Charlebois' Associates

GLORIA WARREN

WSIB Paralegal

Gloria has enjoyed a 36-year career in the field of workers' compensation. She spent her first 20 years in this area managing a team of claims adjudicators, claims training specialists, claims field investigators and receptionist counsellors for the WSIB. For the last 16 years, she has served as a consultant to employers in all aspects of workers' compensation. In 2008, Gloria was licensed by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a paralegal.

Gloria is without a doubt the NEER expert of the team. She does complicated NEER projections which help us to assess the cost benefit analysis of choosing to go forward to appeals or choosing not to, because the financial gain would not be worth the effort. She also handles CAD-7 and MAP matters as well. She has helped both large corporations and small businesses with day-to-day workers' compensations issues, mediations, and early and safe return-to-work plans.

PAUL HARRIS

WSIB Paralegal

Paul is a workplace injury advocate for employers who brings several years' experience with the workers' compensation authorities of Saskatchewan and Ontario to his practice. Since 1992, he has been training employers in all aspects of workers' compensation and representing his clients at all levels of the appeal system. Paul's success in the appeal process has earned him a reputation as a tough and thorough advocate who nonetheless respects the rights and concerns of the worker, which has earned him praise from labour representatives. In 2008, Paul was licensed as a paralegal by the Law Society of Upper Canada. Paul is Chairman of the Board of one of Canada's largest wildlife sanctuaries and is an editor and writer.

KIP KELLY

WSIB CAD-7 Expert

Kip has 30 years' experience at the WSIB as a vocational rehabilitation caseworker, account manager and disability prevention specialist. For the last 11 of those years, she worked exclusively in the Board's construction sector, educating contractors about their reporting obligations and providing guidance in the development of injury management techniques. She is highly skilled in CAD-7, account classification and revenue issues, return- to-work programming and disability management strategies.

JORDON CHARLEBOIS, B.Sc.

Certified First Aid Trainer – Emergency Responder

Jordon is an honours graduate of the University of Windsor's Biology program. As training director for the University’s Emergency Response Team, he played a pivotal role in designing and implementing advanced responder training, both in the classroom and on emergency calls.

Jordon's academic and practical skills were recognized on an international level when he was part of a skilled team that won the National Collegiate EMS Foundation Skills Competition in 2007, triumphing over squads from over 1,000 different institutions in the trauma, medical, and miscellaneous competitions.

During five years as an instructor at the Canadian Red Cross and the University of Windsor, Jordon was recognized repeatedly for his ability to instil confidence and enthusiasm into a diverse range of students.

In the hospital setting, Jordon has organized and taught free paediatric courses to parents with babies in local Neo-natal Intensive Care Units. He is currently working with the YMCA as the instructor for their English Learning Transition program, in which he works with doctors, nurses and health-care specialists who have chosen to bring their expertise to Canada.

Jordon is no stranger to the manufacturing world: he has worked for a number of manufacturing plants, including the Windsor Chrysler Assembly Plant at which he trained their first aid and CPR instructors,. His experience with numerous clients in the manufacturing setting led him to design a first aid/CPR/emergency response planning course specifically for dedicated workplace responders.

Jordon's courses provide a learning environment that favours conversation and group participation over lecture and memorization. His learning materials cater specifically to attendees' experience, education, and present needs and interests, who are so enthused and confident that they often don't realize the great amount of skills and material they have received.