Are you a Canadian Injured Worker?
The Canadian Injured Workers Alliance and its team of researchers are looking for Canadians who have had a workplace injury to take part in a study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
For this study you will be asked to complete a short survey on the impact of the pandemic on you. All responses will be used to generate knowledge to create action plans to support injured workers.
To be part of our important research project, click the link below to read the letter of information and consent and complete the survey.
Please complete the survey by Friday, May 28, 2021.
Exploring the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Canadian Injured Workers

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Apr 28 2021 is the Day of Mourning for workers killed, injured or made ill as a result of their work. Bui Thi Hiep and Benito Quesada, two people who worked at Cargill meatpacking plant in High River, Alberta, and Armando Sallegue, father of a Cargill worker, died in Apr-May 2020 as a result of contracting COVID-19.
If this song resonates with you, please support an organization advocating for vulnerable essential workers directlyMigrant Alberta

Essential – New Song for Apr 28 Day of Mourning

Hi Everyone

In case you are interested, CIHR’s Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (IMHA) is hosting a webinar on June 15 at 5 pm eastern. Information and registration details are here:

Professor Lorimer Moseley: Learning and Pain: Old news, new discoveries and some groovy ways to improve outcomes. Dr. Moseley, AO, is the Director of IIMPACT in Health, a Professor of Clinical Neurosciences Foundation Chair in Physiotherapy, NHMRC Leadership Investigator, CEO of Pain Revolution and Chair, Pain Adelaide Stakeholders’ Consortium. To register see:Webinar Registration

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/corporate/about-health-canada/public-engagement/external-advisory-bodies/canadian-pain-task-force/report-2021.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/disability-56244376

http://documents.clcctc.ca/communications/website/Recommendations-Reform-EI-2021-01-19-EN.pdf

Remembering the victims of the Rana Plaza disaster

National Day of Mourning: the human cost of COVID-19