Health and Safety
 

LOARC Teach-In # 3:

“Stopping the spread of psychosocial hazards at work in Quebec and Ontario -
A Teach-in”

This session was held October 24/25, 2011 in Ottawa in collaboration with and with thanks to the University of Ottawa, to our union and federation counterparts in Quebec, and Labour OHCOW Academic Research Collaboration (LOARC).

Teach-In: October 24/25, 2011 in Ottawa

Workshop Presentations available for download:

Opening remarks and welcome

Sean McKenny, President, Ottawa and District Labour Council

Session 1:  Session 1: Regulatory and policy strategies addressing violence and harassment at work  

Presentation 1: Katherine Lippel, Canada Research Chair in Occupational Health and Safety Law

Session 2: Experience of workers and unions in dealing with violence and harassment at work

Presentation 2:  Michelle Desfonds, CSQ
Terri Aversa, OPSEU ( no presentation available )

Presentation 3:  Micheline Boucher, CSN
Denise Cameron, UFCW ( no presentation available )

Session 3: Work organization: Why and how should we intervene?

Presentation 4: Dr. Michel Vezina, Institut National de Sante Publique du Quebec

Session 4: Experience of Unions dealing with psychosocial hazards

Presentation 5:  Marie-France Maranda, CSQ

Presentation 6: John Oudyk, OHCOW

Presentation 7:  Micheline Boucher, CSN

Session 5: Precarious employment: New risks and new strategies 

Presentation 8:  Wayne Lewchuk, School of Labour Studies, McMaster University

Session 6: Supporting workers with disability related to psycho-social hazards: workers compensation and disability insurance  

Presentation 9: Katherine Lippel, Canada Research Chair in Occupational Health and Safety Law

Presentation 10: James Infantino, PSAC Disability Insurance Specialist

Document 11: Lippel’s References list

Cours de formation nº3 : « Arrêter la propagation des risques psychosociaux au travail au Québec et en Ontario » à l’Université d’Ottawa, les 24 et 25 octobre 2011 détails …