All Darrell Powell radio and video programs hosted on the CIWS website have been removed as per the request of Mr. Powell. However, some of the links below do work as they are hosted on other websites.
Darrell
Powell has worked to bring attention to WCB as a negative social determinant of
health and has brought this issue to the attention of the Canadian
Senate.
The Senate Subcommittee on
Population Health (of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs,
Science and Technology) is examining the impact of the multiple factors and
conditions that contribute to the health of Canada's population — known
collectively as the social determinants of health — including the effects
of these determinants on the disparities and inequities in health outcomes that
continue to be experienced by identifiable groups or categories of people (such
as disabled workers) within the Canadian population. They are also examining
government policies, programs and practices (including workers compensation)
that regulate or influence the impact of the social determinants of health on
health outcomes across the different segments of the Canadian population. They
are investigating ways in which governments could better coordinate their
activities in order to improve these health outcomes, whether these activities
involve the different levels of government or various departments and agencies
within a single level of government.
ARCHIVED AUDIO: (in reverse date order) (low quality audios download faster)
April 27 2009: - Darrell Powell speaks about workers compensation on CFRO COOP radio on the day before International Workers' Memorial Day APRIL 27 2009 - (high speed) (low speed)
THE ELECTION SHOWSeptember 24 2008: - Darrell Powell (Senate Witness 2004 Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology) identified the issues of disabled workers to the leaders of the federal parties to get their comments and platform policies for the show which aired on CFRO
102.7 FM Vancouver In Order of Appearance:Elizabeth May (Green), Jack Layton (NDP), Charles Boylan (Marxist Leninist), Caroline Bennett (Liberal) - other main parties invited but failed to attend SEPTEMBER 24 2008 - (high quality) (low quality)
INTERNATIONAL DAY
OF MOURNING - AFFIRMATIVE ACTION SPECIAL - DARRELL POWELL WITH CHARLES
BOYLAN on "Wake - up With Co-op" on CFRO 102.7 FM Vancouver and Ch 845 on
Star Choice. Introduction to the Jeff Thompson Story - Did the WCB Kill Jeff Thompson?" APRIL 28 2008 - (high quality) (low quality)
April 28 2008:INTERNATIONAL DAY
OF MOURNING - AFFIRMATIVE ACTION SPECIAL - DARRELL POWELL WITH CHARLES
BOYLAN on "Wake - up With Co-op" on CFRO 102.7 FM Vancouver and Ch 845 on
Star Choice. Introduction to the Jeff Thompson Story - Did the WCB Kill Jeff Thompson?" APRIL 28 2008 - (high quality) (low quality)
January 25 2008: Darrell Powell speaks with CFRO
COOP radio host Charles Boylan. Continues previous themes: - the social
marketing campaign, its roots and objectives. - the tv ads in Ontario -
human rights and creating negative stereotypes of a vulnerable group or class
of persons JANUARY 25 2008 - (high quality) (low quality)
January 18 2008: Darrell Powell speaks with CFRO
COOP radio host Charles Boylan. Themes: - the social marketing campaign,
its roots and objectives. - the tv ads in Ontario - human rights and
creating negative stereotypes of a vulnerable group or class of
persons JANUARY 18 2008 - (high quality) (low quality)
January 11 2008: Darrell Powell speaks on CFRO COOP
radio updating listeners about the senate committee and discussing how workers
compensation has made lateral moves into health care and medical research,
co-opting these areas and threatening physicians' medical autonomy and research
impartiality. JANUARY 11 2008 - (high quality) (low quality)
September 21 2007: Darrell Powell speaks to COOP
radio about his meeting with the United Steelworkers Local 1005 in Hamilton and
about WCB as a negative social determinant of health. SEPTEMBER
21 2007 - (high quality) (low quality)
August 24 2007: Darrell Powell speaking with Charles
Boylan on CFRO COOP Radio discussing his recent attendance at the Canadian Medical Association Annual General Meeting
in Vancouver. Darrell discusses how health care privatization would open the
door to the insurance industry steering the medical system, determining
diagnostic criteria and limiting diagnoses and treatment. He characterizes WCB
as a "dangerous insurance company" . . . "that has
been given too much privilege in law . . . able to write legislation and handle
all matters of law and this is constraining our rights . . . in health care and
. . . under the Charter." AUGUST 24 2007 -
(high quality) (low quality)
July 18 2007:Special One
Hour Show - WCB as a Negative Social Determinant of Health
JULY 18 2007 - (high quality) (low quality) (one hour long - download will
take more time)
May - June 2007 -
SERIES: BREAKING THE SILENCE ABOUT
WCB! (Friday mornings at 7:30am or 7:45am (PDT) on COOP Radio)
MAY 18 2007 - (high quality) (low quality) JUNE 15 2007 -
(high quality) (low quality) JUNE 20 2007 -
IUHPE coverage - the 19th IUHPE World Conference on
Health Promotion and Health Education - one hour long - download will take more
time:
- (high quality) (low quality)
***Notice*** - Friday weekly shows
with Darrell Powell cancelled due to health complications (see
Notice for July 9th at
right)
April 2007
SERIES: "IN DENIAL" - Breaking the
Silence About Workers’ Compensation, Health and the Law - SEVEN
PART RADIO SERIES ON WCB WITH DARRELL POWELL - dedicated to all those who have
suffered due to workplace injury, disability and compensation schemes in
Canada. Description of content and
bio of Darrell Powell. (originally aired on
CFRO 102.7 F.M
Vancouver leading up to Injured Workers Memorial Day 2007)
CFRO COOP Radio 102.7 F.M Vancouver: Thanks to
Darrell Powell, Charles Boylan, Donna Peterson and everyone at CFRO COOP
Radio! Please consider donating to
CFRO COOP Radio 102.7 F.M Vancouver as thanks for airing this series. Archived
audio also available at http://www.wakeupwithcoop.org
Darrell
Powell would like to send a huge THANK YOU! to all injured workers across
Canada for their patience and participation in this important radio series and
in his submission to the Senate Sub-Committee on Population Health.
He also thanks the Canadian Injured Workers Society for their
quick response in allowing his thoughts to be sent to injured workers across
Canada.
(From the CIWS . . . THANK
YOU, DARRELL!)
ARCHIVED VIDEO:
Background video from
CPAC about the Social Determinants of Health:
April 13, 2006 The International Development
Research Centre organized this April 13th panel on health equity. The World
Health Organization convened a Commission on Social Determinants of Health
(CSDH) in March 2005 to address the social causes behind ill-health. The panel
was comprised of two members of the Commission, Amartya Sen and Monique
Bégin, as well as Dr. John Frank, a physician and
epidemiologist.
UPDATES: (about Darrell
Powell's radio series and Senate Committee submissions regarding WCB as a
negative social determinant of health) Canadian
Time Zones
NEW VIDEO - June 18 2009: - Darrell Powell and Lisa Doupe speak about workers compensation at the Senate Subcommittee on Cities - Second Panel of the Senate Committee (WMV) (Video will take time to download. Please be patient)
THE ELECTION SHOW September 24 2008: - Darrell Powell (Senate Witness 2004 Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology) identified the issues of disabled workers to the leaders of the federal parties to get their comments and platform policies for the show which aired on CFRO
102.7 FM Vancouver - (See file in list at left -
files are in date order.) . April 28 2008:INTERNATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING - AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
SPECIAL - DARRELL POWELL WITH CHARLES BOYLAN on "Wake - up With
Co-op" on CFRO
102.7 FM Vancouver and Ch 845 on Star Choice. (See file in list at left -
files are in date order.) . SENATE -
FOURTH REPORT - April 2008 - In
this
Fourth Report, (Population Health Policy: Issues and
Options.) the Senate Committee has focused on socio-economic staus as the
major social determinant of health and recommends a federal population health
strategy along with health impact assessments of government agencies (such as
WCBs). (also see article
Senate Focuses on Socio-economic Health Problems with CIWS
commentary)Friday, January 25th 2008:
- Darrell Powell spoke with host Charles Boylan on
CFRO COOP Radio
102.7 F.M Vancouver (See file in list at left - files are in date
order.) - Friday, January 18th 2008: -
Darrell Powell spoke with host Charles Boylan on
CFRO COOP Radio
102.7 F.M Vancouver (See file in list at left - files are in date
order.) - Friday, January 11th 2008: -
Darrell Powell spoke with Charles Boylan on
CFRO COOP Radio
102.7 F.M Vancouver. (See file in list at left - files are in date
order.)Due to technical problems and a lack of archives at COOP radio, the
Friday October 19th show was lost. Also, Darrell was not able to do the
Saturday October 20.Darrell will be doing a new radio show about the Mental
Health Commission and disabled workers (DETAILS BELOW) on Friday October 19 at 8:00am PST on CFRO COOP Radio
102.7 F.M Vancouver (check time zones at link at top of column).
He
is also scheduled as a guest host with Charles Boylan on Saturday October 20 between 1pm and 5:30pm PST
(check time zones at link at top of column). The topics being discussed will
focus on the Costs of Social Activism.
