OES Seminars

This webinar is offered through the Occupational Cancer Research Centre (Ontario) as part of their Occupational and Envrionmental Health Seminar Series.

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(From the registration site) This presentation provides the basic building blocks for understanding rules and processes governing the recognition of occupational diseases in the context of workers’ compensation legislation in Canada. Examples drawn from Ontario, British Columbia and Québec illustrate ways in which scientific data is used in the adjudication process, and mechanisms by which decisions are made in individual cases. Participants learn the importance of acknowledging specificities of medicolegal adjudication in the context of workers’ compensation claims in light of the underpinnings of workers’ compensation legislation in Canadian jurisdictions.

Katherine Lippel, LLL, LLM, FRSC, is a full professor of law at the Faculty of Law (Civil Law Section) at the University of Ottawa and holds the Canada Research Chair in Occupational Health and Safety Law. She is a member of the CINBIOSE research centre, a WHO-PAHO collaborating centre and specialises in legal issues relating to occupational health and safety, workers' compensation and return to work after work injury. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and in 2017 she was awarded the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Gold Medal, the Council's highest award.