We would like to invite you to join us at our 57th Annual General Meeting. Come and hear a report on current issues in workers compensation and the activities of the past year. Join us in person at the clinic for some food and conversation or join by zoom or telephone.
Date: Thursday January 15th 2026
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Location: In person at the clinic 815 Danforth Ave. Suite 411 or by Zoom or Telephone
Whether you are planning on joining us in person or by Zoom or telephone, please register by following instructions below. If you are joining by Zoom or telephone, information on how to join will be sent to you by email.
· Register at this link or by visiting tinyurl.com/IWCAGM2026 before the meeting.
· If you need accommodations please call 416 461-2411 / 1 833 461-2411 or email info@iwc.clcj.ca
Panel Presentation:
Psychological Conditions and the WSIB Return to Work Process
Our discussion topic this year is the WSIB process for returning to work with a psychological disability. Many injured workers have told us that although the WSIB has accepted they have a work-related psychological condition, the WSIB has not accepted limitations on returning to work. Our Panel this year will be Dr. Deborah Scharf, psychologist, Senior Clinician Scientist, Institute for Better Health at Trillium Health Partners,Nickolai McLeod, Candidate Doctor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, and B. H., an injured worker who has returned to work after a workplace mental stress injury.
Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic Board of Directors
The community legal clinic has a volunteer Board of Directors that is accountable to our funder Legal Aid Ontario along with the IWC staff, for the management of the clinic. IWC is a non-profit community‐based organization funded by Legal Aid Ontario that has been serving injured workers free of charge since 1969 through legal services, law reform, public legal education, and community development. The Clinic works for and with injured workers. As an organization, we work collaboratively and are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.
We have a volunteer Board of Directors that consists of injured workers and supporters from the broader injured worker community of researchers, advocates and activists. The Board oversees the clinic’s general performance and community accountability, provides input on law and policy reform, reviews policy, provides advice on programs and activities. The Board term is two years. The Clinic serves injured workers across the province and we welcome volunteers from any region. An election will be held at the Annual General Meeting. We currently have nominees approved by the recruitment committee to fill all of the Board positions coming open this year. However, we welcome interested volunteers and there are opportunities for those not elected to the Board to assist the work of the clinic.
Board members actively participate (by video, phone or in-person) in 9 regular meetings a year, a strategic planning session with staff, and the Annual General Meeting. Directors can also volunteer for committees dealing with specific issues. Training and other supports are provided.
If you are interested in joining our Board in the future or want to learn more about what that involves please contact David Newberry (ext. 25) at 416 461-2411 / 1 833 461-2411 or david.newberry@iwc.clcj.ca
