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DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS: MHADIE (Measuring Health and Disability in Europe) - website The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and the ICF Primer United Nations Enable - International Day of Disabled Persons - December 3 A Common Language: A Common Policy On Safe and Timely Return to Function, Return to Work - "A multi-disciplinary approach is critical to successful implementation of an interactive model of functioning and disability. It will promote critical early intervention and involvement in disability, which is essential to return to function. Several countries in Europe, Italy, for example, have committed to implementing the ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) principles in addressing their labour market challenges." - Published by the Round Table Project Cdn Assoc.of Professionals with Disabilities Council of Canadians with Disabilities Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) Action Coalition Is That Legal.ca (ODSP Law) DAWN - Disabled Women's Network (Ontario) Disability WebLinks RAINET RAINET Blog AGES.ca - Advocacy Gateway for Environmental Sensitivities LOSH - London Occupationl Safety and Health OTHER SOCIAL ACTION SITES: California Newsreel International Health Workers for People Over Profit British Columbia Public Interest Advocacy Centre The WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) - Commission on Social Determinants of Health The INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE (IDRC) - Addressing the Social Causes of Illness Human Rights for Workers World Advocacy Institute for Health and Social Policy The National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI) (US) Round Table Project Positive Futures Network People-Centered Development Forum Business Alliance for Local Living Economies rightoncanada.ca YaYaCanada Peace, Earth & Justice News CharityVillage- directory of Canadian non-profit organizations Vive le Canada- directory of Canadian non-profit organizations idealist.org - Action Without Borders National Academy of Social Insurance Rate Your Doctor InjuryWatch (UK) P.I.S.S.D. (Personal Injury and Social Security Disability) (US blog by Texas lawyer about how government agencies and insurance companies routinely mistreat injured or disabled people.) The Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership LifeQuilt

POVERTY: Inequities Killing People on "grand scale" - WHO Report - "Social justice is a matter of life and death. . . Social injustice is killing people on a grand scale. . . All people need social protection across the lifecourse, as young children, in working life, and in old age. People also need protection in case of specific shocks, such as illness, disability, and loss of income or work." from World Health Organization Commission on the Social Determinants of Health - Report of Aug 28 2008 - "Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity through Action on the Social Determinants of Health. The Poverty-Health Link Basic Income Earth Network Livable Income For Everyone Basic Income/Canada U.S. Basic Income Guarantee NetworkGrowing Gap National Council of Welfare National Anti-Poverty Organization NAPO Poverty and Social Justice Links PovNet resources Laurentian University poverty resource Ontario Coalition Against Poverty Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty Low Income Families Together Charter Committee on Poverty Issues Call for Action The Poverty Project Canadian Association of Food BanksMake Poverty History Homelessness in a Growth Economy: Canada’s 21st Century Paradox RESEARCH GROUPS: ***Note - some of these may be funded by WCBs and so the research may not be totally unbiased Canadian Injured Workers Alliance

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