Dr. Stéphanie Premji

Dr. Stéphanie Premji is an assistant professor in the School of Labour Studies and the Department of  Health, Aging and Society, both in the Faculty of Social Sciences at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.

Premji researches how employment issues affect health, including issues such as the occupational health of racialized workers within industrialized countries and social inequalities in work-related health. Whenever possible or advisable, she conducts mixed-methods, interdisciplinary research in collaboration with unions and community organizations, and her research usually incorporates a gender-based perspective.

Premji wrote the guidance for incorporating gender in healthy workplace initiatives for the World Health Organization.