Publications Collection

Recent submissions, reports, guides and other documents developed by Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic, the Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups, and other groups and advocates from the injured worker community. Additional materials can be accessed through the IWC Library.

Labour Pains podcast #4 : Who killed Sir William?

July 2, 2025 by IWC Community Legal Clinic

In the latest episode of IWC’s podcast (formerly InjuredWorkerCast) staff lawyer Tebasum Durrani holds a discussion with Steve Mantis, co-author with Marion Endicott of Who Killed Sir William? “a reflective and analytical look at what happened to the original vision behind Ontario’s…

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Fact Sheet: Age Discrimination and the WSIB

June 19, 2025 by IWC Community Legal Clinic

Section 43(1)(c) of the WSIA allows the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) to end LOE benefits when an injured worker reaches 65 years of age, or two years after the injury if the injury occurs after age 63. In effect, this…

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ONIWG: After 40 years, Ontario finally recognizes Injured Workers Day

June 1, 2025 by Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

On June 1st 2025 injured and ill workers will come together for the first ever provincially proclaimed Injured Workers’ Day, thanks to the passage of Bill 118 – The Injured Workers’ Day Act.…

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InjuredWorkerCast #3: Toronto Protest Zone bylaw

April 16, 2025 by IWC Community Legal Clinic

The City of Toronto is considering a bylaw that would restrict protest around what they are calling “vulnerable areas”. In episode 3 of InjuredWorkerCast IWC staff lawyer Tebasum Durani discusses the broader implications of this proposal on the community – and on…

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InjuredWorkerCast #2: Work & weather

February 13, 2025 by IWC Community Legal Clinic

In Episode 2 of InjuredWorkerCast, a podcast series produced by Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic, IWC Lawyer Tebasum Durani talks to an injured worker, OFL President Laura Walton, and MPP Peter Tabuns about the dangers that workers who must be outside face…

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The Meredith Act (Workers’ Compensation Act, 2025)

February 10, 2025 by Thunder Bay & District Injured Workers' Support Group

Draft Act developed by the Thunder Bay & District Injured Workers Support Group, along with ONIWG and allies, proposed as a replacement to Ontario’s current Workplace Safety and Insurance Act. This new version incorporates changes to ensure the fair compensation envisioned by…

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TB&DIWSG media release: Meredith Act

February 8, 2025 by Thunder Bay & District Injured Workers' Support Group

Announcement of a media conference on Feb. 10th in Thunder Bay on the release of the injured workers group’s draft Meredith Act, proposed to replace the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act.…

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InjuredWorkerCast #1 : Employer ‘rebates’

December 19, 2024 by IWC Community Legal Clinic

Episode 1 of the IWC podcast series features a conversation between Tebasum Durani and John McKinnon, lawyers at IWC. John and Tabasum discuss how Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board is funded, why it is funded that way, and also a controversial…

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What injured workers need: a community response

December 9, 2024 by Injured worker community coalition

“A community response to WSIB’s $2.5 billion gift to employers” . There is no surplus until there is full compensation: the recent round of reckless payouts to employers must be cancelled until every injured worker’s basic needs are met. The demands in…

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TBIWSG media release: Premier Ford announces $2.5 billion WSIB rebate to business

November 21, 2024 by Thunder Bay & District Injured Workers' Support Group

For those forced into poverty by work-related injury or illness, the government’s announcement that WSIB, instead of restoring decades of cutsto injured workers, are simply handing 2.5 billion dollars to employers is shocking……

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