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Disability Prevention Strategies – Hamilton
2017-03-28 09:00 (America/Toronto) | Sheraton Hotel Hamilton, 116 King St W, , Hamilton, Ontario, L8P 4V3, Canada
Learn how an effective Return to Work policy can be a win-win situation for all!
One of the greatest barriers for people with disabilities, when returning to work, is the process of reintegrating into the workplace. Return to Work (RTW) best practices frame the foundation of this day-long course which encourages participants to use real life examples to put disability prevention into practice and learn the importance of a RTW policy. Read more.
Sheraton Hotel Hamilton
116 King St W
Hamilton, ON
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KDLC Eastern Ontario Labour Education Spring 2017 Health and Safety Educational Offering ODRT Level 1, 2 & 4
2017-03-28 - 2017-04-02 | Isaiah Tubbs Resort, 1642 County Road 12, Prince Edward, Ontario, K0K 2T0, Canada
The KDLC Eastern Ontario Labour Education Spring 2017 Health and Safety Educational will be offering ODRT Level 1, 2 & 4. The school will be hosted at the Isaiah Tubbs Resort, in Picton, from 28/29 March – Sun, April 2, 2017
Learn more about ODRT:

Level I: Rights and Obligations
Level 2: Benefits & Services
Level 4: Return to Work
Level 6 Occupational Diseases

The first 10 Young Workers (30 and under) registered and paid will receive $100 scholarship.
To register for the Spring School, visit the Eastern Ontario Labour Council.

Disability Prevention Strategies – Thunder Bay
2017-03-23 09:00 - 16:00 | Valhalla Inn, 1 Valhalla Inn Rd, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7E 6J1, Canada
Learn how an effective Return to Work policy can be a win-win situation for all!
One of the greatest barriers for people with disabilities, when returning to work, is the process of reintegrating into the workplace. Return to Work (RTW) best practices frame the foundation of this day-long course which encourages participants to use real life examples to put disability prevention into practice and learn the importance of a RTW policy. Read more.
Thunder Bay
Valhalla Inn
1 Valhalla Inn Rd
Thunder Bay, ON
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Disability Prevention Strategies – Oshawa
2017-03-06 09:00 - 16:00 | Travelodge Oshawa Whitby, 940 Champlain Ave, Oshawa, Ontario, L1J 7A6, Canada
Learn how an effective Return to Work policy can be a win-win situation for all!
One of the greatest barriers for people with disabilities, when returning to work, is the process of reintegrating into the workplace. Return to Work (RTW) best practices frame the foundation of this day-long course which encourages participants to use real life examples to put disability prevention into practice and learn the importance of a RTW policy. Read more.
Oshawa
Travelodge
940 Champlain Ave,
Oshawa, ON
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CUPE Workshop - Level Three: Appeals and Dispute Resolution
2017-03-06 - 2017-03-10 | ON
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is offering Prevention Link’s Occupational Disability Response Training Level 3: Appeals & Dispute Resolution, on March 6-10, 2017. This is a 36-hour course designed to build on the knowledge of the previous two levels and provide the skills necessary to enable participants to become effective representatives in various dispute resolution schemes. Get the latest information on the appeals branch of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) in the third of six offerings within Prevention Link’s core certification courses. Read more

Pre-requisites are Level 1 and Level 2 ODRT courses.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE is Feb 17, 2017

Ontario Region of the Canadian Labour Congress' 2017 Winter School offering ODRT Level 1 & 2
2017-03-05 14:00 - 2017-03-10 12:00 | UNIFOR Family Education Centre, 115 Shipley Avenue, Port Elgin, Ontario, N0H 2C5, Canada
Ontario Region’s 2017 Winter School
The Ontario Region’s 2017 Winter School will include Occupational Disability Response Training (ODRT) – Level 1 Rights and Obligations & Level 2 – Benefits & Services, as part of its course curriculum, from March 5 – 10, 2017 at the Unifor Family Education Centre in Port Elgin.
Learn more about:

Level I: Rights and Obligations
Level 2: Benefits & Services

To register for this event, visit the Canadian Labour Congress website.
Should you have any questions about the Ontario Region Winter School, please contact the CLC Ontario Regional Office (Phone #: 416-441-3710 or 1-800-387-3500, ext. 222 or 221, or by email: ontario@clc-ctc.ca.

