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Injured Workers Day – a rally against poverty & privatization

June 5, 2019

...Wayne Gate’s Bill 119, Respecting Injured Workers Act , a proposed workers’ compensation act (WSIA) amendment to remedy deeming, is currently before the House. Janice Martell of the McIntyre Powder...

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Tributes paid

June 5, 2017

...dust as a job-required “protection” against silicosis triggered the McIntyre Powder project. Those at the Injured Workers’ Day rally recall his daughter Janice Martell’s moving plea to remember his name...

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Day of Mourning 2017

April 25, 2017

...were for occupational diseases – and that deaths related to occupational diseases are increasing. Recent coverage of miners’ exposure to McIntyre Powder (aluminum dust) and General Electric Peterborough workers’ exposure...

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OHCOW Ontario miners & sarcoidosis webinar

March 21, 2023

...will discuss clinical insights and exposure analysis of a series of sarcoidosis cases based on McIntyre Powder Project research and investigations. For more information and to register go to https://www.ohcow.on.ca/event/sarcoidosis-in-ontario-hard-rock-miners-webinar/...

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A look back – and ahead

December 28, 2018

...and workers’ legal representatives raised public awareness of the long-term struggles for entitlement to benefits. In particular, attention focused on northern Ontario miners made ill by McIntyre Powder, Peterborough’s General...

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ONIWG Directory

...mikegun4@outlook.com Windsor/Essex Injured Workers windsorinjuredworkers@gmail.com Allies Allied Forces – Occupational Disease (McIntyre Powder Project, GE and Rubber Workers) Janice Martell: minersinfo@yahoo.ca Sudbury Workers Education & Advocacy Centre (SWEAC) / Centre...

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2024 headlines

...data suggests excess WCB funds could amount to $4.9B | Link2Build Ontario (Aug. 29, 2024) New research links cardiovascular disease to McIntyre Powder exposure | CBC News (Aug. 28, 2024)...

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TVOntario documentary on Elliot Lake

July 3, 2025

...It will show at 7 p.m.. OHCOW Occupational Health Coordinator Janice Martell and Dr. Christine Oliver were interviewed for this episode, focusing on occupational disease and the McIntyre Powder Project....

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A question of evidence

July 18, 2017

...investigations by the McIntyre Powder Project on neurodegenerative and respiratory impacts, having occupational disease compensation claims accepted is often an arduous and lengthy process. “Expert” evidence – or guns for...

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Thunder Bay IW Tuesday online info & advocacy session

February 26, 2026

...OHS in the capitalist social order. Guest Speaker: Merna Fatochi (Criminology PhD candidate, University of Ottawa) Referencing the McIntyre Powder disaster, Merna will demonstrate how institutional arrangements shaped regulatory responses...

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