The CIWS will make every effort
to archive those shows.HISTORIC
EVENT!Monday October 15 2007: Darrell Powell and the CIWS achieve
stakeholder status for disabled workers on the new Mental Health Commission of
Canada. Darrell Powell spoke as the CIWS representative at
the stakeholder consultations
for the new Mental Health Commission of Canada The Commission has been
holding stakeholder meetings across Canada through October and Darrell attended
the Vancouver BC meeting. These early hearings are intended to help guide the
Commission’s future work and disabled workers are on the
agenda!
To initiate this process, the
CIWS
wrote to the Mental Health Commission requesting stakeholder status,
outlining the mental health concerns that disabled workers face and
recommending Darrell Powell as our representative for these hearings.
Everything happened quickly, but we were successful in achieving stakeholder
status with the Commission.
At the meeting he outlined some of the
mental health implications of dealing with workers compensation boards and he
voiced some of the main concerns for people disabled at work. He was successful
in establishing the disabled worker community as a vulnerable group within the
framework of the Mental Health Commission's mandate.
Darrell will be
doing a new radio show about the Mental Health Commission and disabled workers
on Friday October 19 at 8:00am PST on CFRO COOP Radio
102.7 F.M Vancouver (check time zones at link at top of column).
He
is also scheduled as a guest host with Charles Boylan on Saturday October 20 between 1pm and 5:30pm PST
(check time zones at link at top of column). The topics being discussed will
focus on the Costs of Social Activism.
The CIWS will make every effort
to archive those shows.
The CIWS would like to thank Darrell Powell and
the Mental Health Commission for making it possible for disabled workers as a
vulnerable group to have their concerns voiced in a formal
process.
Darrell Powell would also like to thank all of the
Commissioners (some of whom he has met before during previous Senate Committee
hearings) and others who he is pleased to be meeting for the first time.
Thursday September 27 2007: Darrell
Powell is watching the
efforts of the Newfoundland and Labrador Injured Workers
Association (Patricia Dodds, President/Spokesperson) and will be bringing
it up in his next radio programme with Charles Boylan when he gets back to
Vancouver. He will be taking exactly these issues to the Senate Committee on
Population Health and asking for an in-depth review of workers compensation
policies and the health effect on the disabled. Friday September 21 2007: Darrell Powell speaks to
COOP radio about his meeting with the United Steelworkers Local 1005 in
Hamilton and about WCB as a negative social determinant of health. (See new
file in list at left - files are in date order.)Thursday September 13 2007: Darrell Powell speaks to
United Steelworkers Local 1005 in Hamilton about WCB as a negative social
determinant of health. (sorry, no audio for this)WHO Interim Statement on Health Equity - from
the World Health Organization Commission on the Social Determinants of
Health:WHO COMMISSION ON SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH - Achieving
Health Equity: from root causes to fair outcomes - Interim Statement- "
. . . The development of society, rich or poor, can be judged by the quality of
its population’s health, how fairly health is distributed across the
social spectrum, and the degree of protection provided from disadvantage as a
result of ill-health . . . The unequal distribution of resources impacts on
people’s freedom to lead lives they have reason to value. . . This in turn
has a powerful impact on health and its distribution in society.
The Commission takes issue with the unequal
distribution of social conditions when health suffers as a consequence. . .
Not all health inequalities are unjust or inequitable. If good
health were simply unattainable, this would be unfortunate but not unjust.
Where inequalities in health are avoidable, yet are
not avoided, they are inequitable. . . The injustice that the Commission seeks
to redress comes from failure to achieve levels of health that, but for lack of
action, should be attainable. . . .The right to the highest
attainable level of health is enshrined in the Constitution of the World Health
Organization and numerous international treaties (UN, 2000a).
This right obliges governments
and others to act – to take steps . . .Health inequities reflect the unequal distribution of power,
prestige and resources among groups in society. . . Stratification creates
advantage and disadvantage across social groups. Progressive disadvantage can
lead to marginalization and disproportionate vulnerability among those excluded
from societal benefits." Aug 31, 2007 - Darrell Powell attends as press representative
as
PM Officially Launches Mental Health
Commission of Canada- Darrell Powell attended as press
rep for CFRO COOP Radio at the announcement in Ottawa. The
Mental Health
Commission of Canada announced their
Board
of Directors and Advisory Committee Chairs today as
well.
Friday August 24th 2007 radio
program: Darrell Powell spoke with Charles Boylan on CFRO COOP
Radio discussing his recent attendance at the Canadian Medical Association
Annual General Meeting in Vancouver (See new file in list at left - files are
in date order.)
