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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.

IWC submission on Fortifying Ontario’s Economy (Critical Minerals Strategy)

by IWC Community Legal Clinic

IWC’s response to the consultation on the Ontario’s proposed Critical Minerals Strategy addresses the high workplace injury rate of workers in the mining and quarrying industries and their need to have the same health and safety protections as all workers in Ontario.…

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Labour Pains podcast #8 : Occupational disease and WSIB coverage

by IWC Community Legal Clinic

In this latest episode of Labour Pains, IWC lawyer Tebasum Durani speaks with Janice Martell, one of Canada’s leading advocates for workers suffering from occupational disease. Through her groundbreaking work documenting the harms of McIntyre Powder exposure in miners, and now her…

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IWC submissions to the Minister … re Bill 105 – Schedule 9

by IWC Community Legal Clinic

IWC supports sections of the Bill that expand coverage to uncovered workers, increase the Loss of Earnings (LOE) benefits rate, and allow for LOE benefits to continue after the age 65 cut-off. However the Clinic finds that these changes are incomplete and…

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Labour Pains podcast #7 : Bill 105 & injured workers

by IWC Community Legal Clinic

There are some very big changes proposed to Ontario’s workers’ compensation in schedule 9 of the Government’s Bill 105 Protecting Ontario’s Workers and Economic Resilience Act. Some of these changes are being welcomed by injured & ill workers and advocates, and some…

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Rights don’t retire: working together to end age discrimination at the WSIB

by IWC Community Legal Clinic Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

In this report, we explain the WSIB’s age limit on benefits, why it’s outdated and unfair, and what the numbers tell us about older Ontarians’ participation in the workforce. We also outline why this law is discriminatory, as it denies support to…

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ONIWG / IWC media advisory: Injured workers call for end to discriminatory age-based cut-offs at WSIB

by IWC Community Legal Clinic Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

TORONTO, Nov. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On November 25th, Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic and the Ontario Network of Injured Worker Groups will be releasing a report entitled Rights Don’t Retire: Working Together to End Age Discrimination at the WSIB and…

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Labour Pains podcast #6 : Expanding drug benefits in Ontario

by IWC Community Legal Clinic

This episode of the Labour Pains: an injured worker podcast series is a discussion of how (and what) prescription medication is covered in Ontario, and whether it is time to expand that coverage for injured workers. IWC lawyer host Tebasum Durrani explores  …

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Labour Pains podcast #5 : WSIB’s age discrimination

by IWC Community Legal Clinic

In this new episode, titled “WSIB’s Age Discrimination”, IWC staff lawyer Tebasum Durani interviews legal experts (and co-workers) John McKinnon and Chris Grawey about one of the ways WSIB policies and practices create poverty, focusing specifically on what happens when workers turn…

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Labour Pains podcast #4 : Who killed Sir William?

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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