| Steve Mantis |
Steve Mantis interviewed by media after winning the NDP nomination in Thunder Bay-Superior North, June 30, 2011
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| Born |
Reading, Pennsylvania |
| Residence |
Kaministiquia, Ontario |
| Citizenship |
Canadian |
| Education |
Stanford University, |
| Occupation |
Small businessperson, community organizer |
| Years active |
over 30 years |
| Known for |
Community Work/Disability rights activist |
| Political party |
Ontario New Democratic Party (ONDP) |
| Board member of |
Ontario Workers' Compensation Board (1990-1994), Occupational Health Clinic for Ontario Workers (2003-present), Lakehead Planning Board, Bay Credit Union Board (2002-2008), Community Support Services Council (1999-2003), Canadian Injured Workers' Alliance (1990-2001), Summer Solstice Festival Board (1982-1988), Lakehead Rural Planning Board (1980-1989) |
| Awards |
Judge George Ferguson Award, Credit Union Central of Ontario Social Responsibility Award |
| Website |
www.stevemantis.ca |
Steve Mantis (born 1950) is a Canadian advocate for injured workers and people with disabilities. Best known for years of volunteer efforts to build a "fair and comprehensive" system for workers injured on the job, Mantis organized injured worker self-help groups locally in Thunder Bay, then regionally in Northwestern Ontario by co-founding the Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups and nationally by co-founding the Canadian Injured Workers Alliance. Mantis was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Ontario Workers Compensation Board from 1991 to 1994.
Mantis was nominated as a candidate in the provincial electoral district of Thunder Bay-Superior North in the 2011 Ontario general election. He is a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party.
Mantis was born in 1950 in Reading, Pennsylvania, the second of five children to James Hamilton Mantis and Georgina Mantis. After immigrating to Canada in 1972, Mantis has lived and worked near Thunder Bay, Ontario ever since.
In his professional life Mantis has worked as a carpenter, founded and operated his own construction company, and managed vocational training for the Northwestern Ontario March of Dimes. In September 1978 Mantis was injured in an industrial accident, losing his left arm. Before 1996, Mantis was an employment services manager in the Thunder Bay Regional Office of the Ontario March of Dimes during a time of transition for the organization into one providing modern vocational training. Since 2004, Mantis has been the community co-lead in the Community-University Research Alliance on the Consequences of Work Injury with McMaster University.
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