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 | Project status |
|---|---|
Addressing literacy and numeracy gaps among workers in an OHS training program: a pilot studyResearch team: Ron Saunders , Curtis Breslin , Siobhan Cardoso , Morgane Le Pouésard , Karen Myers |
Ongoing |
Analyzing the adequacy of benefits among workers’ compensation claimants in Ontario, 1999-2005Research team: Emile Tompa , Qing Liao , Cameron Mustard , Ron Saunders |
Ongoing |
Assessing the human and economic burden of workplace cancer in CanadaResearch team: Emile Tompa |
Ongoing |
Central nervous system agents and the risk of workplace injury and death: a systematic reviewResearch team: Nancy Carnide , Andrea Furlan , Kim Cullen , Emma Irvin , Quenby Mahood , Chris McLeod , Dwayne Van Eerd , Paul Farnan , Gary Franklin , Launette Rieb , Peter Rothfels |
Ongoing |
Conceal or reveal? Facilitators and barriers to older workers' communication of accommodation needsResearch team: Monique Gignac , Arif Jetha , Agnieszka Kosny , Vicki Kristman , Jill Cameron |
Ongoing |
Cost to Canadians of excluding people with disabilities from the labour marketResearch team: Emile Tompa , Young Jung |
Ongoing |
Determinants of health and safety in unionized and non-unionized firms in Ontario’s construction sectorResearch team: Ben Amick , Sheilah Hogg-Johnson , Desiree Latour-Villamil , Ron Saunders , Paul Demers , Chris McLeod |
Ongoing |
Developing a gender/sex-sensitive evidence base on relationship between psychosocial work environment and chronic diseaseResearch team: Peter Smith , Cameron Mustard , Chantal Brisson , Rick Glazier |
Ongoing |
Employer investments in occupational health and safety: establishing benchmarks for OntarioResearch team: Cameron Mustard , Sabrina Imam , Morgan Lay , Kay Nasir , Emile Tompa |
Ongoing |
Evaluating an internal responsibility system audit tool for Ontario’s mining sectorResearch team: Cameron Mustard , Victoria Landsman , Lynda Robson |
Ongoing |
Evaluating prevention strategies to reduce the risk of work-related cancers in Ontario’s construction sectorResearch team: Emile Tompa , Young Jung |
Ongoing |
Evaluating the impact of mandatory awareness training on occupational health and safety vulnerability in OntarioResearch team: Peter Smith , Curtis Breslin , Morgan Lay , Emile Tompa , Ron Saunders , Anthony Lamontagne |
Ongoing |
Evaluating the implementation and effectiveness of Ontario’s working-at-heights training standardResearch team: Lynda Robson , Ben Amick , Cameron Mustard , Peter Smith |
Ongoing |
Evaluating the implementation of a participatory organizational change intervention in long-term careResearch team: Dwayne Van Eerd , Ben Amick , Kim Cullen , Teresa D’Elia , Era Mae Ferron , Sheilah Hogg-Johnson , Cameron Mustard , Ivan Steenstra , Henrietta Van Hulle , Richard Wells |
Ongoing |
Extended working life and its interaction with health, wellbeing and quality of life: a multi-country initiative (THRIVE)Research team: Cameron Mustard , Emile Tompa |
Ongoing |
Identifying and implementing current practices in supporting workers with depressionResearch team: Dwayne Van Eerd , Kim Cullen , Siobhan Cardoso , Emma Irvin , Monique Gignac , Morgane Le Pouésard , Quenby Mahood , Anita Dubey , Judy Geary |
Ongoing |
Identifying relevant OHS leading indicators in Manitoba's construction sectorResearch team: Ben Amick , Dwayne Van Eerd , Jonathan Fan , Sara Macdonald , Chris McLeod , Colette Severin , Mike Jones |
Ongoing |
Implementation of workplace violence legislation in Ontario hospitalsResearch team: Agnieszka Kosny , Era Mae Ferron , Monique Gignac , Cameron Mustard , Lynda Robson , Sabrina Tonima , Andrea Chambers |
Ongoing |
Improving processes for talking about and implementing work accommodations for people with chronic, episodic health conditionsResearch team: Monique Gignac , Dorcas Beaton , Curtis Breslin , Sheilah Hogg-Johnson , Emma Irvin , Arif Jetha , Ron Saunders , Peter Smith , Emile Tompa , Dwayne Van Eerd , Renée-Louise Franche , Joy MacDermid , William Shaw |
Ongoing |
Incidence of work-related aggression and violence in CanadaResearch team: Peter Smith , Cameron Mustard |
Ongoing |
Information and resource needs of newcomers to help ensure their safe integration into the labour marketResearch team: Agnieszka Kosny , Basak Yanar , Momtaz Begum , Dina Al-Khooly , Stephanie Premji |
Ongoing |
Inter-jurisdictional comparison of OHS and workers’ compensation system performanceResearch team: Chris McLeod , Ben Amick , Sheilah Hogg-Johnson , Cameron Mustard , Peter Smith , Alex Collie , Mieke Koehoorn , Allen Kraut |
Ongoing |
Role of aging in return to work and stay at work: a systematic reviewResearch team: Ivan Steenstra , Dorcas Beaton , Kim Cullen , Monique Gignac , Emma Irvin , Amin Yazdani , Patrick Loisel , Greg McIntosh , Glenn Pransky , Martine Puts , Ross Wilkie |
Ongoing |
Strategies to support the appropriate use of prescription opioids: a systematic reviewResearch team: Andrea Furlan , Nancy Carnide , Emma Irvin , Jaemin Kim , Quenby Mahood , Sara Macdonald , Claire Munhall , Dwayne Van Eerd , Amy Porath-Waller , Anita Srivastava , Tom Girling , Heather Divine , Norman Buckley , Marty McLeod , Trevagi Satkunendran , Dianne Vermilyea , Jennifer Fillingham , Heather Dickinson , Amol Deshpande , Hanan Abramovici , J.W. Melenchuk , Rabiea Haider , Ian Goldstein , Michael Parkinson , Reggie Caverson |
Ongoing |
Strengthening disability management in Ontario’s municipal sectorResearch team: Cameron Mustard , Arif Jetha , Agnieszka Kosny , Morgan Lay , Chris McLeod , Lynda Robson , Basak Yanar |
Ongoing |