Disability Prevention Strategies – Mississauga
2017-02-28 09:00 - 16:00 | Holiday Inn Express & Suites Toronto – Mississauga, 40 Admiral Blvd, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Learn how an effective Return to Work policy can be a win-win situation for all!
One of the greatest barriers for people with disabilities, when returning to work, is the process of reintegrating into the workplace. Return to Work (RTW) best practices frame the foundation of this day-long course which encourages participants to use real life examples to put disability prevention into practice and learn the importance of a RTW policy. Read more.
Mississauga
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Toronto – Mississauga
40 Admiral Blvd,
Mississauga, ON
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Disability Prevention Strategies – London
2017-02-22 09:00 - 16:00 | Holiday Inn – London, 855 Wellington Road South, London, Ontario, N6E 3N5, Canada
Learn how an effective Return to Work policy can be a win-win situation for all!
One of the greatest barriers for people with disabilities, when returning to work, is the process of reintegrating into the workplace. Return to Work (RTW) best practices frame the foundation of this day-long course which encourages participants to use real life examples to put disability prevention into practice and learn the importance of a RTW policy. Read more.
London
Holiday Inn
855 Wellington Road South,
London, Ontario
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Disability Prevention Strategies – Barrie
2017-02-15 09:00 - 16:00 | Holiday Inn, 20 Fairview Rd, Barrie, Ontario, L4N 4P3, Canada
Learn how an effective Return to Work policy can be a win-win situation for all!
One of the greatest barriers for people with disabilities, when returning to work, is the process of reintegrating into the workplace. Return to Work (RTW) best practices frame the foundation of this day-long course which encourages participants to use real life examples to put disability prevention into practice and learn the importance of a RTW policy.
Barrie – February 15, 2017
Holiday Inn
20 Fairview Rd.,
Barrie, Ontario
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Disability Prevention Strategies - Windsor
2017-02-07 09:00 - 16:00 | Best Western, 277 Riverside Dr W, Windsor , Ontario, N9A 5K4, Canada
Learn how an effective Return to Work policy can be a win-win situation for all!
One of the greatest barriers for people with disabilities, when returning to work, is the process of reintegrating into the workplace. Return to Work (RTW) best practices frame the foundation of this day-long course which encourages participants to use real life examples to put disability prevention into practice and learn the importance of a RTW policy. Read more.
Windsor
Best Western
277 Riverside Dr W,
Windsor, ON
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Disability Prevention Strategies - Niagara Falls
2017-01-31 09:00 - 16:00 | Marriott on the Falls, 6755 Fallsview Blvd, Niagara Falls, Ontario, L2G 3W6 , Canada
Learn how an effective Return to Work policy can be a win-win situation for all!
One of the greatest barriers for people with disabilities, when returning to work, is the process of reintegrating into the workplace. Return to Work (RTW) best practices frame the foundation of this day-long course which encourages participants to use real life examples to put disability prevention into practice and learn the importance of a RTW policy. Read more.
Niagara – January 31, 2017
Marriott on the Falls
6755 Fallsview Blvd,
Niagara Falls, ON
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Level 3: Appeals & Dispute Resolution - December 5-9
2016-12-05 - 2016-12-09 | OFL Classrooms, 895 Don Mills Road, Suite 600, Tower Two, Toronto, ON, M3C 1W3, Canada
The Prevention Link team is pleased to offer Occupational Disability Response Training Level 3: Appeals & Dispute Resolution, on DECEMBER 5–9, 2016. Get the latest information on the appeals branch of the Workplace
Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) in the third of six offerings within Prevention Link’s core certification courses. Read more
Location:
Ontario Federation of Labour building
15 Gervais Drive
Toronto, ON
Cost: $1,800*
* Includes room plan (based on double occupancy) and meal
For further information:
Tel. (416) 441-2731
Fax: (416) 441-1893
e-mail: info@preventionlink.ca

