Videos

“It’s just like chunks of your life being taken away from you…” Wayne’s story

April 4, 2026

This 4th video of the series Rights Don’t Retire highlights the impacts of injury on a worker, his struggle to recover when given no time to heal, and the devastating toll he saw it take on his family. Wayne is a sprinkler-fitter…

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“My injuries and pain persist..” – Julie’s story

March 26, 2026

“It doesn’t mean that injured workers’ pain and injuries disappear right after turning 65..” In this third video in the Rights Don’t Retire series, Julie, an advocate and active member of the Chinese Injured Worker Group, tells of her experience. While…

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“All of a sudden at 65 they no longer care..” Brian’s story

March 12, 2026

In the second of The Rights Don’t Retire videos, Brian tells of his experience running up against the WSIB’s age-related rules. A mason for over 40 years, he was 63 years old when he got injured on the job in a fall…

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“It’s a struggle each day” – Marvin’s story

March 6, 2026

The Rights Don’t Retire series of videos shares the real stories of injured workers impacted by Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s age limits on benefits. Their voices deserve to be heard, and the law needs to change. In 2010 Marv was…

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COVID-19 in the workplace and compensation claims

November 24, 2020

According to a recent CBC news investigation, at least 26,000 workers across Canada have filed workers’ compensation claims due to COVID-19. As the report highlights, these statistics present a misleading picture of what’s actually happening in the workplace. David Newberry, of…

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A Labour Day message from injured workers

September 7, 2020

Friends, Please click below to see a message from injured workers on Labour Day, celebrating the things we can accomplish when workers unite, and setting out a plan for the future. View the video here: Feel free to share far and…

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Bancroft videos now available

August 14, 2020

The Bancroft Institute for Studies on Workers’ Compensation and Work Injury, like everyone, is adapting to the new realities of COVID-19. We are hard at work putting together a set of high quality events online, and we will have information about…

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Precarious workers and return to work

November 26, 2019

How do precarious workers access workers’ compensation and return to work accommodation? How do power imbalances, aggressive WSIB deeming and vocational rehabilitation practices affect the low-wage injured worker? What are the barriers to meaningful access by Ontario’s migrant workers to return to…

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More injured workers speak out on Legal Aid cuts

October 7, 2019

Every couple of weeks, we have been releasing new videos of injured workers talking about what their life would be like without Legal Aid clinics. These videos are a part of a worker-led campaign to speak out about the Doug Ford government’s…

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Two more Injured Workers say “STOP THE CUTS TO LEGAL AID”

September 16, 2019

Two weeks ago, on Labour Day, we released videos of two injured workers (named Alicia and El-Kbir) telling the story of their injury, as well as of the help they got from Legal Aid clinics, and what life would have been…

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