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The Opioid-Related Harms among Ontario Workers project is managed at the Institute for Work & Health (IWH) and the Occupational Cancer Research Centre (OCRC) at Ontario Health. The content on this site is copyrighted by IWH and OCRC, 2022. All rights reserved. By using the site, you are accepting and agreeing to these terms. Please check back periodically as these terms may change from time to time. 

The information on this website is provided for educational, research and information purposes, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. 

That means, unless otherwise specified, the information on this website, including news items, articles, abstracts, and summaries, can be used and shared as long as:

  • IWH and OCRC are credited as the sources,
  • the information is not modified, and
  • the information is used for non-commercial purposes.

If you wish to modify the information and/or use it for commercial purposes, please contact ip@iwh.on.ca.

If you do reprint, share, distribute or use the information on this website, we ask that you please let us know by emailing the nature of your use to info@iwh.on.ca. We like to track how our research, tools and other information is being used in the broader community.

To emphasize again, the information on this site may not be sold or used for commercial purposes.

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The information on the site is not to be taken as personal, legal or medical advice. Individuals seeking specific advice or assistance should contact their health-care provider or other professionals, as relevant. 

The user hereby agrees that the Institute for Work & Health and the Occupational Cancer Research Centre, their research partners and funders, and any employees, consultants, officers, directors or agents and their respective organizations, will not be held liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive or consequential damages that result in any way by your use, or that of your employer, insurer, patient or care provider, of the information or techniques discussed. The user will make no claim nor take or continue any action or proceeding against any of them for contribution, indemnity or reimbursement whether under the provisions of any statute, regulation or common law. 

While IWH and OCRC make reasonable efforts to ensure accuracy, they make no warranty, guarantee or representation as to accuracy, fitness or sufficiency of the material or information on this site and will not be liable for any errors or omissions in the material or the results obtained for their use. 

Links to third-party information is not an implied endorsement by IWH, OCRC or the Opioid-Related Harms among Ontario Workers project, and IWH, OCRC and the project assume no responsibility or liability for material on these sites. 

Opioid-Related Harms among Ontario Workers is a collaboration between the Institute for Work & Health (IWH) and the Occupational Cancer Research Centre (OCRC) at Ontario Health.

Behind the data used in this project are the individual stories of workers who have experienced opioid-related harms. We recognize that these workers’ stories are not reflected in the data, but we would like to acknowledge the pain and suffering of these workers, and their families, friends, colleagues, and others who support them.

This project and production of this website has been made possible through funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) (2021-HQ-000092). The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the Public Health Agency of Canada.