Making connections
Community for injured workers means making common cause with others to fight for fairness in Ontario’s workers’ compensation system and address shared concerns, including poverty and employment discrimination. Our community embraces family and colleagues, labour unions, community legal clinics and worker representatives, disability groups, occupational health and safety groups, health providers, progressive politicians, researchers and social justice activists.
Support fellow injured workers, share experiences and knowledge, help each other to cope with the physical and mental health impacts of injury and illness. Find an injured worker group in your area, read about current campaigns, and how Ontario’s injured worker movement has been crucial in making important changes.
Action tools and resources
Organizations working on diverse issues for civil society have put together practical information on individual action, group organizing and planning campaign strategy. Here are a few of the many available resources:
- Community toolbox (Center for Community Health & Development) – tips and tools on planning, leadership & media skills, effective advocacy, …
- Campaign planning handbook (Toronto & York Region Labour Council)
- Advocacy toolkit (Citizen’s for Public Justice) – how to communicate with politicians, organize a public meeting, write a press release….
- Contact an MPP (Ontario Legislative Assembly) – find Assembly and Constituency office details
- Index of Canadian media – directory of provincial and local media)