Answers and Information
OHCOW can provide information to workers in Ontario who have questions about occupational health and hygiene and/or concerns about their workplaces.
Toll-free phone: 1-877-817-0336
In-person visits are by appointment only.
Contact information for OHCOW clinics, including phone numbers and emails, is available using the Clinics information listing below.
Contact our general email using the form:
Clinic Locations Across Ontario
Ontario is divided into regions with their own OHCOW clinics.
For addresses, emails and more details about each clinic, use the links below.
Toronto Office/Clinic
1090 Don Mills Road, Suite 606 SEE MAP
Toronto, Ontario, M3C 3R6
EMAIL: toronto@ohcow.on.ca
Tel: 416-510-8713
Toll Free: 1-877-817-0336
Fax: 416-449-7772
Toronto Clinic Catchment Area
Toronto; East from Hwy 10 and 124 to Hastings County; North to Gravenhurst and east along Hwy 118 to the Hasting County western Border.
Major Communities Served: Markham, Barrie, Brampton (east of Hwy10), Lindsay, Midland , Mississauga (east of Hwy 10), Orillia , Oshawa, , Penetanguishene, Peterborough, Toronto and Wasaga Beach. Shared servicing Areas with Hamilton include: Collingwood, Creemore, Orangeville, Brampton and Mississauga.
Provincial Office
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Roche
Chief Operating Officer
David Wilken
Accounting Manager
Sha Bai
Information Technology Coordinator
Anthony Lee
Provincial Office Coordinator
Jennifer Hayde
Communications Coordinator
Lisa Wilder
Team Members (Clinic)
Client Service Coordinators
Maria Vieira, Koleen Tanguilig
Ergonomist
David Mijatovic, MHSc, CHFP, CCPE, CRSP
Occupational Hygienists
Sonia Lal, MSc, CIH, CRSP, Shirly Yan, BSc, BSS, MPH
Occupational Health Nurse
Cheryl Rook, RN, COHN(C), COHN-S, CRSP, DOHS, Georgia Pollard
Occupational Health Physicians
Dr. Pravesh Jugnundan, MD, FCBOM, FACOEM, CCFP, CIME, MRO, DOH, Dr. Michel Schofield, MD, MSc, Dr. Donald C. Cole, MD, DOHS, MSc, FRCP(C)
Local Outreach Committee (LOC) Members
Catherine Petch
Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre
Toronto LOC Chair
Inderdeep Sidhu
Workers United Canada
Monia Kosciejew
Prevention Link
Andrew Falotico
ATU
Joe Bishop
Teamsters
Manjit Parmar
CUPE
Eddy Grisolia
retired OWA / community member
Loreen Gale
ETFO
Lisa Barker
CUPE
John Lawrence
CUPW
Diana Periera
PSAC/CEIU
Pamela Boniferro
Dufferin Peel Education Resource Worker’s Association
Go to the LOC One-pagers on the OHCOW Team's Roles and Responsibilities.
Hamilton Clinic
21 Hunter Street East, Suite 200. SEE MAP
Hamilton, ON L8N 1M2
Tel: -905-549-2552
Toll Free: 1-877-817-0336
Fax: 905-549-7993
EMAIL: hamilton@ohcow.on.ca
Hamilton Clinic Catchment Area
Niagara Peninsula: West including London/St. Thomas (Hwy 4 is the dividing line with the Windsor clinic), North and east along Hwy 4,7 and 119 then through Moorefield, Teviotdale and Mt. Forest up Hwy 6 to Owen Sound then east to Collingwood; South and East along Hwy 124 and 10 to Oakville, Mississauga. Hwy 10 is the dividing line between the Hamilton and Toronto clinics.
Major communities include: Guelph, Kitchener/Waterloo, Cambridge, Woodstock, Tillsonburg, Brantford, Hamilton, St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, Welland, Port Colborne, and Burlington.
Shared servicing areas with the Windsor/Sarnia Clinics include: Port Stanley, St. Thomas, London, Stratford, Mount Forest, and Owen Sound .
Shared servicing areas with the Toronto clinic include: Collingwood, Creemore, Orangeville, Brampton and Mississauga.
