How does stress impact our mind and body? How does stress impact chronic pain? Join us to find out the answers on our next workshop on June 9th at 12:00 p.m EST!

This workshop, presented by Chrissi Stronach MACP, RP (Qualifying), will review how stress can be used to your advantage and explore the connection between self-care and stress management. Finally, we will talk about some strategies and tools that can help you manage your stress and how you can start making stress work for you.

Bio:
This workshop will be presented by Chrissi Stronach, a counsellor that has assisted a variety of clients of all ages, genders and abilities work through their concerns and issues. These include trauma; physical, verbal, sexual, and psychological, grief, addictions, acquired brain injuries, personality disorders, depression, and anxiety. One of her strengths as a counsellor is the ability to help a client tune out the noise, and focus on the root of the concern. Chrissi strives to be a patient partner in the journey and allow clients to go at their own pace during the counselling process.

Please register for this Zoom workshop here: Stress and Chronic Pain Workshop

After registering, you will receive an email about joining the webinar.

Can mindfulness exercises help you manage pain? Find out on Friday May 19th at 1:00 p.m. in this free workshop hosted by the Power Over Pain Portal.

This workshop, presented by Dr. Patricia Poulin, will focus on the foundation of mindfulness for chronic pain, including basic meditation exercises that can be part of a pain management plan. We will also review resources available for people who are interested in exploring mindfulness for chronic pain.

Please register for this Zoom workshop here:
Register for Zoom Link here

We hope to see you there!

Each year on April 28th people in over 120 countries gather to remember workers who were killed, injured or made ill in their workplaces. It’s a day where workers mourn those who have passed and continue the fight for better Occupational Health and Safety for those still alive.

https://www.thesudburystar.com/opinion/columnists/day-of-mourning-sudbury-woman-talks-about-her-husbands-easily-preventable-workplace-death?fbclid=IwAR3deFdMWKjOfDffmd52PW85Ar2vHIwms6ZW3NT9i9MRIHomcRoofSNIQGU&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

Research is supporting what we have been saying for years. The real number of work-related deaths is far beyond what the Workplace Safety Insurance Board (WSIB) in Ontario is claiming, due to the fact that many deaths are not allowed and / or unreported.

https://www.whsc.on.ca/What-s-new/News-Archive/True-toll-of-work-related-death-far-exceeds-WSIB-allowed-claims

The European Union Public Employment Services Union has developed a toolkit that will assist persons with disabilities in their employment journey, looking at 3 sections, Section 1, WHY: Why support from PES is necessary for persons with disabilities, Section 2, WHAT: PES can provide a number of tools to support persons with disabilities in their journey to find employment, and Section 3, HOW:
How to go from intention to implementation, improving the labour market outcomes for
this group.

http://file:///C:/Users/ciwa/Downloads/PES-Disability-Toolkit.pdf

The European Commission has a plan for all of Europe and the world to make all parts of the lives of persons with disability accessible.

https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=1484&langId=en

For workers injured or made ill from the workplace and their family members

Injured Worker Speaker Series

The JDAPT (Job Demands and Accommodation Planning Tool) is for workers who live with episodic health conditions and find employment challenging. This tool can help you identify accommodations that you might find useful and allow you to continue working. The JDAPT is grounded in research and was developed by the Accommodating and Communicating about Episodic Disabilities (ACED) team, housed at the Institute for Work & Health, a not-for-profit research organization based in Toronto, Canada.

https://aced.iwh.on.ca/jdapt/worker-en

A research study was done to look at how race and ethnicity contribute to outcomes in the Return to Work process.

https://www.iwh.on.ca/events/speaker-series/2023-jan-17

Bill 41 introduces amendments to the Act affecting British Columbia employers by creating a duty to co-operate and to maintain employment, including a requirement to accommodate an injured worker in their return to work, up and until undue hardship.

https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/business/articles/42210/bill-41-changes-to-workers-compensation-act