Project directory

The project directory includes Institute for Work & Health (IWH) research studies that were initiated in 2015 onward (as well as a few large studies that were ongoing in 2015). The directory also includes studies conducted under IWH’s Systematic Review Program since it began in 2005. For information on Institute studies initiated before 2015, see our Accomplishments Reports. Studies are either ongoing or completed. Ongoing studies are listed in alphabetical order. Completed studies are listed by year of completion, beginning with the most recently completed.

Project title Status

Accommodating and Communicating about Episodic Disabilities (ACED): A partnership to deliver workplace resources to sustain employment of people with chronic, episodic conditions

Research team: Monique Gignac (PI), Dorcas Beaton, Julie Bowring, Curtis Breslin, Emma Irvin, Arif Jetha, Ron Saunders, Peter Smith, Emile Tompa, Dwayne Van Eerd, Renée-Louise Franche, Joy MacDermid, William Shaw, Aaron Thompson, Sabrina Tonima

 Ongoing

Addressing knowledge gaps about skills of persons with disabilities

Research team: Emile Tompa (PI), Sabrina Imam, Joann Varickanickal, Amir Mofidi, Rebecca Gewurtz, Emma Irvin, Basil Southey

 Ongoing

Artificial intelligence and occupational injury and illness in Ontario: implications for prevention and recovery

Research team: Arif Jetha (PI), Hela Bakhtari, Aviroop Biswas, Cameron Mustard, Kay Nasir, Peter Smith, Sabrina Tonima, Victoria Arrandale, Jack Dennerlein, Maxwell Smith

 Ongoing

Assessing the psychosocial work environment in British Columbia to inform prevention activities

Research team: Peter Smith (PI), Kay Nasir

 Ongoing

Building disability confidence in Canada’s financial sector

Research team: Emile Tompa (PI), Emma Irvin, Alexis Buettgen

 Ongoing

Cannabis and workplace fatalities: establishing a baseline in Ontario

Research team: Nancy Carnide (PI), Peter Smith (PI), Momtaz Begum, Andrea Furlan, Cameron Mustard, Kay Nasir, Lily Fang, Nikhil Rajaram, Melissa Smith

 Ongoing

Centre for Research on Work Disability Policy: Envisioning the future of disability policy in Canada

Research team: Emile Tompa (PI), Arif Jetha, Dan Samosh, Sabrina Imam, Kathy Padkapayeva

 Ongoing

Champions as social agents of change: what can we learn from worker well-being initiatives?

Research team: Aviroop Biswas (PI), Monique Gignac, Arif Jetha, Lynda Robson, Basak Yanar, Sabrina Tonima, Amna Qureshi

 Ongoing

Conceal or reveal? Facilitators and barriers to older workers' communication of accommodation needs

Research team: Monique Gignac (PI), Arif Jetha, Agnieszka Kosny, Vicki Kristman, Jill Cameron

 Ongoing

Correcting for participation bias in non-probability samples using multiple reference samples

Research team: Victoria Landsman (PI), Peter Smith (PI), Nancy Carnide, Ivan Carrillo-Garcia, Aya Mitani, Lingxiao Wang, Barry Graubard

 Ongoing

Creating safe workplaces for newcomers

Research team: Basak Yanar (PI), Peter Smith (PI), Edda Bild, Pam Cardwell, Stephanie Premji, Dwayne Van Eerd

 Ongoing

Developing a Canadian work disability standard for paramedics with post-traumatic stress injury

Research team: Emile Tompa (PI), Amin Yazdani (PI), Sabrina Imam, Emma Irvin, Dwayne Van Eerd, Nicki Islic, Ron Meyers

 Ongoing

Developing a framework for measuring culture change related to accessibility and inclusion of persons with disabilities

Research team: Emile Tompa (PI), Amir Mofidi (PI), Emma Irvin, Sabrina Imam, , Rebecca Gewurtz

 Ongoing

Developing approaches to measuring the dimensions of gender and their relationship to health outcomes

Research team: Peter Smith (PI), Momtaz Begum, Monique Gignac, Mahée Gilbert-Ouimet, Greta Bauer

 Ongoing

ECHO PSP: Piloting the use of the ECHO model to promote recovery and return-to-work among public safety personnel in Ontario

Research team: Andrea Furlan (PI), Nadia Aleem (PI), Shireen Harbin, Emma Irvin, Colette Severin, Emile Tompa, Dwayne Van Eerd

 Ongoing

Evaluating the effectiveness of distance learning in delivering Ontario's JHSC certification training

Research team: Lynda Robson (PI), Cameron Mustard (PI), Aviroop Biswas, Victoria Landsman, Faraz Vahid Shahidi, Peter Smith

 Ongoing

Evaluating the implementation and effectiveness of Ontario’s working-at-heights training standard

Research team: Lynda Robson (PI), Ben Amick, Cameron Mustard, Peter Smith, Victoria Landsman

 Ongoing

Evidence-informed workplace policies and practices for the prevention of PTSI work disability

Research team: Dwayne Van Eerd (PI), Emile Tompa (PI), Emma Irvin, Doug Gross, Charl Els, Sebastian Straube, Suzette Bremault-Phillips, Nick Carleton, Akshay Mohan, Joann Varickanickal, Sharmigaa Ragunathan

 Ongoing

Examining sex/gender differences in exposures to workplace-acquired communicable disease: a systematic review

Research team: Aviroop Biswas (PI), Emma Irvin, Heather Johnston, Peter Smith, Mieke Koehoorn, Annalee Yassi

 Ongoing

Exploring how daily patterns of sleep and activity affect the risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality among Canadian workers

Research team: Aviroop Biswas (PI), David Alter , Victoria Landsman, , Stephanie Prince Ware, Faraz Vahid Shahidi, Peter Smith

 Ongoing

Exploring where Canadians work and live and their association with active transportation

Research team: Aviroop Biswas (PI), Peter Smith (PI), Stephanie Prince Ware (PI), Justin Lang, Paul Villeneuve

 Ongoing

Financial incentives to promote employment of people with disabilities: when and how they work best

Research team: Emile Tompa (PI), Rebecca Gewurtz (PI), Emma Irvin (PI), Heather Johnston, Cindy Moser, Kathy Padkapayeva, Dan Samosh

 Ongoing

First Responder Mental Health Treatment Services: Formative evaluation of a pilot program

Research team: Cameron Mustard (PI), Walter Wodchis (PI), Kathleen Dobson, Basak Yanar, Leslie Vesely, Gingin Chien

 Ongoing

Future-focused job accommodation practices for the school-to-work transition

Research team: Arif Jetha (PI), Monique Gignac, Sara Macdonald, Kay Nasir, Emile Tompa, Dwayne Van Eerd, Kathleen Martin Ginis

 Ongoing

Future-proofing young Canadians with disabilities for the changing labour market

Research team: Arif Jetha (PI), Monique Gignac, Kay Nasir, Ali Shamaee, Peter Smith, Emile Tompa

 Ongoing