About the Award
All members in good standing of the Ontario Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Section are invited to nominate candidates for the annual Ron Ellis Award. This Award was created to recognize exceptional contributions and/or achievements in the field of workers’ compensation law, including:
- the development of workers’ compensation law, including teaching, scholarly writing and lobbying;
- outstanding advocacy or adjudication;
- leadership in the workers’ compensation bar, the government, the Law Society of Ontario and/or the Ontario Bar Association in relation to workers’ compensation issues, legislation, and administration;
- leadership in the workers’ compensation bar through sharing knowledge, experience, skill and commitment with other new lawyers and the worker, employer and neutral communities;
- the enhancement of the practice of workers’ compensation law.
