Research

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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Bancroft Spring session – mental health and the injured worker

April 22, 2016

Each year approximately 31,000 Canadian workers are recognized as sustaining a permanent impairment as a result of a workplace injury – 15,000 in Ontario alone, according to WSIB data. The upcoming session in the Bancroft Institute’s Policy & Research Discussion series…

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International Women’s Day 2016 – inspiring change

March 7, 2016

The beginnings of official gender neutrality came into Ontario’s workers’ compensation system in 1982 with Bill 205, updating the long-standing term “workmen’s compensation”. At that time women made up 40% of the workforce, and the Bill reflected growing recognition among a male-oriented…

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Register for Bancroft Research to Action Workshop on Poverty

October 1, 2015

The role of research (its use and misuse) in shaping public policy and public opinion affects injured workers in very concrete ways. It is a topic addressed in the upcoming Bancroft Institute session which will focus on Workers’ Compensation and Poverty:…

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ONIWG: Board’s positive spin on poverty report misplaced

September 3, 2015

On its website, the WSIB website is highlighting the key finding of a recently published Institute for Work & Health study (Final Report on Work Injury and Poverty: Investigating Prevalence across Programs and Over Time ) as being that “there is…

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Women’s health & the workplace

August 26, 2015

Some recent discussions on the role of gender and tasks as they affect the working experiences of women… Canadian researchers Katherine Lippel and Karen Messing were among presenters at the International Conference “Women’s Work & Health” held March 2015 in Brussels. Organized…

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A tale of two provinces…

May 18, 2015

Valuable new research on how the distinct workers’ compensation systems in Quebec and Ontario affect doctors in their various roles was presented to a packed room at the Spring 2015 session of the Bancroft Institute Discussion and Policy series held last week…

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Bancroft discussion to focus on role of doctors

March 21, 2015

The Bancroft Institute has announced details of its upcoming May 14 Policy & Research Discussion session – “How Characteristics of Workers’ Compensation Systems Affect Doctors: A Comparative Study of Québec and Ontario”. Keynote speakers Katherine Lippel (Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa),…

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Understanding independent medical assessments

December 19, 2014

Independent medical assessors play a key role in many workers’ compensation boards (WCBs), conducting investigations on a range of issues, from medical diagnosis and advice on eligibility for cover and entitlements to extent and duration of disability. Institute for Work & Health…

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Upcoming Fall 2014 Bancroft discussion: healthy interactions?

September 23, 2014

In the third of the Bancroft Institute’s Policy and Research Discussion series, to be held Friday October 31, keynote speakers Beth Kilgour and Agnieszka Kosny will discuss findings from their qualitative literature review of interaction between injured workers and their insurers in…

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