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The Institute for Work & Health (IWH) is an independent, multidisciplinary, not-for-profit research organization located in Ontario, Canada. IWH conducts and mobilizes research that supports policy-makers, employers and workers in creating healthy, safe and inclusive work environments.
Latest news & findings
IWH Speaker Series: Understanding PTSI program implementation processes in Alberta first responder organizations
On January 27, Dr. Dwayne Van Eerd shares findings from interviews conducted with first responders in Alberta. He discusses their experiences as post-traumatic stress injury (PTSI) disability prevention policies and programs were implemented, highlighting successes and challenges.
Do women and men have different risks of getting an infectious disease from work?
Within a given occupation, men and women often face different risks of experiencing a work-related injury. But are those trends the same when it comes to the risks of work-related infectious diseases? According to an IWH systematic review of studies published between 2016 and 2021, women and men in the same jobs have similar risks of getting an infectious disease from work—with a few exceptions.
Death rates are higher for workers in precarious and lower quality jobs
Death rates are higher for workers in lower-quality jobs. That’s according to an IWH study that explored whether job quality was linked to rates of death. It analyzed workers’ risk of dying over a 13-year period—comparing not just workers in standard and precarious jobs but those in other types of job quality in between.
Inclusive employment strategies, resources showcased at symposium
At a two-day event symposium hosted by Inclusive Design for Employment Access (IDEA), stakeholders had an opportunity to share and learn about new programs, research, and resources aimed at helping employers build their disability confidence.
IWH Speaker Series
Learn directly from IWH researchers themselves about their latest findings in health, safety and disability prevention. Coming up next:
Understanding PTSI program implementation processes in Alberta first responder organizations
Presented by Dwayne Van Eerd.
Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 11:00AM EST
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Tools and guides
Integrate evidence-based policies and practices into your occupational health and safety, return-to-work and rehabilitation programs. IWH has created a number of tools and guides based on our research findings that can help improve program outcomes.
Impact case studies
Find out how IWH research is making a difference. Read our impact case studies, in which policy-makers, workplaces and other stakeholders in health, safety and disability prevention tell how IWH research helped improve their policies, programs and practices.
Research summaries
Whether it’s a policy briefing, a systematic review summary or the highlights of a specific research project, we’ve compiled a number of plain-language summaries to help you understand the research we’re doing, what we have found, and how we found it.