Team Members
Executive Director
Valerie Wolfe, BSc (Eng), DOHS, CRM
Client Service Coordinators
Janet Latimer
Marilyn Lee-Hannah, BA
Physicians
Dr. Mike Pysklywec
Ergonomist
Dr. Daryl Stephenson
Occupational Hygienists
John Oudyk CIH, ROH,
Murray Lawrence
Masood Ahmed
Occupational Health Nurse
Michelle Tew, RN, BScN, DOHS, COHN(C)
Community Outreach and Program Coordinator
Eduardo Huesca
Local Outreach Committee (LOC) Members
Leigh Kittson, Hamilton LOC Chair, Teamsters Rail
Vice-Chair: Nelson Pereira, UFCW, Guelph District Labour Council
Bruce Allen, Community, Niagara District Labour Council
Roxanne Bond, ATU, Brantford District Labour Council
Rob Butler, Community
Phil Hames, PWU
Ron Wells, USW
Jody Jones, OFL
Peter Page, Hamilton District Injured Workers Group
Gillian Surette-Robinson, UWHH
Kevin Waycik, Hamilton Firefighters
Go to the LOC One-pagers on the OHCOW Team's Roles and Responsibilities.
Ottawa Clinic
1545 Carling Ave., Suite 110. SEE MAP
Ottawa, Ontario, K1Z 8P9
Tel: 613-725-6999
Toll free: 1-877-817-0336
Fax: 613-725-1719
EMAIL: ottawa@ohcow.on.ca
Ottawa Clinic Catchment Area
Major communities include: Ottawa, Kingston, Cornwall, Belleville, Hawkesbury, Alexandria, Chalk River, Petawawa, Rockland, Smith Falls, Embrun, Morrisburg, Winchester and more.
Team Members
Executive Director
Kimberly O'Connell, M.Sc.(A), CIH, ROH, CRSP
Client Service Coordinator
Jennifer McMillan
Cheryl Baker
Hygienists
Kevin Hedges, PhD., MAppSc, BSc, DipEd, COH, CIH
Todd Irick, M.Sc., CIH
Occupational Health Nurse
Tracey Feener-Snow, RN COHN(C)
Occupational Health Physician
Dr. Robert Bourgault, Dr. Mike Wills, Dr. Elisabeth Hobden
Local Outreach Committee (LOC) Members
Laura Lozanski, Ottawa LOC Chair, Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union (COPE) Local 225
Cheryl Baker, Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (OHCOW)
David Chezzi, OHCOW President and Chair of the Board
Ana Bettencourt-Dasilva, CUPE 503 H&S coord
Lee-Anne Feltham, Ottawa LOC Vice-Chair, Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO)
Christopher Gervais, WHSC
Paul LaHaise, Algonquin College
Louise Lanctot, Cornwall District Labour Council
Sean McKenny, Ottawa District Labour Council
Olivier Melanson, CUPE
Kim Monette, Ottawa LOC Recording Secretary, Workers Health & Safety Centre
Kimberly O’Connell, Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (OHCOW)
Nancy Ripley, Leeds and Grenville Labour Council (Brockville)
Debbie Scrivens, Community Representative
Erin Smith, Labour WSIB Representative – Local 503
Ben Treidlinger, Renfrew Labour Council
Go to the LOC One-pagers on the OHCOW Team's Roles and Responsibilities.
Sarnia Clinic
171 Kendall Street SEE MAP
Point Edward, ON
N7V 4G6
Tel: 519-337-4627
Toll Free: 1-877-817-0336
Fax: 519-337-9442
EMAIL: sarnia@ohcow.on.ca
Sarnia Clinic Catchment Area
Southwestern Ontario, West of London/St. Thomas, from Lake Erie to Lake Huron including the Bruce Peninsula.
Major communities include: Windsor, Leamington, Blenheim, Chatham , Rodney, Sarnia , Wallaceburg, Strathroy, Goderich, Walkerton, Listowel, Kincardine , Hanover , Port Elgin, Wiarton, Stokes Bay , and Lion’s Head. Shared servicing areas with the Hamilton Clinic include; Port Stanley, St. Thomas , London , Stratford , Mount Forest and Owen Sound.
Team Members
Executive Director
Mark Parent
Occupational Health Nurse
Kelly Brown
Ergonomist
Andrew Flanagan
Occupational Hygienist
Krista Thompson
Occupational Health Physicians
Dr. Warren Teel, MD
Dr. Cynthia Arnold, MD, CCFP(EM), FCF
Local Outreach Committee (LOC) Members
Sandra Kinart, VOCV (Victims of Chemical Valley)
Michele LaLonge-Davey, VP CUPE 1238
Kim Marshall, WHSC
Ted Hext, UNIFOR
Kristina Lee, Community Member
Chad Hogan, LIUNA
Blair Allin, Boilermakers Local 128
Go to the LOC One-pagers on the OHCOW Team's Roles and Responsibilities.
