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'''Stephen Arthur "Steve" Mantis''' (born January 18, 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' compensation|workers injured on the job]],<ref>[http://www.chroniclejournal.com/content/news/local/2010/12/11/injured-workers-deserve-more-protesters-say "Injured workers deserve more, protesters say"], Chronicle-Journal</ref> 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<ref name="injuredworkersonline.org">[http://www.injuredworkersonline.org/Organizations/oniwg.html Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups]</ref> and nationally by co-founding the [[Canadian Injured Workers Alliance]].<ref name=CIWA>[http://www.ciwa.ca/content/history-ciwa History of CIWA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917104033/http://www.ciwa.ca/content/history-ciwa |date=2011-09-17 }}, Canadian Injured Workers Alliance</ref> Mantis was appointed to the Board of Directors of the [[Workplace Safety & Insurance Board|Ontario Workers Compensation Board]] from 1991 to 1994.<ref>[http://www.wsib.on.ca/en/community/WSIB#main Workplace Safety & Insurance Board]</ref>
Mantis was nominated as a candidate<ref>[http://www.tbnewswatch.com/news/152850/Mantis-wins,-becomes-NDP%27s-Thunder-Bay---Superior-North-candidate Steve Mantis wins, becomes NDP's candidate]</ref> in the [[List of Ontario provincial electoral districts|provincial electoral district]] of [[Thunder Bay—Superior North (provincial electoral district)|Thunder Bay-Superior North]] in the [[2011 Ontario general election]].<ref>[http://netnewsledger.com/2011/07/29/steve-mantis-as-you-know-im-running-to-be-your-next-mpp/
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=== Work ===
In his professional life Mantis has worked as a [[Carpentry|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.<ref>[http://www.injuredworkersonline.org/Stories/steve.html Injured Workers Online
=== Community engagement ===
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