Who Killed Sir William?

In 1910 Sir William Meredith led a Royal Commission to investigate the injury death and permanent disability of workers. In response to his findings Meredith helped introduce a new system of compensation for injured and disabled workers that emphasized their rights and well-being. But today Sir William's principles appear to be dead: injured and disabled workers often end up living in poverty and are viewed with stigma by those who should be providing them with service.<br /><br />What happened? How can we find out the experiences and needs of injured and disabled workers and how can the necessary changes be put into action?<br /><br />To answer such questions the Research Action Alliance on the Consequences of Work Injury (RAACWI) a community-based research initiative that brought advocates injured workers and academics together was formed. Who Killed Sir William? provides an engaging look at RAACWI's eight years of groundbreaking work and what a successful community-academia partnership looks like to inform and inspire fellow academics advocates and community. Its discussion includes (and goes beyond): <br />- Developing a trusting productive community-advocate-academic<br />relationship<br />- Successes such as the production of over twenty research publications and a speakers school for injured workers<br />- The use of diverse teaching methods including skits and theatre pieces<br />- Some of the challenges RAACWI faced (and how they overcame them)<br /><br />Who Killed Sir William? authors Marion Endicott and Steve Mantis not only offer insight on the systemic assailants but also lay out a process of addressing them.