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Airport initiative boosts vaccination acceptance among agricultural migrant workers May 11, 2021 Temporary foreign workers arriving at Toronto's Pearson Airport are now greeted in their own language and provided COVID-19 vaccination resources that are culturally appropriate. Photo courtesy of OFVGA Efforts to translate public health resources into different languages have been key to the growing success of vaccination efforts for agricultural migrant workers arriving at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. First launched in early April by the Ontario provincial govern...

Article content Advocates are raising concerns about temporary migrant workers not having timely access to information about Ontario’s plan to offer them COVID-19 vaccines. A recent letter from a group of medical experts and community service providers outlined some of the issues raised by temporary workers involved in early vaccination efforts, including both lack of notice and opportunities to discuss the process with health professionals. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Advocates call for accessible COVID-19 vaccine plan for Ontario migra...

Article content Janice Martell’s father Jim Hobbs didn’t live to see the fruits of his daughter’s lobbying efforts on behalf of miners who had been exposed to McIntyre Powder. Hobbs, who worked at a uranium mine in Elliot Lake, developed Parkinson’s disease later in life and passed away in May 2017 at the age of 76. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Bittersweet victory for Sudbury woman who lobbied for dad's health benefits Back to video Three years after his death, the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board acknowledged the “increased risk ...

WSIB approval received three years after retired miner's death Author of the article: Ron Grech Publishing date: Jan 18, 2021  •  January 20, 2021  •  2 minute read  •  It was a bittersweet victory as the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board awarded Janice Martell’s father Jim Hobbs compensation benefits three years after his death. Martell took the letter she received from WSIB and, in tears, read it to her father at his grave. Supplied Article content Janice Martell’s father Jim Hobbs didn’t live to see the fruits of his daughter’s lobbying efforts on behalf of m...