67th Annual Convention - Workshop Registration

This registration is for the Workshop Registration ahead if the 67th Ontario Building Trades Convention. 

The Registration fee for the Workshops is $100.00 for each Workshop Attendee. 

The Workshop Attendee fee is seperate from the Convention Registration fee. If you are participating in both the Workshop day, as well as the Convention, you must fill out both Registration forms and submit payment saying so. 

• The Convention Registration page can be found by clicking here. Be advised that it has a seperate registration form.

We will also be hosting an evening Welcoming Reception on Wednesday October 16, 2024 at 5:30pm. We encourage everyone to attend. 

Please fill out each Workshop attendee’s name and indicate whether they will be attending the Reception. Please specify if they will be accompanied by their spouse/partner to the evening Reception so that we may get a sense of the number of people attending, for catering purposes.

Fees will be paid by cheque. 

Please make cheques payable to: Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario and have them mailed to 401-75 International Blvd., Toronto, ON M9W 6L9. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us at 416-679-8887 or connie@ontariobuildingtrades.com.

You will be emailed a confirmation once the form is filled out and submitted. Should you need to make changes to your registration, please contact us and we can make changes to your registration. 

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Course Descriptions:

Workplace Safety & Insurance Board (WSIB) - Facts & Figures

   By Brad Valley and Matt Ferguson

Workers’ compensation insurance coverage is a benefit mandated by law in Ontario. Workers’ compensation benefits are payments for injuries or diseases that are related to work and are paid by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB). This session will provide an overview of the various benefits that workers and their families are entitled to when an injury or workplace death occurs.  Areas that will be covered include but are not limited to: how benefits are calculated, maximum earnings ceiling and earnings bases, full loss of earnings (LOE), partial LOE benefits, and permanent impairment. Additionally, we will cover benefits for apprentices, the determining earnings bases for “Exceptional Cases Dependant Contractors,” and other important areas that relate to Ontario’s system of collective liability workplace insurance.

A forward-thinking vision to address worker health in construction

   By Michael Varieur and Carmine Tiano

Construction is demanding work and can often lead to aches and pains—both physically and mentally. Drugs are often turned to as a way of coping with the stressors that workers face. It might start with self-medicating. It might start with doctor-prescribed treatments. It might start with recreational use. The construction sector has one of the highest substance use and related disorder rates. In Canada and the United States, construction ranks among the top three industries for illegal drug use, prescription drug use, heavy alcohol consumption and other substance use disorders. That is why many are looking for approaches that can help the construction sector address growing substance use problems among those employed in the sector. The first part of the workshop will provide an overview of the programs and services provided by the De Novo Treatment Centre, in addition to reviewing specific projects the Centre has embarked on through skills development funding. The second part of the workshop will review what can be done to support workers by taking a holistic view of work and worker health. Topics will include but not be limited to moving towards a total worker health (TWH) model, improving workplace safety and mental health, employee engagement, accommodating practices and achieving recovery-friendly workplaces. The Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (OHCOW) will review what an integrated medical health model can look like to achieve Total Worker Health.