Windsor and District Labour Council's 2nd Annual Health & Safety Conference features Occupational Disability Response Training (ODRT) Level I
2016-11-20 - 2016-11-22 | Best Western PLUS Leamington Hotel & Conference Centre, 566 Bevel Line Rd, , Leamington, ON , Ontario, N8H 3V4, Canada
ODRT Level I: Introduction of Workplace Injuries and Occupational Illnesses
Prerequisite: None
Duration: 12 hours
The first of six modules offered within Prevention Link’s core curriculum, this introductory course begins by exploring the history of the compensation system in Ontario and the development of compensation legislation and the general principles of the system.
Participants learn:

How the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) determines whether an injury is compensable;
About some workplace injuries and occupational illnesses; and
Explore how to properly file a claim, and includes the applicable timelines.

Worker and employer obligations are covered as well as roles and responsibilities with respect to work reintegration. The WSIB work reintegration policies are discussed and the new direction that the Board is taking with respect to returning workers to their pre-injury job with the injury employer. Shared responsibilities are also discussed and ways in which unions should participate in work reintegration are explored. Leading research shows that a collaborative and cooperative approach to work reintegration following the hierarchy of jobs, beginning with a pre-injury job, leads to better outcomes for both workers and employers. Protections under other legislation are also discussed should a work reintegration plan not provide sufficient protection to a worker in a work reintegration plan.
Finally, participants discuss how to effectively implement the new skills that have been acquired through this course and what additional resources are available.
To register for this event, visit www.wdlcHealthAndSafety.webs.com or contact John Arnold at (519) 383-5144 for more details.

Niagara Regional Labour Council ODRT Level 1&2 , ODRT Level 3, WHSC 1 & 2
2016-07-24 08:00 - 2016-07-29 17:00 | Brock University, 500 Glenridge Avenue,, St Catharines, Ontario, L2S 3A1, Canada
For more information regarding the courses on offer, please contact: Norm Westbury, at norm.westbury@gmail.com
Summer 2016 Health & Safety/WSIB Educational July 24-29 ( WSIB 1&2, ODRT 3,WHSC 1 & 2)
Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario

Niagara Regional Labour Council ODRT Instructor Training Summer 2016
2016-07-15 08:00 - 2016-07-24 17:00 | Brock University, 500 Glenridge Avenue,, St Catharines, Ontario, L2S 3A1, Canada
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Summer 2016 Health & Safety/WSIB Educational July 15-24 (ODRT Instructor’s Training) &
Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario

CLC Summer School ODRT Return To Work Level 4
2016-07-03 08:00 - 2016-07-08 17:00 | Family Education Centre Port Elgin, Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada
Canadian Labour Congress Ontario Region’s Summer School will be held at the UNIFOR Family Education Centre in Port Elgin, Ontario from July 3 to 8, 2016.

Eastern Ontario Labour Council Spring 2016 H&S/WSIB Educational
2016-03-30 08:00 - 2016-04-03 17:00 | Isaiah Tubbs Conference Centre, RR 1, West Lake Road, , Picton, Ontario, K0K 2T0 , Canada
The OFL-ODRT program will partner with Eastern Ontario Labour Councils and the Workers Health and Safety Centre to present a Spring Educational March 30th – April 3rd, 2016 at Isaiah Tubbs Conference Centre in Picton, ON. ODRT Workshops include Compensation Essentials (Level I & II), Appeals (Level III) and Return-to-Work (Level IV). Deadline for registration is March 11, 2016. Visit the Kingston and District Labour Council to register or get more information here.

WSIB Orientation & Work Disruption Policies
2015-12-09 | Unnamed Venue, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
This 1 day seminar will introduce participants to Ontario’s compensation legislation, principles and third party rights. Participants will explore key definitions like disablement, recurrence, aggravation, occupational disease and stress. They will discuss reporting of injuries, filing of claims, process of appeal and responsibilities of workplace parties and medical professionals. As well, participants will examine WSIB policies regarding layoffs and plant closings and their impact on worker’s claims and entitlements.

