News for Members

NIDMAR Celebrates 30th Anniversary

NIDMAR celebrated its 30th Anniversary on May 23 with a lineup of speakers and a new video highlighting achievements undertaken in the last 30 years.
Speakers included:
•  Dean Winsor, NIDMAR Co-Chair welcomed the invited guests.
•  Jennifer Whiteside, BC Minister of Labour who provided her congratulations by video.
•  Gord Johns, MP Courtenay-Alberni, spoke of his awareness of the plight of people with disabilities and lack of return to work opportunities.
•  Trevor Alexander, President and CEO, Alberta Workers’ Compensation Board, spoke of the role of WCBs in the return to work process.
•  Prof. Dr. Joachim Breuer, fr. President International Social Security Association; fr. President and CEO, Federal German Workers Compensation System, paid tribute to Ken Neumann, Co-Chair of NIDMAR for the past 18 years who is stepping down.
•  Ken Neumann, retiring Board Member, spoke of his years advocating on behalf of injured workers.
•  Sari Sairanon, NIDMAR incoming Co-Chair spoke about moving forward. A new video highlighting NIDMAR’s many achievements over the past 30 years was introduced by Trevor Jansen, Staggering Media and referenced his own personal family experience. Wolfgang Zimmermann, Executive Director of NIDMAR acted as MC for the event.

To view the video provided by BC’s Minister of Labour and the NIDMAR 30th Anniversary video, please click here NIDMAR 30th Anniversary Video

International News: Belgium

Great progress by our Belgian partners since we signed our 1st license agreement with them in 2014 – having introduced Return-to-Work employer obligations across the country in conjunction with making the CDMP certification standard a regulated Health profession and concurrently supporting employer RTW/DM educational opportunities using our continuing education programming (under license) has given them a pretty holistic & successful approach towards an integrated Disability Employment strategy & program.

Under Francois’s leadership, this approach recognizes that an employer’s accommodation of their own employees who have acquired a Health impairment is the initial key step in removing Disability stigma, something still found far and wide.

 

On 12 June, the official presentation of the CRTWC and CDMP certificates took place for the students who participated in the 8th year of the DM programme.

 

CDMP – The Gold Standard for Disability Management Professionals

Launched in 1998 as a joint development effort with the Occupational Standards Branch at Employment and Social Development Canada, this $2 million initiative, designed to codify key competency knowledge domain areas required to successfully assist individuals who acquire a mental or physical health impairment in maintaining their employment, has reached a major milestone.

Development, testing and validation, in collaboration with employers, unions, workers compensation boards, and other relevant stakeholder groups, as well as incorporating key research findings from a major international ILO study has now led to over 4,000 individuals carrying the CDMP designation in more than 20 countries. This growing global Disability Management Professional community is having a significant impact in reducing the socio-economic cost of mental and physical health impairments on individuals, their families, employers, and society at large.

This short 10-minute video offers a snapshot of the value proposition associated with obtaining this coveted Certified Disability Management Professional designation. Please click on the following link: CDMP – The Gold Standard for Disability Management Professionals

Continuing Professional Development Opportunities at PCU-WHS

PCU-WHS is open to accepting Certified Disability Management Professionals (CDMPs) and Certified Return to Work Coordinators (CRTWCs) who wish to gain Continuing Education Credits in order to maintain professional certification.

Each term of the academic year, the University offers a selection of courses that may be of interest to practising CDMPs and CRTWCs through its online learning platform. These courses are taught by highly qualified and experienced professors using an instructional format that allows flexibility for learners as to when and how they participate. This approach offers a convenient way for career professionals to integrate continuing education into their busy schedules. Currently, applications are open for the following course:

WHDM 404: Economics of Workplace Health Initiatives

The course takes place from September 10 to December 2.

Please click on the link below to view the Learning Objectives for the course and the instructor bio: Continuing Education Opportunity at PCU-WHS Fall 2018

Successful completion of the course provides 40 CEC hours for CDMPs and CRTWCs.

For registration information, please visit the PCU-WHS website at:
https://www.pcu-whs.ca/admissions/admissions-process/

Or contact Jennifer Murray, Student Services & Records Coordinator at: [email protected] or phone: 1-778-421-0821, ext. 209.