Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers Inc.

Annual Report

2022/23

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 Vision and Mission

VISION

  • the detectionprevention and elimination of occupational disease, injuries and illnesses; and
  • the promotion of the highest degree of physical, mental and social well-being for all workers.

MISSION

  • protect workers and their communities from occupational disease, injuries and illnesses;
  • support their capacity to address occupational hazards;
  • promote the social, mental and physical well-being of workers and their families;

We strive to accomplish this through:

  • Identification of workplace factors which are detrimental to the health and well-being of workers;
  • Empowering workplace parties to make positive occupational health changes in their workplace;
  • Providing informationknowledge and organizational skills to the workplace parties to eliminate work practices that cause injury, illness and disability.

Introduction

David Chezzi
President and Chair of the Board

Michael Roche
Chief Executive Officer

Officers and Directors

OHCOW’s Board of Directors is an appointed group of diverse individuals, chosen to represent the stakeholders we serve.
Our Board of Directors guides our strategic direction, while our leadership team carries out the Board’s mandate.

David Chezzi
President and Chair of the Board,
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)

Tracie Edward
Vice-President and Vice-Chair of the Board,
Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO)

Scott Richardson
Treasurer,
Chair, L.A.C. Southwest Region
UNIFOR

Bob DeMatteo
Secretary,
Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU)

Natasha Luckhardt
Member-At-Large
Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL)

Local Advisory Committee (LAC) Chairs

Scott Richardson
L.A.C. Chair – Windsor
Treasurer of the Board, Injured Worker Advocate,
UNIFOR

Russ Archibald
L.A.C. Chair – Hamilton
Teamsters Rail Conference

Laura Lozanski
L.A.C. Chair – Ottawa
Canadian Office and Professional Employees
Union (COPE) Local 225

Andréane Chénier
L.A.C. Chair – Sudbury
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)

Diane Parker
L.A.C. Chair – Thunder Bay
Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA)

 

Additional Board Members

Sylvia Boyce
United Steel Workers

Mark Ellerker
Hamilton Brantford
Building Trades

Alan Warrington
O.N.A
Region 5, Vice-President

Debora De Angelis
U.F.C.W. National Rep

Gavin Jacklyn
Ontario Professional Firefighters Association

Janet Paterson
Thunder Bay District Injured Workers Support Group
Ontario Network Injured of Worker Groups (ONIWG)

Rona Eckert
CUPW

John Bartolomeo
Workers’ Health and Safety Legal Clinic – Community Member

Vinay Sharma
UNIFOR

 

NON-VOTING

Michael Roche
CEO - OHCOW

Catherine Petch
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
CUPW

Toronto

Ron Collie
SEIU Healthcare

Inderdeep Sidhu
Workers United Canada

Monia Kosciejew
Prevention Link

Andrew Falotico
ATU

Joe Bishop
Teamsters

Manjit Parmar
CUPE

Eddy Grisolia
retired OWA / community member

Loreen Gale
ETFO

Bhagwant Virk
York University

Kristyn Owers
ETFO

Hamilton

Russ Archibald
Hamilton LAC Chair
TCRC, PLBO

Bruce Allen
Community, Niagara District Labour Council

Roxanne Bond
ATU, Brantford District Labour Council

Rob Butler
Community

Phil Hames
PWU

Ron Wells
USW

Jody Jones
OFL

Leigh Kittson
Teamsters Rail

Sarah Neath
UFCW, Guelph District Labour Council

Peter Page
Hamilton District Injured Workers Group

Gillian Surette-Robinson
UWHH

Kevin Waycik
Hamilton Firefighters

Ottawa

Laura Lozanski,
Ottawa LAC Chair
Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union (COPE) Local 225

Lee-Anne Feltham
Ottawa LAC Vice-Chair
Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO)

Kim Monette
Ottawa LAC Recording Secretary
Workers Health & Safety Centre

Marc Beland
Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)

Mackenzie Daybutch
TOH-Indigenous Program Coordinator

Lisa Gifford
Brockville Labour Council

Paul LaHaise
Algonquin College

Louise Lanctot
Cornwall District Labour Council

Richard Leblanc
United Steelworkers (USW)

Jeff Leiper
City Counsellor

Sean McKenny
Ottawa District Labour Council

Olivier Melanson
CUPE

Debbie Scrivens
Community Representative

Erin Smith
Labour WSIB Representative – Local 503

Ben Treidlinger
Renfrew Labour Council

Cheryl Baker
Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (OHCOW)

Windsor

Scott Richardson
Windsor LAC Chair

Frank Butler
Workplace Health and Safety Centre (WHSC)

Norbert Wenzel
Paralegal – WSIB – Human Rights – Employment Law

Tish Glenn
CUPE 630

Doug Boughner
UNIFOR

Larry Girard
WOHIS

Cathy Baker-Wiebenga
UNIFOR Local 127

Barb St. Pierre
Community Member

Sarnia

Bill Hicks
UNIFOR

Sandra Kinart
VOCV (Victims of Chemical Valley)

Michele LaLonge-Davey
VP CUPE 1238

Kim Marshall
WHSC

Ted Hext
UNIFOR

Kristina Lee
Community Member

Chad Hogan
LIUNA

Blair Allin
Boilermakers Local 128

Thunder Bay

Diane Parker
Thunder Bay LAC Chair
Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA)

Audrey Gilbeau
Nokiiwin Tribal Council

Chris Nicholas
Summit Pipeline Services

Eugene Lefrancois
Thunder Bay and District Injured Workers Support Group

Rod McGee
Ontario School Board Council of Unions

Vicki Kristman
Lakehead University

Janet Patterson

Jules Tupker
Thunder Bay Health Coalition

Catherine Hickmen
OWA

Sudbury

Andréane Chénier
Sudbury LAC Chair
CUPE

Andy LaDouceur
United Steel Workers

Christine Kelly
CUPW

Donna Campbell
Worker Representative

Reuben Roth
Laurentian University

Dwight Harper
Worker Representative

Lorie St. Amand
OPSEU

Debbie Lemieux
Community Member

Jamie West
Community Member

Sean McMahn
Community Member

Elie Martel
Community Member

Michal Seguin
Employer Representative

Susan Hart
OWA

Top 25 Exposures

Based on the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)

April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2023

International Classification of Diseases

April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2023

Case Studies

It is critical to be able to identify workplace exposures, past or present, and how they affect the health of workers.
Recognizing causal relationships allows for the ability to support claims when warranted, but more importantly, to advise workers, workplaces and even industries on how to prevent such exposures in the future.

The following case studies from 2022/23 illustrate how OHCOW multidisciplinary approach is used to help workers: