Canadian Injured Workers Alliance

The Canadian Injured Workers Alliance (CIWA) is a Canadian charity and advocacy organization for injured workers and occupational rehabilitation.[4] Active in providing training, educational resources, and advocacy both federally and provincially, it is based on a national network of injured workers groups whose aim is to support injured workers and improve the occupational health and safety of workers across Canada. CIWA's stated objectives[4] include:

  • improving the occupational health and safety of workers in Canada.
  • working towards a just system of compensation, rehabilitation and re-employment in all provinces and territories of Canada.
  • providing a national forum for debating issues of concern to injured workers and their organizations at national conferences and at national board workshops.
  • gathering and share information with groups and individuals across Canada.
Canadian Injured Workers Alliance
AbbreviationCIWA
FoundedAugust 1, 1990 (1990-08-01)[1]
FocusWorkers' compensation, Occupational rehabilitation
Location
Area served
Canada
Key people
Leonard J. Crawford, President
Bill Chedore, National Coordinator
[3]
Steve Mantis, co-founder
Wolfgang Zimmermann, co-founder
Websitewww.ciwa.ca

The organization was founded in 1990 by Steve Mantis and other injured workers advocates including Wolfgang Zimmermann, after they organized a "National Conference on Re-Employment of Injured Workers" in Ottawa in June 1990.[5] The conference passed a resolution to form a national organization representing a national network of injured worker organizations, ultimately to become CIWA.

See also

References
  1. "A history of CIWA". Canadian Injured Workers Alliance. September 2011. Archived from the original on September 17, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
  2. "Contact CIWA". Canadian Injured Workers Alliance. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
  3. "CIWA Board of Directors". Canadian Injured Workers Alliance. Archived from the original on September 16, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
  4. "About CIWA". Canadian Injured Workers Alliance. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
  5. A History of CIWA http://www.ciwa.ca/content/history-ciwa Archived 2011-09-17 at the Wayback Machine
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