News release

Life and Work after a Workplace Injury

Tuesday June 8^th – 1:00 pm to 4:30
Online Event – Free of Charge
Registration Required – https://tinyurl.com/bancroftevent

The Bancroft Institute for Studies on Workers' Compensation and Work Injury will be holding their next event online on June 8^th at 1pm.
 
The injured worker community has long sought further study of the experiences of permanently injured workers after they are no longer active with the WCB. Although most recover fully and get back to work, in Ontario about 15,000 injured workers every year are recognized as having a permanent impairment. Two recent studies look at what happens to injured workers with permanent injuries after their case is closed.

Agenda

1:00pm
Welcome and Introductions (Will Noiles, Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups)

1:15pm   
Keys to sustained return to work and re-injury prevention among workers with work-related permanent impairments
Jeanne Sears, Department of Health Services, University of Washington
         
1:45pm Q & A

2:00pm   
Ontario Life After Work Injury Study
Cameron Mustard, President and Senior Scientist, Institute for Work and Health
 
2:30pm Q & A
 
2:45pm Break
 
3:00pm    
Small Group Discussion
What are our key questions/concerns/issues?  How do injured workers fit in?  What do we need to know & why? 
 
3:30pm   
Panel: Directions for Future research in Ontario
Peri Ballantyne, Department of Sociology, Trent University; Sheilah Hogg-Johnson, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College; Mieke Koehoorn, Occupational and Environmental Health Division, UBC; Jeanne Sears, U of W.
 
4:10pm   
Open Discussion (Steve Mantis, ONIWG Research Action Committee)
 
4:39pm Adjourn

There is no charge for the event but registration is required. 

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