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Thunder Bay IW Tuesday online info & advocacy session
Thunder Bay & District Injured Workers Support Group invites you to their weekly Tuesday morning Zoom meeting, held from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Everyone is welcome! Each session features a Guest Speaker, and is focused on particular issues of interest to injured workers. This is followed by how we can take action on the topics of discussion.
Guest speaker Adam King’s talk is Titled: “Building Back Battered: Workers and Unions Post-Pandemic”. It will explore how and why a unique set of economic circumstances offered workers and unions an opening to fight for change post-pandemic, and unfortunately, how and why this opportunity was abandoned by governments and mostly squandered by Canadian unions.
Adam D.K. King is an assistant professor in the Labour Studies Program at the University of Manitoba. Prior to joining Labour Studies at U of M, he was a senior researcher at the Canadian Labour Congress. He is the co-author, with Mark P. Thomas and Andrew Jackson, of Work and Labour in Canada: Critical Issues (Canadian Scholars 2025).
Contact TBDIWSG tbiwsg@gmail.com for the links and how to join us online or by phone for these Zoom Sessions!
You can keep in touch on past and future sessions on the TB&DIWSG website at: https://thunderbayinjuredworkers.com/
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Day of Mourning in Ontario
Join injured workers across Ontario to commemorate the National Day of Mourning, April 28 – first declared by the Canadian Labour Congress in 1986, officially recognized by the federal government in 1991 and by Ontario in 2016.
Check the Workers’ Health & Safety Centre website for a list of events that you can join across Ontario, and a factsheet that gives a more accurate picture of Ontario occupational injuries, illnesses and deaths than is provided by WSIB data.
Thunder Bay IW Tuesday online info & advocacy session
Thunder Bay & District Injured Workers Support Group invites you to their weekly Tuesday morning Zoom meeting, held from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Everyone is welcome! Each session features a Guest Speaker, and is focused on particular issues of interest to injured workers. This is followed by how we can take action on the topics of discussion.
Topic and guest speaker: details to be announced
Contact TBDIWSG tbiwsg@gmail.com for the links and how to join us online or by phone for these Zoom Sessions!
You can keep in touch on past and future sessions on the TB&DIWSG website at: https://thunderbayinjuredworkers.com/
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Community meeting on proposed workers’ comp changes
IWC is hosting a community meeting for injured/ill workers and allies on the Government of Ontario’s proposed significant changes to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act. The specific details of the legislation are not fully available at this point, but the proposed changes include:
- Raising loss of earnings benefits from 85% of pre-injury earnings to 90% of pre-injury earnings.
- Ending the mandatory Age 65 benefit cut-off.
- Extending mandatory WSIB coverage to healthcare and support workers in privately operated retirement homes, group homes and foster homes, who may not have been covered previously.
These are things injured workers have been asking for for years. Any positive changes to Workers’ Compensation are worth celebrating, and we want to invite you to a community conversation about the proposed changes on Wednesday April 29th at 1pm. We will discuss the details that we know so far, how they might apply to injured workers, and what we can do to make sure these changes are implemented properly and fairly.
The meeting is hybrid, with limited in-person spots at the IWC office (815 Danforth, suite 411).
You’ll need to register whether you are attending in person or online. Please do that here or by visiting tinyurl.com/IWApril29.
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OHCOW annual Mayday, Mayday symposium, #1
The free 5-week webinar series addresses workplace mental health and prevention of related harm and injury. Register to share experiences and knowledge from OHCOW professionals, partners and guest speakers from around the world, and to join the discussion.
Go to https://www.ohcow.on.ca/ohcow-events/mayday-mayday/ to register, see the full program and download the presentations.
Week 1: Integrating Initiative: WMH into OHS
- Fundamental truth: Workplace Mental Health is Occupational Health / John Oudyk, Occupational Hygienist, OHCOW
- Public Sector Perspective: Experience, Resources & Psychosocial : MSD prevention case study /
Madi Stratis, Workplace Wellness Consultant, PSHSA - New tool to help: CCOHS Business Safety Portal & other WMH & OHS resources / Karen Cassidy, Director, Business Solutions CCOHS
Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts
The 2026 Mayworks festival launches on May 1, International Workers’ Day, at 6:30 p.m.at Toronto’s United Steelworkers Hall with a celebration including live music, conversation and food.
A musical performance by Parallel Play Collective draws inspiration from the revolutionary struggles of the Filipino people. This follows a panel discussion on raw materials, goods, capital, and workers as part of a network of global supply chains where each link is integral to the system of wealth distribution shaping our living and working conditions. [Get tickets (free) here at Eventbrite]
The Mayworks Festival continues throughout May with events in Greater Toronto and Hamilton (see full program).
