Steve was injured in an industrial accident in 1978 losing his left arm. He went through the W.C.B. system and saw first hand how it failed for many injured workers. In 1984, he helped found the Thunder Bay and District Injured Workers Support Group. He has been active ever since working to improve the lives of injured and disabled workers across Canada both through increasing the awareness of the barriers may disabled workers face and organizing self-help groups to address those barriers. He is presently the Chair of the Research Action Committee of the Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups.