McIntyre Powder – making the link
“Fifth Estate: Ontario health agency finds ‘concerning’ rate of ALS in miners exposed to McIntyre Powder” / Lisa Mayor (CBC News) In 1979 the investigative TV program Fifth Estate (Powder Keg) reported...
View ArticleSupport for families of the injured worker?
A work-related injury or illness affects not only the worker but also the family on whom they rely for support. The social, emotional, financial and health toll on households is frequently substantial:...
View ArticleWorking towards safety
With the start of the summer job season, the Ministry of Labour’s annual inspection and enforcement blitz got underway, aimed at ensuring workers are safe at work and know their rights. Although...
View ArticleBancroft schedule – save the dates!
The fall session of the Bancroft Institute for Studies on Workers’ Compensation and Work Injury will be held October 3 with a full-day session: “Pre-existing or Related? Workplace Chronic Health...
View ArticleWhat the papers say … research & reporting
Announcing details of the upcoming (Dec. 4) Bancroft Institute workshop: What the papers say: Research and reporting on workers’ compensation in the precarious economy. The half-day session (1:00 –...
View ArticleStudy on emotional impacts of McIntyre Powder seeks participants
Danielle Aubin, a Laurentian University student in the master’s program in interdisciplinary health, would like to interview miners for her study “After the dust settles”. The former Elliot Lake...
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Women and workplace health
Women workers make up 48% of Ontario’s employed workforce and represent 35% of allowed high impact lost time compensation claims (Schedule 1), 50% of Schedule 2 claims, according to WSIB 2016...
View ArticleTip of the iceberg
In the recently published Parkland Institute study Safer by Design: How Alberta Can Improve Workplace Safety, authors Jared Matsunaga-Turnbull and Bob Barnetson offer recommendations to address the...
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Research study seeks participants
A group of researchers from McMaster University (Stephanie Premji), the University of Toronto (Agnieszka Kosny), and the University of Waterloo (Ellen MacEachen) are conducting a study on the return...
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Workers’ compensation: morality versus the business case
The experience of being injured at work and claiming workers’ compensation can greatly influence injured workers’ possibilities for rehabilitation and successful return to work. A new study examines...
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Call for research participants for work mobility study
Researchers at Memorial University would like to hear from injured workers with a physical disability on their experiences with work-related travel – either to work or during the work day. You do not...
View ArticleInvestigating WCBs and painkiller addiction – request for participation
Globe and Mail investigative reporter Kathy Tomlinson is researching if and how workers’ compensation systems across Canada lead injured workers to take addictive painkillers for long periods – and how...
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Precarious workers and return to work
How do precarious workers access workers’ compensation and return to work accommodation? How do power imbalances, aggressive WSIB deeming and vocational rehabilitation practices affect the low-wage...
View ArticleNew study on language barriers in workers’ compensation
A Summary and Reflection on Language Barriers and Workers’ Compensation Access in Ontario and Quebec / Stephanie Premji, Momtaz Begum, Alex Medley, Ellen MacEachen, Ron Saunders. Hamilton: McMaster...
View ArticleResearch study on injured worker retirement income seeks participants
Participants are wanted for a University of Waterloo research study focusing on Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) policies and what they mean for injured workers’ retirement pensions,...
View ArticlePrecarious work and RTW project seeks participants
As part of Dr Ellen MacEachen‘s Return to Work and Precarious Workers study, a research project at the University of Waterloo and University of Ottawa is looking to understand worker experiences from...
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McIntyre Powder & Parkinson’s study – what does it mean for occupational...
In the Toronto Star’s five-part investigative series “The Uncounted”, reporter Greg Mercer documents how and why official statistics, in capturing only accepted disease claims from provincial...
View ArticleResearch project on impact of physical distancing seeks survey participants
A new research study is being launched focusing on the mental health consequences of physical distancing among low-income Ontario residents during the COVID-19 crisis. The researchers (McMaster...
View ArticleOHCOW survey on workers’ experiences during COVID-19
This survey by Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (OHCOW) is designed to learn about your experiences as a worker during a pandemic. As things have changed since this first survey was...
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Thunder Bay injured workers’ needs study
Have you been hurt at work and been involved in the WSIB claim application process? Lakehead University Psychology and Health Sciences researchers Drs. Deborah Scharf and Anna Koné are looking for...
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