Dr. Marie Laberge

Dr. Marie Laberge holds the Canada Research Chair in Adolescent Work Disability Prevention. She is a professor at the Faculty of Medicine's School of Rehabilitation at the Université de Montréal and a researcher at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU)'s Sainte-Justine Research Centre. She also co-leads the CINBIOSE (Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur le bien-être, la santé, la société et l'environnement), an interdisciplinary research center located at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and recognized as the collaborating centre on environmental and occupational health by the World Health Organization.

Laberge's research addresses work disability prevention and interventions among adolescents using an ecosystemic approach that connects her with research teams around the world on topics such as sustainable occupational health, occupational health and safety justice, and the consideration of situations of vulnerability. She conducts action-research studies aimed at understanding the links between working conditions and health outcomes at work. She is particularly interested in addressing vulnerability related to factors such as gender, social class, migration pathways and disability.

Over the years, Laberge has supervised more than fifty graduate students, at the master's (MSc) and doctoral levels, in ergonomics, occupational therapy and rehabilitation sciences, as well as postdoctoral researchers. She leads numerous research projects funded by major institutions in the field of work disability prevention and has also been an active member of several research initiatives led by the Institute for Work & Health, including Centre for Research on Work Disability Policy (CRWDP) and Inclusive Design for Employment Access (IDEA). 

Laberge earned her MSc and PhD in ergonomics at the Université du Québec à Montréal. She was a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Work & Health in 2011 and 2012.