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.

Submission to the Standing Committee … on the Poverty Reduction Act

April 29, 2009 by Thunder Bay & District Injured Workers' Support Group

Group details the ongoing poverty faced by injured workers in its submission to the hearings of the Standing Committee on Social Policy on Bill 152. It also calls for restoration of funding to community groups to ensure their voice is heard.…

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Miracle at 200 Front St : a play

December 1, 2008 by Injured Workers' History Project

A magical glimpse of how a fair, just and effective workers’ compensation system could be……

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Bright Lights Presentation to WCB/WSIB Chair and President

November 27, 2008 by Bright Lights Injured Workers' Group

Questions on how the economic downturn will affect the Board’s financial targets and unfunded liability; is the WCB also looking at policies and practices that recognize the impact recession will have on employment availability, already low, for injured workers?…

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Re Committee hearings on Bill 119, Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2008

November 17, 2008 by IWC Community Legal Clinic

Written submission to Standing Committee on Social Policy applauds Bill 119 as an important but small first step towards full coverage of all Ontario workers. Brief traces history of coverage review, addresses concerns of those opposed, including the myth of cheaper private…

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RAACWI Challenges workshop

October 17, 2008 by Research Action Alliance on the Consequences of Work Injury

Overview of the RAACWI project presented to ONIWG Plenary.…

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Does permanent impairment from a workplace accident increase the risk of marital breakup?

October 17, 2008 by Emile Tompa et al (RAACWI)

ONIWG Research presentation on Canadian study conducted by the Research Action Alliance on the Consequences of Work Injury into the impact of stress on the family.…

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2007 – 2008 Injured workers annual report

October 1, 2008 by Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

Report to share news of injured workers’ events, action and research (sponsored by the Research Action Alliance on the Consequences of Work Injury).…

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Experience? Rating?

August 1, 2008 by Injured Workers' History Project

Origins of Ontario’s experience rating system, a financial incentive for employers to improve occupational health & safety but that in practice can lead to claims suppression.…

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Poverty in Motion

February 1, 2008 by Thunder Bay & District Injured Workers' Support Group

Study, co-written by Karli Brotchie and Becky Casey, aimed to to identify the impact of injury on workers, the extent to which it affects their income, the unique challenges of impoverished injured workers in Thunder Bay and characteristics of those particularly vulnerable…

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