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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. Who Killed Sir William? provides an engaging look at RAACWI’s eight years of groundbreaking work and what a successful community-academia partnership looks like to inform and inspire fellow academics, advocates, and community. Its discussion includes (and goes beyond): |
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- Developing a trusting, productive, community-advocate-academic relationship
- Successes such as the production of over twenty research publications and a speakers school for injured workers
- The use of diverse teaching methods, including skits and theatre pieces
- Some of the challenges RAACWI faced (and how they overcame them)
Who Killed Sir William? authors Marion Endicott and Steve Mantis not only offer insight on the systemic assailants, but also lay out a process of addressing them.
- Successes such as the production of over twenty research publications and a speakers school for injured workers
- The use of diverse teaching methods, including skits and theatre pieces
- Some of the challenges RAACWI faced (and how they overcame them)
Who Killed Sir William? authors Marion Endicott and Steve Mantis not only offer insight on the systemic assailants, but also lay out a process of addressing them.
Sir William Meredith
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter One: Who Was Sir William?
Chapter Two: What Is Evidence?
Chapter Three: A Research Project Is Dreamed
Chapter Four: How To Make It Real
Chapter Five: Knowledge Mobilisation I
Chapter Six: Training For The RAACWI Community
Chapter Seven: Team Meetings – Lively Gatherings
Chapter Eight: Community Forums – Creating Avenues For Co-operation And Understanding
Chapter Nine: Using Research For Change, A Case Study – Blue Sky On Stigma
Chapter Ten: Knowledge Mobilisation II
Chapter Eleven: Some Challenges Along The Way
Chapter Twelve: Participants’ Voices
Chapter Thirteen: The Legacy
Conclusion
Appendices:
A: Glossaries
C: Community-Based Research Resources
D: Bibliography
Index
Chapter One: Who Was Sir William?
Chapter Two: What Is Evidence?
Chapter Three: A Research Project Is Dreamed
Chapter Four: How To Make It Real
Chapter Five: Knowledge Mobilisation I
Chapter Six: Training For The RAACWI Community
Chapter Seven: Team Meetings – Lively Gatherings
Chapter Eight: Community Forums – Creating Avenues For Co-operation And Understanding
Chapter Nine: Using Research For Change, A Case Study – Blue Sky On Stigma
Chapter Ten: Knowledge Mobilisation II
Chapter Eleven: Some Challenges Along The Way
Chapter Twelve: Participants’ Voices
Chapter Thirteen: The Legacy
Conclusion
Appendices:
A: Glossaries
- General Terms
- Organisations
- Workers’ Compensation Terms
- Research Terms
C: Community-Based Research Resources
D: Bibliography
Index
