IWC provides a range of services that address provide legal assistance to individual injured workers and address needs of the broader community.
Legal services
IWC provides comprehensive legal advice and representation in all matters related to workers compensation. Our caseworkers advocate on behalf of injured workers before the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), Workplace Safety and Insurance Tribunal…
Law and policy reform
Part of IWC’s mandate is to work towards systemic change in the workers’ compensation system. In addition to assisting individual workers with their claims, caseworkers regularly advocate for legislative and policy changes that will impact…
Public Legal Education
While IWC is committed to providing one on one supports to low-income injured workers, there are simply not enough resources to individually help everyone who needs it. As a result, the clinic also works to…
Community development
The clinic believes strongly that those who are best equipped to help injured workers are injured workers themselves. By providing assistance such as in-person and virtual meeting spaces, logistical supports, technical training, peer-support skills, and…
Research
“No action without research, no research without action” IWC’s law and policy reform proposals are based on legal analysis and the findings from primarily worker-centred research. The clinic promotes injured worker participation in qualitative research that…
