Disability Prevention at Work
Mental illness is considered the number one cause of workplace disability in Canada. Yet, stigma around the topic is a key reason why many Ontarians don’t talk about mental illness in their workplaces. This half-day workshop is your chance to become more informed and talk more openly about mental health in the workplace. Join us […]
Learn how to promote a culture of safety & improved RTW outcomes! Take a comprehensive week-long workers’ compensation training that offers courses to certify you in preventing and reducing the impacts of occupational illness, disease or injury in your workplace. Courses offered: Level 1 - Rights & Obligations Level 2 - Benefits & Services Level […]
Ontario Region's 2018 Winter School The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) Ontario Region's 2018 Winter School will include our Occupational Disability Response Training (ODRT) – Workers' Compensation Vitals, as part of its course curriculum, from March 18-23 at the Nav Canada Centre in Cornwall. Learn more about Workers' Compensation Vitals (no pre-requisite): Workers’ Compensation 101 Disability Prevention […]
The OFL & ONIWG are sponsoring an exciting Workers’ Compensation Conference on June 20-21 at the IBEW Local 353 Hall in Toronto. The purpose of this conference is to inform our activists and advocates, to review and reinvigorate the Workers’ Comp is a Right campaign, to work with our system partners to make the compensation […]
Facilitated by Registered Nurse Wendy Stanyon, Educator at the Ontario Tech University, Prevention Link is hosting an online 1/2 day workshop created for basic training for Mental Health in the workplace and conversations around destigmatization. It is stated that one in five Canadians will develop a mental illness in their lifetime and during this pandemic, […]
Facilitated by Registered Nurse Wendy Stanyon, Educator at the Ontario Tech University, Prevention Link is hosting an online 1/2 day workshop created for basic training for Mental Health in the workplace and conversations around destigmatization. It is stated that one in five Canadians will develop a mental illness in their lifetime and during this pandemic, […]
Mental Health Matters “As we move into the pandemic’s recovery period, a quarter of Canadians remain exhausted and burnt-out, although hopefulness remains high. While the negative mental health impacts of COVID-19 are slowly continuing to improve, new challenges that Canadians face present additional negative mental health factors.”—Mental Health Research Canada (MHRC) Facilitated by Registered Nurse […]
Mental Health Matters “As we move into the pandemic’s recovery period, a quarter of Canadians remain exhausted and burnt-out, although hopefulness remains high. While the negative mental health impacts of COVID-19 are slowly continuing to improve, new challenges that Canadians face present additional negative mental health factors.”—Mental Health Research Canada (MHRC) Facilitated by Registered Nurse […]
DEADLINE TO REGISTER EXTENDED UNTIL OCTOBER 26, 2023 Mental Health Matters A 2019 survey of working Canadians revealed that 75% of respondents would be reluctant – or would refuse – to disclose a mental illness to an employer or co-worker. Top reasons for this reluctance were: » the belief that there is stigma around mental […]