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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): - Developing a trusting, productive, community-advocate-academic relationship - Successes such as the production of over twenty research publications, effective running of meetings, 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.

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"Marion Endicott worked for forty years as an advocate for injured workers. In addition to being a leader in the community-based research project detailed in Who Killed Sir William?, Marion's principle work was at the Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic. She was a founding member of the Bancroft Institute, a research-action organization that has in many ways continued to advance the work begun by RAACWI. She has co-authored research publications such as ""Knowledge Translation through Research-Based Theatre"" and ""A Critical Review of Literature on Experience Rating in Workers' Compensation Systems."" Marion lives in Toronto, Ontario with her husband, Nick. Steve Mantis was the community lead in RAACWI. He lost his arm in an industrial accident 45 years ago and has continued to fight for the rights of injured workers, including emphasizing the need for long-term tracking of injured workers in the compensation system. Steve was previously a board member of the Workers' Compensation Board, and he currently is involved with the Ontario Network of Injured Workers' Groups, the Thunder Bay & District Injured Workers Support Group, the Centre for Research on Work Disability Policy, and the Lakehead University's research institute; Enhancing the Prevention of Injury and Disability at Work. He lives in Kaministiquia, Ontario with his partner, Barb."

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