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ONIWG AGM
The Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups is holding their Annual General Meeting in May this year and is letting all injured workers know that they can attend the AGM free of charge.
The AGM and workshops will be held in Toronto May 7-8, and we hope to see you there.
Sponsorship is limited, so act fast!
If you are an injured worker who is interest in attending, please complete the form here.
OHCOW annual Mayday Mayday symposium, #2
The free 5-week webinar series addresses workplace mental health and prevention of related harm and injury. Register to share experiences and knowledge from OHCOW professionals, partners and guest speakers from around the world, and to join the discussion.
Go to https://www.ohcow.on.ca/ohcow-events/mayday-mayday/ to register, see the full program and download the presentations.
Week 2: Lessons Learned – Workplace Experiences & Stories
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Getting workers/members engaged in efforts to improve workplace stress conditions /
Carrie de Graaf, President, OSSTF D8 Edu.l Support Staff - Real Talk: A Short Workplace Stress Survey launched our Psychological Health Journey /
Hayley Bennett, Wellness Coordinator, Bruyère Health - Voice of experience: 15 years, 15(+) insights on workplace survey support / John Oudyk, Occupational Hygienist, OHCOW
OHCOW annual Mayday, Mayday symposium, #3
The free 5-week webinar series addresses workplace mental health and prevention of related harm and injury. Register to share experiences and knowledge from OHCOW professionals, partners and guest speakers from around the world, and to join the discussion.
Go to https://www.ohcow.on.ca/ohcow-events/mayday-mayday/ to register, see the full program and download the presentations.
Week 3: Assessment assessment: Exploring Survey Options
- The psychosocial work environment: what is it, why is it important, how to measure? / Dr. Peter Smith, President, IWH
- Beyond Conversations: Measuring improvements in workplace mental health / Liz Horvath, Senior Advisor, PsycHS, Opening Minds, MHCC
- Ontario Workplace Wellbeing Survey insights and experience / Katrina Burch, Psychological H&S Advisor/Assessor, PSHSA
OHCOW annual Mayday, Mayday symposium, #4
The free 5-week webinar series addresses workplace mental health and prevention of related harm and injury. Register to share experiences and knowledge from OHCOW professionals, partners and guest speakers from around the world, and to join the discussion.
Go to https://www.ohcow.on.ca/ohcow-events/mayday-mayday/ to register, see the full program and download the presentations.
Week 4: Research Results: Finding & Building on Knowledge
- Mindful Workplace Mental Health: Accommodation & Return to Work / Dr. Behdin Nowrouzi-Kia, Occ Sci & OT, Univ. of Toronto
- Job quality and its relationship to ‘deaths of despair’ / Dr. Faraz Shahidi, Associate Scientist, IWH
- Work-related suicide. An international social justice analysis / Steven Bittle, Professor, Criminology, Univ. of Ottawa; Sarah Waters, Professor French Studies, Univ of Leeds
IWH speaker series webinar – work-related psychological injuries
Lead researcher Dr. Peter Smith shares the results from an Institute for Work & Health project exploring the prevention and management of work-related psychological injuries. The study involved a modified environmental scan across 22 jurisdictions in Canada and Australia. Part of the project involved a review of public documents related work-related psychological conditions, including legislation, regulations and associated guidance materials. The other part consisted of interviews with 32 experts across 16 jurisdictions, from compensation boards and regulators to prevention agencies.
Dr Smith also outlines other relevant research from IWH on psychosocial work factors and challenges in return to work for work-related psychological conditions.
For additional information and to register, go to: https://www.iwh.on.ca/events/speaker-series/2026-may-26
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OHCOW annual Mayday, Mayday symposium, #5
The free 5-week webinar series addresses workplace mental health and prevention of related harm and injury. Register to share experiences and knowledge from OHCOW professionals, partners and guest speakers from around the world, and to join the discussion.
Go to https://www.ohcow.on.ca/ohcow-events/mayday-mayday/ to register, see the full program and download the presentations.
Week 5: Canadian Conversation: Mental Injury Prevention across the Country
- Newfoundland Experience Building a Peer Support Program / Tammy McCabe, Manager, Communications and Industry Relations, NLCSA, Dr. Kim Cullen, MUN
- What’s happening in Alberta with workplace psychological safety? / Karina Thomas, MSc, PhD
Occupational Disease Scientific Lead, Jobs, Economy, Trade and Immigration - Mental Health Injuries in BC’s Social Services Sector: A growing concern / Suncha Satney, Psychological H&S Consultant, CSSHSA; Tigran Bajgoric, CEO, CSSHSA