On This National Day of Mourning, Coroner’s Review of Migrant Deaths Does Not Go Far Enough, Says IAVGO Legal Clinic TORONTO, April 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Office of the Ontario Coroner released its report and recommendations following the deaths of three migrant farm workers who died from COVID-19. On...

Income Security Advocacy Centre and Parkdale Community Legal Services welcome the Supreme Court’s landmark decision for gig workers TORONTO, June 26, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a ground-breaking decision released this morning, the Supreme Court of Canada made it easier for workers to challenge unfair contractual terms imposed...

Industrial Accident Victims Group of Ontario budget cut by 22%: Direct attack on poor and disabled Ontarians TORONTO, June 14, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IAVGO learned Wednesday that Legal Aid Ontario cut 22% from our budget retroactively to April 1 2019. The cuts will have an immediate and devastating...

Landmark decision rules WSIB practice that limits compensation for injured migrant workers breaches the law TORONTO, Oct. 05, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a historic decision, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal ruled that WSIB policy breached the rights of Michael Campbell, an injured...

Troubling report shows WSIB’s decisions not based on evidence TORONTO, June 28, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On June 28, 2017, IAVGO Community Legal Clinic will be releasing their report No evidence: The decisions of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. The...