Resources
Research Papers
The working conditions for personal support workers in the Greater Toronto Area during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods study
Precarious work among personal support workers in the Greater Toronto Area: a respondent-driven sampling study
EMployment and PrecariOus Work in Toronto’s Health Sector: Evaluation and Research (EMPOWER) Project page
Lack of protection for personal support workers emblematic of their treatment by the system, Toronto Star
Podcast
On the Front Lines of the Pandemic: Racialized Workers and COVID
Hosted by the Unifor National Chair in Social Justice and Democracy, this podcast focuses on systemic racism in the Canadian context and how the ongoing racialization of the Canadian labour market has impacted PSWs.
PSW Webinars
An organization called Life and Death Matters publishes free monthly webinars for PSWs engaged in long-term, acute, community, hospice, and palliative care.
Training Program for PSW
The PSW Approach to Quality Care is a free online training program for PSWs in Ontario. The four modules cover topics related to improving the PSWs' abilities to meet the needs of the people they support.
Workers' Rights Summary
In this summary, you will learn about
Minimum standards under the Employment Standards Act
Human Rights code and resources
Health and Safety of workers
Tips for protecting yourself as a worker
Resources: Steps to Justice, Workers' Action Centre and Legal Aid Ontario Clinics
Research Opportunity
Caring about Care Workers: The Experience of Immigrant Women PSWs in Toronto’s Home Care Sector in the COVID-19 Context
Social Planning Toronto and Toronto Metropolitan University are conducting a study to understand the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the livelihoods, health, and well-being of immigrant women who work as PSWs in home care.