August 18th
2007: DARRELL HAS DONE IT
AGAIN! Darrell Powell has received media status at the
Canadian Medical Association Annual General Meeting (August
19-22). With press credentials from
CFRO COOP Radio
102.7 F.M Vancouver, Darrell will be attending the CMA meeting to assess
physicians' understanding of the vulnerability of disabled workers and the
difficulties disabled workers face in trying to achieve best recovery within
the workers compensation system as well as physicians' understanding of the
framework of discussion for the Social Determinants of Health.
In
addition, he will be joining the Canadian Doctors for Medicare, BC Health
Coalition and the Council of Canadians for a
FREE viewing of Michael Moore's new film, SICKO! on Sunday
August 19th at 7pm at the Pan Pacific Hotel - Room Two - 999 Canada Place in
Vancouver.
A radio report from Darrell will be
aired on CFRO COOP Radio at a date to be
announced.
Audio available for July 18th show (see
archived audio at left)
"MANDATORY READING" says
Darrell Powell, for anyone interested in disabled workers issues - in
preparation for the fall Senate Committee on the Social Determinants of
Health:WHO COMMISSION ON
SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH - A Conceptual Framework for Action on the Social
Determinants of Health - "Policymaking on social determinants of health
equity should work towards the highest form of participation as authentic
empowerment of civil society and affected communities. . . .
The essence of empowerment is
the increased ability of oppressed and marginalized communities to control the
political and economic processes that affect their wellbeing . .
. The empowerment of disadvantaged communities is intertwined
with state responsibility. The
state bears responsibility for creating spaces and conditions of participation
that can enable vulnerable and marginalized communities to achieve increased
control over the material, social and political determinants of their own
wellbeing. . ."
***Notice*** July 9 2007
- Friday weekly shows with Darrell Powell cancelled due to health
complications: My personal workers
compensation case brings ill health and temporary cancelling of my weekly radio
shows (on WCB, health, disability, law and the Social Determinants of Health).
- DCP
My apologies for the scheduled Friday morning shows on CO-OP
Radio being interrupted. I have serious cardiological and cerebral-vascular
problems caused by arrhythmias dangerously affecting a congenital heart,
opening a hole in the atria - creating a very large shunt and an enlarged
aneurism of the whole dividing wall of the atria. I have had recent arrhythmic
events which have affected my cognitive functions as a result of being
terrorized by the workers compensation board.
I have had one full
cryptogenic stroke after an argument with a board officer, destabilization of
the functions of the heart's rate and rhythm, increased arrhythmias of
increased severity and cardiological events producing TIAs, heart stoppages and
a very large shunt in the heart - events which increase with elevated heart
rate caused by mental/physical stressors.
Recently there has been
severe cardiac events and some cognitive function loss, including memory loss
which is a result of a mini stroke or a scarring cryptogenic stroke- from a
cerebral vascular accident.
Even though the stress effects on my heart
were one of many things attached to my workers compensation claim, the workers
compensation board are now - after the fact - trying to defray their liability
due to the seriousness of this threat to my life. The workers compensation
board is now in 'survival mode' over their public image being impacted by the
damage inflicted on an individual by their erroneous actions, bad faith, abuse
of office and the effects of their abuse of process blatant in my case.
There will be a one hour radio show on July 18th at 7:00 pm, but,
regrettably, no more weekly shows until further notice due to what appears to
be another stroke. There will be an extended live show as I travel to Ottawa
next fall for involvement in the Senate Subcommittee on Population Health
(approx. Sept-Oct.).
I will attempt possible weekly shows only as
function and opportunity allow.
Thank you for your patience, Darrell
Powell
DARRELL POWELL on
CANADA DAY 2007 - "CELEBRATION OR TIME TO REFLECT ON OUR VALUES" -
"Labour , peer groups, health
care providers, academia, the legal community and representatives in
governments must properly address . . . this crisiss which is creating an
insurmountably negative effect on disabled workers. . . . creating many
thousands upon thousands of secondarily affected parties - victims - many of
whom are children. Canadian children have been, and are being, sentenced to ill
effects caused by a 'culture of denial' by workers compensation boards."
- Darrell Powell's coverage of the 19th IUHPE World
Conference on Health Promotion and Health Education 2007 Conference in Vancouver June 10th - 15th will be
available on cd. His findings will be included in the CFRO CO-OP radio,
102.7
F.M Vancouver series on workers compensation.
Discussions and thematic of conference will be integrated and explored in
relation to occupational injury/disability, recovery and societal
participation/equitable status.