Sudbury Clinic
432 Westmount Ave, Unit AB SEE MAPSudbury, ON P3A 5Z8
Tel: 705-523-2330
Toll Free: 1-877-817-0336
Fax: 705-523-2606
EMAIL: sudbury@ohcow.on.ca
Sudbury Clinic Catchment Area
North Eastern/Western Ontario, Sudbury
Major Communities Served: Barry’s Bay, Bracebridge, Cardiff, Chalk River, Deep River, Elliot Lake, Gravenhurst, Haliburton, Hearst, Huntsville, Kapuskasing, Killaloe, Madawaska, Manitoulin Island, North Bay, Parry Sound, Petawawa, Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, Timmins, and Wawa.
Team Members
Executive Director
Kimberly O'Connell M.Sc., CIH, ROH, CRSP
Client Service Coordinators
Sheila Patterson
Brittney Ramakko
Ergonomists
Trevor Schell, MSc, BSc, CCPE
André Gauvin HBSc, CK
Occupational Health Nurse
James Barrett, B.Sc.N.
Occupational Health Physicians
Dr. Abe Reinhartz, Medical Consultant
Local Outreach Committee (LOC) Members
Andréane Chénier, Sudbury LOC Chair, CUPE
Michel Seguin, Secretary, Conseil Scolaire Catholique du Nouvel-Ontario (CSCNO)
Courtney Lesse, CROSH- Center for Research in Occupational Safety and Health
Scott Florence, Sudbury Workers Education & Advocacy Centre (SWEAC)
Jessie Metelka, Community member
Pat Striewe, Community Member
Sean Staddon, United Steelworker 6500 (USW)
Tina Rinta, USW 2020
Go to the LOC One-pagers on the OHCOW Team's Roles and Responsibilities.
Thunder Bay Clinic
2813 Arthur St. East, Suite 102 SEE MAP
Thunder Bay, ON P7E 5P5
Tel: 807-623-3566
Toll Free: 1-877-817-0336
Fax: 807-622-5847
EMAIL: thunderbay@ohcow.on.ca
Catchment Area / Major Communities Served
Atikokan, Dryden, Fort Frances, Geraldton, Kenora, Marathon, Nipigon, Red Lake, Sioux Lookout, Terrace Bay, White River (north up Hwy.631 to Hwy.11 then to James Bay following the Nagagami, Kenogami and Albany Rivers to James Bay).
Team Members
Client Service Coordinator
Jennifer Hill
Ergonomist
Dwayne Fuchs, R.Kin.
Local Outreach Committee (LOC) Members
Diane Parker, Thunder Bay LOC Chair, ONA
Audrey Gilbeau, Nokiiwin Tribal Council
Chris Nicholas, Summit Pipeline Services
Eugene Lefrancois, Thunder Bay and District Injured Workers Support Group
Rod McGee, Ontario School Board Council of Unions
Vicki Kristman, Lakehead University
Janet Patterson
Jules Tupker, Thunder Bay Health Coalition
Catherine Hicken, OWA
Go to the LOC One-pagers on the OHCOW Team's Roles and Responsibilities.
Windsor
3129 Marentette Avenue, Unit 1 SEE MAP
Windsor, ON N8X 4G1
Tel: 519-973-4800
Toll Free: 1-877-817-0336
Fax: 519-973-1906
Email: windsor@ohcow.on.ca
Windsor Clinic Catchment Area
Southwestern Ontario, West of London/St. Thomas, from Lake Erie to Lake Huron including the Bruce Peninsula.
Major Communities Served: Windsor, Leamington, Blenheim, Chatham, Rodney, Sarnia , Wallaceburg, Strathroy, Goderich, Walkerton, Listowel, Kincardine , Hanover , Port Elgin, Wiarton, Stokes Bay, and Lion’s Head. Shared servicing areas with the Hamilton Clinic include; Port Stanley, St. Thomas , London , Stratford , Mount Forest and Owen Sound.
Team Members
Executive Director
Mark Parent
Client Service Coordinators
Kathy Mayville, CMS
Ergonomists
Melissa Statham, BHK MHK, CCPE
Occupational Health Nurse
Ivan Bauer, B.Sc.N.,R.N.
Occupational Hygienists
James Miuccio, BSc MSc CIH
Occupational Health Physicians
Dr. Joslyn Warwaruk MD, MFCP
Local Outreach Committee (LOC) Members
Scott Richardson
Windsor LOC Chair
Frank Butler
Workplace Health and Safety Centre (WHSC)
Norbert Wenzel
WSIB Appeal Representative
Judy Lund
Management/Community
Doug Boughner
UNIFOR
Larry Girard
WOHIS
Barb St. Pierre
Community Member
Nicole Simpson
Labour
Go to the LOC One-pagers on the OHCOW Team's Roles and Responsibilities.