Confronting Occupational Disability (Brampton)
2015-12-02 | Unnamed Venue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
This 1 day composite course includes sessions on The Disability Dilemma and Disability Prevention Strategies. Participants will examine the impact of work injury and disability, on injured workers, their families, employers, unions, government, workplace insurance and health care providers. They will discuss ways that workplaces can achieve a strategic fit with legal requirements and best practices for return to work. Participants will also examine the need to shift the paradigm from viewing occupational disability as a weakness and threat to seeing it as an opportunity to make workplaces safer and more productive.

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Written Submissions - Hamilton
2015-11-17 | Unnamed Venue, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
This 1 day seminar examines writing formats for preparing a written submisison. Participants discuss hearing options for appeals and the specific criteria considered when determining whether or not a written submission is appropriate. Important points of a written submission are discussed as they relate to the WSIAT Practice Direction for written submissions. Myths associated with oral hearings and how they can be used to improve writing skills begin an exploration of the differences between the two types of appeal. The traditional structure of the submission is explored with specific details for each section discussed. In addition to submissions, this course also addresses writing to doctors and the effect the letter has both on the medical professional’s reply and on the decision maker on the file. Seating is limited so book early to secure a spot.

Workplace Insurance – Level II Toronto
2015-11-14 09:00 - 2015-11-15 16:00 | Unnamed Venue, London, Ontario, Canada
The Workplace Insurance Level II course examines legislation (WSIA), regulations, policy and recent legislative changes. The course also looks at the structure of the WSIB, how it is funded, incentive programs and the adjudication and appeals processes. Participants will review benefits available under the Act that apply to three different eras. They will also examine how to calculate maximum and minimum levels as well as exclusion periods and offsets. The course provides information on how to communicate effectively with insurance and health care providers, injured workers and witnesses involved in appeals. The organization of a Board file is presented and participants explore how to effectively review a file, make a case plan to proceed to move a claim forward and use this knowledge to review a case file. This course has limited enrollment so book early to secure a seat.

Confronting Occupational Disability (London)
2015-11-04 | Unnamed Venue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
This 1 day composite course includes sessions on The Disability Dilemma and Disability Prevention Strategies. Participants will examine the impact of work injury and disability, on injured workers, their families, employers, unions, government, workplace insurance and health care providers. They will discuss ways that workplaces can achieve a strategic fit with legal requirements and best practices for return to work. Participants will also examine the need to shift the paradigm from viewing occupational disability as a weakness and threat to seeing it as an opportunity to make workplaces safer and more productive.

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Workplace Insurance - Level I Toronto
2015-10-24 09:00 - 2015-10-25 16:00 | Unnamed Venue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Workplace Insurance Level I course examines the history of the compensation system in Ontario and the development of compensation legislation and the general principles of the system. Participants will learn how the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) determines whether an injury is compensable and learn about some workplace injuries and occupational illnesses. The course covers how to properly file a claim, and includes the timelines that are applicable. Worker and Employer obligations are covered as well as roles and responsibilities with respect to work reintegration. Protections under other legislation are also discussed should a return to work plan not provide sufficient protection to a worker in a work reintegration program. Participants will learn the significance of legislation (WSIA), regulations and policy, including changes to the legislation and the effects these changes have on benefits.

Confronting Occupational Disability (Barrie)
2015-10-14 | Unnamed Venue, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Professional Responsibiites - Windsor
2015-10-07 | ON, Canada
The Professional Responsibilities seminar examines the Access to Justice Act and provisions regulating paralegals and code of conduct. It reviews responsibilities that include advocacy, confidentiality, professionalism, administration of justice and competency. The session also examines what Boards and Tribunals say about professional responsibility. This is a 1 day seminar with limited seating. Register early to secure a spot.

Confronting Occupational Disability (Niagara Falls)
2015-10-07 | Unnamed Venue, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Workplace Insurance – Level II North Bay
2015-10-03 09:00 - 2015-10-04 16:00 | ON, Canada

Confronting Occupational Disability (Windsor)
2015-09-30 | Unnamed Venue, Ontario, Canada

Workplace Insurance - Level I North Bay
2015-09-26 09:00 - 2015-09-27 16:00 | Unnamed Venue, North Bay, Ontario, Canada

Written Submissions - Mississauga
2015-06-17 | Unnamed Venue, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
