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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.

VIDEO - June 18 2009: - Darrell Powell and Dr. Lisa Doupe speak about workers compensation at the Senate Subcommittee on Cities -  SENATE HEARINGS - The Failed Workers Compensation System and Poverty in Canada (also hear Darrell Powell's full radio series)

Contact Darrell Powell at [email protected]

VIDEO:

JUNE 18 2009: SENATE HEARINGS - The Failed Workers Compensation System and Poverty in Canada - Darrell Powell and Dr. Lisa Doupe speak about workers compensation at the Senate Subcommittee on Cities



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 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
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)

JUNE 22 2007 -  (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)

"IN DENIAL" 2007:
APRIL 13 - Episode 1 -    (high quality)    (low quality)
APRIL 16 - Episode 2 -    (high quality)    (low quality)
APRIL 18 - Episode 3 -    (high quality)    (low quality)
APRIL 20 - Episode 4 -    (high quality)    (low quality)
APRIL 23 - Episode 5 -    (high quality)    (low quality)
APRIL 25 - Episode 6 -    (high quality)    (low quality)
APRIL 25 - Phone-in  -    (high quality)    (low quality)
APRIL 27 - Episode 7 -    (high quality)    (low quality)  
EXTRA:
APRIL 27 - Charles Boylan and Donna Peterson from CFRO COOP Radio discuss WCB and WORKPLACE SAFETY  (high quality)    (low quality)  





(ALSO SEE DARRELL'S VIDEO)






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







Previous documents presented to The Standing Senate Committee On Social Affairs Science And Technologies - 2005 by Darrell Powell:
Disability Adjustment And The Co – Relationship of Workers Compensation Induced Psychiatric Injury
The RainyDay Syndrome




Backgrounder to Darrell Powell's focus on WCB as a Negative Social Determinant of Health:



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)
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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.

Darrell acted quickly to write a submission to the Mental Health Commission and arrange for attendance at the Vancouver hearings on October 15th 2007.

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.



Previous documents presented to The Standing Senate Committee On Social Affairs Science And Technologies - 2005 by Darrell Powell:
Disability Adjustment And The Co – Relationship of Workers Compensation Induced Psychiatric Injury
The RainyDay Syndrome


Backgrounder to Darrell Powell's focus on WCB as a Negative Social Determinant of Health: