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RSI Awareness Day Conference, Toronto
Register now! The 21st Annual RSI Day Conference in Toronto, a free event, will run from 9:30 am (9 am registration) to 3:30 pm at the OPSEU Membership Centre, 31 Wellesley St. East, Toronto (across for the Wellesley Subway Station at Yonge & Wellesley).
Cost is free, but pre-registration is required. In order to plan for food and space, please register by emailing: rsiawareness@gmail.com by Monday February 24.
It’s time to get Back to Basics to prevent, compensate and accommodate Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI), the number one cause of workplace injury in Ontario. Join us for an informative program:
- RSI: What are We Talking About?
- Workers Compensation: Then and Now
- Follow the Money
- How Injured Workers are Fighting Back
- Promises and Challenges of Speech Recognition as an Accommodation
- The Ontario Health & Safety Act: Past, Present and Future
- Using a Physical Demands Description
Toronto RSI Day Planning Committee
PS. We are able to provide a free event each year which includes lunch and refreshments through donations from unions and other organizations. If your organization can donate, please contact rsiawareness@gmail.com
**This is a “SCENT FREE, PEANUT & LATEX FREE location** Strict adherence to this policy is appreciated.
OFL Workers’ Compensation Conference
The Ontario Federation of Labour’s Workers’ Compensation Conference provides a forum for looking back and to the future in worker’s comp and disability accommodation. The conference includes comprehensive panel discussions and choice of workshops exploring key topics in the areas of evidence, occupational disease, advocacy skills, and case law updates delivered by experienced representatives and subject matter experts.
Day 1 (9 AM – 4 PM)
Paul Demers report on Occupational Cancers
Workshop #1: Occupational Disease: Farm to Table
Workshop #2: Best Medical Evidence: Due for a check-up
Building Strong Cases
Day 2 (9 AM – 4 PM)
Advocacy tips and tricks from the real decision makers
Workshop #1: Accommodation through a Mental Health Lens
Workshop #2: Caselaw Updates – Noteworthy Decisions from 2019
Cannabis: Not Getting Lost in the Weeds
Day 3 (9 AM – 12 PM)
Intersectionality of WSIB/Human Rights/Collective Agreement Panel
See agenda and link to register. Register before Feb. 24 for earlybird pricing; registration deadline March 20.