This project is being designed to address the barriers that exist to forming provincial injured and disabled workers groups. The vision of the project is to share the experiences that many have gained from creating provincial organizations in the past. In order to accomplish this, we will be interviewing 50 people from across Canada who have experience in attempting to organize on a provincial level. Their successes and failures will be recorded, and will be included in the production of a "how to" manual on provincial organizing. The manual will then be used as we travel across the country, holding meetings in each province where no provincial organization of injured workers exists. At these meetings, we will share the benefits and advantages of working together in order to improve conditions for injured and disabled workers. Meetings are scheduled to take place in British Columbia, Alberta, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. Throughout the project, support from organized labour and disability groups will be sought. Follow-up may include further support for local efforts to move toward forming provincial organizations.


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