We added more courses to our 2023 schedule and can’t wait to see you in our virtual and in-person classes. Ensuring that injured, ill, and disabled workers are protected in the workplace is everyone’s responsibility. This challenge requires education, awareness and commitment from workers, unions, employers and the community at large. Prevention Link offers comprehensive training programs beneficial to workers, union and employer leadership.
Who should attend: WSIB representatives, Workers’ Compensation activists, RTW specialists, union leadership and union stewards, H&S representatives and activists, supervisors, human resources specialists, employers and young workers.
Choose from a variety of core curriculum or topical courses below. Sign up today OR we can provide training just for your members, staff or workplace! Check our courses and contact us to schedule at your convenience.
CORE CURRICULUM
LEVEL 1: RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS – Virtual
Duration: 12 hours. Prerequisites: None.
» February 15 – March 1
» June 1-15
» November 28 – December 12
The first of six core certification courses offered within Prevention Link’s disability prevention curriculum. This introductory course begins by exploring the history of Ontario’s compensation system and the development of legislation and the general principles of the system.
Participants learn the basics of a disability prevention framework, including:
- Types of workplace injuries and occupational illnesses;
- The legal tests applied by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) when considering entitlement;
- The method to report an injury;
- The steps to initiate a claim;
- Reporting strategies, including time limits and potential penalties.
Cost: $399.00. Register early to get $50.00 discount!
LEVEL 2: BENEFITS AND SERVICES – Virtual
Duration: 12 hours. Prerequisites: Level 1.
» January 25 – February 8
» April 5-19
» September 14-28
In the second of six core certification courses, offered within Prevention Link’s core curriculum, participants will become familiar with the significance of legislation (WSIA), regulations, and policies, including the history of legislative change and Bills that have amended the WSIA.
Participants will:
- Explore changes to the legislation and their effects on benefits and services;
- Discuss the benefits and services available under three district eras;
- Explore benefit calculations including Non-Economic Loss (NEL) and Loss of Earnings (LOE).
Cost: $399.00. Register early to get $50.00 discount!
LEVEL 3: APPEALS & DISPUTE RESOLUTION – In-person
WORKER ADVOCATE EDITION
Prerequisites: Level 1 & Level 2
» October 22-27
An interactive and analytical course, Prevention Link has developed a holistic and intuitive course meant to build participants into mock hearing settings. Using case file examples and mock hearings, this intensive course will provide participants with the practical skills to prepare and present oral hearings before the Workplace Safety Insurance Board as well as the Workplace Safety Insurance and Appeals Tribunal.
We will examine reviewing of the file; gathering additional evidence; researching law; policy and precedent; preparation of witnesses; and questioning, cross-questioning and re-direct at a hearing.
LEVEL 4 RETURN TO WORK – In-person
Prerequisites: Level 1 & Level 2
» September 18-22
This course is designed for those who will or currently assist injured workers individually or
collectively through a therapeutic return to work (RTW) and provides workplace parties with the
tools necessary to develop strategies that ensure successful outcomes.
» Return to Work best practices
» The Duty to Accommodate
» Elimination of barriers
LEVEL 5: MEDICAL ORIENTATION – In-person
Prerequisites: Level 1 and Level 2; and either Level 3 or 4.
» March 27-31
The fifth of six core certification courses offered within Prevention Link’s core curriculum is an advanced course designed to assists participants in understanding medical terminology, anatomy, diagnostic testing and surgical procedures in order to interpret information in Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) files. Participants will be exposed to medical terminology and human anatomy with attention to the different skeletal and organ systems.
This course will take place at Toronto Don Valley Hotel & Suites.
Cost: $699.00. Register early to get $50.00 discount!
SPRING TRAINING: LEVEL 1 & 2 OR LEVEL 4 – In-person
» April 23-28
Registration for Level 1 & Level 2.
Registration for Level 4, Return to Work.
Level 1: Rights & Obligations
» History & principles of Workers’ Compensation
» When is an injury compensable?
» Reporting an injury & filing a claim
AND
Level 2: Benefits & Services
(Prerequisite: Level 1)
» Regulation & policy
» Funding the system
» Professional responsibilities
OR
Level 4: Return to Work
(Prerequisites: Level 1 & Level 2)
» Return to Work best practices
» The Duty to Accommodate
» Elimination of barriers
This training will take place at Bayview Wildwood Resort.
Cost: $1,800.00. Register early to get $100.00 discount!
TOPICAL WORKSHOPS
RETURN TO WORK 101
» February 2 (Virtual)
» March 28 (Virtual)
» April 6 (Virtual)
» May 3 (Virtual)
» September 26 (In-person)
This workshop provides participants with the tools to develop strategies to assist workers with disabilities, individually and collectively; and return them to long term healthy and productive employment. The workshop will review noteworthy case law and Human Rights legislation.
Cost: $99.00. Register early to get $20.00 discount!
PRINCIPLES OF ACCOMMODATION LAW
» February 15 (Virtual)
» March 29 (Virtual)
» April 18 (Virtual)
» May 17 (In-Person)
» September 28 (In-Person)
With a focus on the protected ground of disability and the social area of employment, this workshop will advance a participant’s understanding of human rights legislation and the Duty to Accommodate. The definitions of discrimination will be explored, the requirements for requesting and responding to accommodation needs will be outlined, and what constitutes “undue hardship” will be examined. This workshop provides participants with the resources and tools to develop strategies to assist workers with disabilities, individually and collectively, and support return to long-term healthy and productive employment.
Cost: $99.00. Register early to get $20.00 discount!
HEARINGS IN WRITING
» February 16 (Virtual)
» March 30 (Virtual)
» April 19 (Virtual)
» May 16 (In-person)
» September 27 (In-person)
This workshop will help participants understand the goals and challenges of legal submission writing and how to address them. In accordance with the WSIB’s Practice and Procedures and with WSIAT’s Practice Directions, participants will learn how to organize and structure submissions to be clear and reader focused. Using various outlines and templates, the traditional structure of a submission is examined with attention given to strategies and guidelines to produce an effective written hearing submission. Participants will explore making facts and law persuasive and the technical components of writing, including referring to and attaching documents and a professional format will be reviewed.
Cost: $99.00. Register early to get $20.00 discount!
MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID BASIC
» October 4-5 (In-person)
Prevention Link, on behalf of the Mental Health Commission of Canada, is proud to offer this two-day course, which gives participants the skills to provide assistance to a person who has a mental health problem or is experiencing a mental health crisis. Just as physical first aid is administered to an injured person before professional medical care can be offered, mental health first aid will help to bridge a gap in treatment. **Participants must be present for the full length of the course in order to be certified.**
OFL Classroom, Toronto, ON
9 A.M. to 5 P.M.
Cost includes HST, course material, guided instruction, certificate of completion, lunch.
Spaces are limited.
Mental Health 101, Mindfulness & Challenges in Life & Self Care
» February 28 (Virtual)
» April 26 (In-person)
Facilitated by Registered Nurse Wendy Stanyon, Associate Professor at the Ontario Tech University, Prevention Link is hosting an online 1/2-day workshop created for basic training for Mental Health in the workplace and conversations around destigmatization.
