Date: Wednesday November 13, 2024
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Location: In person at the clinic (815 Danforth Ave. Suite 411) or by Zoom or Telephone
Law or Justice? A critical Analysis
Dear Friends,
We hope you and your families are well. This is our 55th year of working with the injured worker community! We would like to invite you to join us at our Annual General Meeting. Come and hear a report on current issues in workers compensation and the activities of the past year. Join us in person at the clinic for some food and conversation or join by zoom or telephone.
To join our online meeting by Zoom, register and a link will be sent to you by email.
- Register at this this website before the meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMocemsqjIoGNciwHiiil3JON3yEZvJppGd
- If you prefer to join by telephone, before the day of the meeting call/leave a message at (416) 461-2411 / 1 (833) 461-2411 to arrange this.
- If you need accommodations please call the number above or email info@iwc.clcj.ca
Our keynote speaker this year is renowned legal scholar and York University Law School professor emeritus Harry Glasbeek. He has written extensively about the relationship between laws, corporations and workers. He will talk about his latest book “Law at Work: The Coercion and Co-option of the Working Class.”
Through a series of historical examples he challenges modern concepts of justice and describes how law has been used to ensure that workers’ aspirations are kept in check and the legal system legitimizes the exploitation of workers.
Sincerely,
INJURED WORKERS COMMUNITY LEGAL CLINIC
Correen, Chris, Rebecca, David, Audrey, Kathrin, Tebasum, Orlando & John
Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic Board of Directors
The community legal clinic has a volunteer Board of Directors that is accountable to our funder Legal Aid Ontario along with the IWC staff, for the management of the clinic. IWC is a non-profit community‐based organization funded by Legal Aid Ontario that has been serving injured workers free of charge since 1969 through legal services, law reform, public legal education, and community development. The Clinic works for and with injured workers. As an organization, we work collaboratively and are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.
We have a volunteer Board of Directors that consists of injured workers and supporters from the broader injured worker community of researchers, advocates and activists. The Board oversees the clinic’s general performance and community accountability, provides input on law and policy reform, reviews policy, provides advice on programs and activities. The Board term is two years. The Clinic serves injured workers across the province and we welcome volunteers from any region. An election will be held at the November 13th Annual General Meeting. We currently have nominees approved by the recruitment committee to fill all of the Board positions coming open this year. However, we welcome interested volunteers and there are opportunities for those not elected to the Board to assist the work of the clinic.
Board members actively participate (by video, phone or in-person) in 9 regular meetings a year, a strategic planning session with staff, and the Annual General Meeting. Directors can also volunteer for committees dealing with specific issues. Training and other supports are provided.
If you are interested in joining our Board in the future or want to learn more about what that involves please contact David Newberry (ext. 25) at (416) 461-2411 / 1 (833) 461-2411 or david.newberry@iwc.clcj.ca