it? How is it measured in other jurisdictions? Can we…

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Safety in return to work

November 25, 2016

Joan Eakin, professor emerita with the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health, was a recent guest on Thunder Bay’s Community Conversations. The cable channel show is hosted by Steve Mantis, injured worker activist and fellow researcher. In…

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RTW Research study seeks injured worker participants

November 15, 2016

A team of respected researchers from across Ontario are conducting a study about Injured Worker experience with the return to work process. The researchers, including Sonja Senthanar (University of Waterloo), Katherine Lippel (University of Ottawa), and Ellen MacEachen (University of Waterloo) are…

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Upcoming: Bancroft Institute Fall 2016 Policy & Research discussion

November 6, 2016

Barriers to Return-to-Work in a Context of Social Vulnerability is the timely topic for discussion at the Nov. 17 session of the Bancroft Institute for Studies on Workers’ Compensation and Work Injury. Keynote speaker Stephanie Premji, Assistant Professor, McMaster University, will…

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Where did they go? Research Roundtable discussion

August 18, 2016

As a recent OFL letter to the Minister of Labour points out, injured workers not covered under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act are put at risk financially. What happens to those injured workers who are covered under Ontario’s workers’ compensation…

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Better (when healed and safe) at work

July 26, 2016

With adequate time for medical recovery and job accommodation, an injured worker should be able to return to work safely and without fear of reinjury. In their letter to the Premier, the Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups calls on the…

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