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 conditionsResearch 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 disabilitiesResearch 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 recoveryResearch team: Arif Jetha (PI), Hela Bakhtari, Aviroop Biswas, Cameron Mustard, Kay Nasir, Peter Smith, Sabrina Tonima, Victoria Arrandale, Jack Dennerlein, Maxwell Smith |
Ongoing |
Building disability confidence in Canada’s financial sectorResearch team: Emile Tompa (PI), Emma Irvin, Alexis Buettgen |
Ongoing |
Cannabis and workplace fatalities: establishing a baseline in OntarioResearch 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 CanadaResearch 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 needsResearch team: Monique Gignac (PI), Arif Jetha, Agnieszka Kosny, Vicki Kristman, Jill Cameron |
Ongoing |
Cost to Canadians of excluding people with disabilities from the labour marketResearch team: Emile Tompa (PI), Young Jung |
Ongoing |
Developing a Canadian work disability standard for paramedics with post-traumatic stress injuryResearch 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 disabilitiesResearch 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 outcomesResearch team: Peter Smith (PI), Momtaz Begum, Monique Gignac, Mahée Gilbert-Ouimet, Greta Bauer |
Ongoing |
Do work exposures and their effects differ for men and women? A systematic reviewResearch team: Aviroop Biswas (PI), Peter Smith, Emma Irvin, Mieke Koehoorn |
Ongoing |
ECHO OEM: Piloting a telementoring program in occupational and environmental medicineResearch team: Andrea Furlan (PI), Anil Adisesh (PI), Nancy Carnide, Shireen Harbin, Emma Irvin, Sara Macdonald, Behdin Nowrouzi-Kia, Colette Severin, Peter Smith, |
Ongoing |
Enhancing Ontario labour force denominator informationResearch team: Peter Smith (PI), Qing Liao, Faraz Vahid Shahidi |
Ongoing |
Evaluating prevention strategies to reduce the risk of work-related cancers in Ontario’s construction sectorResearch team: Emile Tompa (PI), Young Jung, Amir Mofidi |
Ongoing |
Evaluating the effectiveness of distance learning in delivering Ontario's JHSC certification trainingResearch 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 standardResearch 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 disabilityResearch 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 |
Ongoing |
Examining sex/gender differences in exposures to workplace-acquired communicable disease: a systematic reviewResearch team: Aviroop Biswas (PI), Emma Irvin, Heather Johnston, Peter Smith, Mieke Koehoorn, Annalee Yassi |
Ongoing |
Exploring where Canadians work and live and their association with active transportationResearch 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 bestResearch 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 programResearch team: Cameron Mustard (PI), Walter Wodchis (PI), Kathleen Dobson, Basak Yanar |
Ongoing |
Future-focused job accommodation practices for the school-to-work transitionResearch 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 marketResearch team: Arif Jetha (PI), Monique Gignac, Kay Nasir, Ali Shamaee, Peter Smith, Emile Tompa |
Ongoing |