Julie Thurlow

Julie Thurlow is currently the Vice President, Specialized Claims and Recovery Services of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. With over a decade of progressive leadership experience, Julie has diverse experience spanning across many areas including policy, epidemiology, claims management, health services and analytics. Prior to the WSIB, Julie had roles within research focused on mental health, epidemiology and education in the undergraduate sector. Julie has a passion for leadership and continuous development and is a graduate of the Ivey Executive Leadership Program.

Through her career, Julie’s transformative thinking has led to several awards including the President’s award for increasing access to mental health services from the Ontario Psychological Association, and the president’s award for excellence in teaching from McMaster University. These awards align to Julie’s passion and dedication to building and leading high performing and collaborative teams committed to innovation.

Julie completed her undergraduate Honours degree in Health Sciences from McMaster University and Masters of Health Sciences degree from University of Toronto, Dalla Lana school of Public Health, in community health and epidemiology.