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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
What work and health challenges might OHS professionals face by 2040?
What challenges may face occupational health and safety (OHS) practitioners and policy-makers in the next 15 years? A strategic foresight report led by IWH recruited OHS practitioners from across Canada and Europe to help answer this question. It offers seven future scenarios that may face OHS by 2040. It also lays out important questions about each scenario that OHS may need to confront in the years to come.
IWH Speaker Series: Using cannabis to manage symptoms of work-related injuries—Experiences of injured workers in Ontario
On February 24, Dr. Nancy Carnide shares findings from interviews with workers who have sustained a work-related injury. She discusses their decisions to use cannabis, their perceptions of its impacts, and their experiences using cannabis while returning to work.
AI and job quality project gathers partners to develop roadmap
Job quality is increasingly recognized as an important factor for workers’ health, safety and wellbeing. As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more integrated into workplaces, how can we ensure that job quality—and the health and safety of workers—remains a top priority? That’s the question the newly launched Partnership on AI and Quality of work (PAIQ) project wants to answer. The team recently came together to kick off the next seven years of work and to discuss the top-of-mind research questions for stakeholders.
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.
IWH Speaker Series
Learn directly from IWH researchers themselves about their latest findings in health, safety and disability prevention. Coming up next:
Using cannabis to manage symptoms of work-related injuries: Experiences of injured workers in Ontario
Presented by Nancy Carnide.
Date: Tuesday, February 24, 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.