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Saturday, February 21, 2026, 1pm Eastern, 10am Pacific

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Who Killed Sir William? a book written by Steve Mantis and Marion Endicott.

In 1910, Sir William Meredith led a Royal Commission to investigate the injury, death, and permanent disability of workers. In response to his findings, Meredith helped introduce a new system of compensation for injured and disabled workers that emphasized their rights and well-being. But today, Sir William’s principles appear to be dead: injured and disabled workers often end up living in poverty and are viewed with stigma by those who should be providing them with service.

What happened? How can we find out the experiences and needs of injured and disabled workers, and how can the necessary changes be put into action?
To answer such questions, the Research Action Alliance on the Consequences of Work Injury (RAACWI), a community-based research initiative that brought advocates, injured workers, and academics together, was formed.

Steve Mantis was injured in an industrial accident in 1978 losing his left arm. He went through the W.C.B. system and saw first hand how it failed for many injured workers. In 1984, he helped found the Thunder Bay and District Injured Workers Support Group. He has been active ever since working to improve the lives of injured and disabled workers across Canada.

Since 1996, Steve has been building links with academics to study the consequences of work injury, including emphasizing the need for long-term tracking of injured workers in the compensation system. Steve was the community lead in RAACWI.

Marion Endicott worked serving injured workers at a community legal clinic in Toronto, Ontario, for 40 years. Her work engaging in casework, law reform, legal education, and community organising, was brought together in many ways during the 8 year community – based research project which is the subject of the book “Who Killed Sir William.”

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