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 |
|---|---|
Building disability confidence in Canada’s financial sectorResearch team: Emile Tompa (PI), Emma Irvin, Alexis Buettgen |
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 |
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 |
Creating safe workplaces for newcomersResearch team: Basak Yanar (PI), Peter Smith (PI), Edda Bild, Pam Cardwell, Stephanie Premji, Dwayne Van Eerd |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Incentives-based approaches to support stay at work/return to work: an environmental scanResearch team: Dwayne Van Eerd (PI), Emma Irvin (PI), Emile Tompa, Dan Samosh, |
Ongoing |
Inclusive Design for Employment Access (IDEA): A social innovation lab to increase demand-side capacity to employ persons with disabilities in CanadaResearch team: Emile Tompa (PI), Rebecca Gewurtz (PI), Arif Jetha, Emma Irvin, Dwayne Van Eerd, Bruce Bonyhady, Susanne Bruyère, Peter Coppin, Marie-France Coutu, Robert Fleisig, Raphael Gomez, Karen Harlos, Takeo Kondo, Vicki Kristman, Marie Laberge, Jordana Maisel, Carrie Anne Marshall, Valérie Martin, Sandra Moll, Dan Samosh, Firat Sayin, Jennifer Smith-Merry, Mahadeo Sukhai, Hélène Sultan-Taïeb, Jutta Treviranus, Angelika Veres, Catherine Wyndham-West |
Ongoing |
Inclusive Design for Employment Access (IDEA): Evidence synthesisResearch team: Emile Tompa (PI), Rebecca Gewurtz (PI), Emma Irvin |
Ongoing |
Inclusive Design for Employment Access (IDEA): Transition to work and career developmentResearch team: Arif Jetha (PI), Dan Samosh |
Ongoing |
Job quality and wellbeing in Canada: generating insights on the new world of workResearch team: Faraz Vahid Shahidi (PI), Monique Gignac, Arif Jetha, Ellen MacEachen |
Ongoing |
Preventing work disability among millennial young adults with rheumatic diseaseResearch team: Arif Jetha (PI), Julie Bowring, Monique Gignac, Catherine Backman, Vicki Kristman, Lori Tucker |
Ongoing |
Transitioning to the future of work: an intersectional study of vulnerable youth and young adultsResearch team: Arif Jetha (PI), Monique Gignac, Sara Macdonald, Kay Nasir, Ali Shamaee, Peter Smith, Yani Hamdani, Vicki Kristman |
Ongoing |
What are the long-term health and labour market outcomes of workers who experienced work-related COVID-19 transmission?Research team: Peter Smith (PI), Nancy Carnide, Arif Jetha, Cameron Mustard, Victoria Nadalin, Colette Severin, Mieke Koehoorn, Cheryl Peters |
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 |
Completed 2022 |
Role of employers and settlement agencies in safe employment integrationResearch team: Peter Smith (PI), Basak Yanar (PI), Kay Nasir, Stephanie Premji |
Completed 2020 |
Extended working life and its interaction with health, wellbeing and quality of life: a multi-country initiative (THRIVE)Research team: Cameron Mustard (PI), Emile Tompa |
Completed 2019 |
Supporting the employment participation of Canadian young adults with chronic conditions: a systematic reviewResearch team: Arif Jetha (PI) |
Completed 2019 |
Understanding the employment needs and experiences of baby boomers with arthritis and diabetesResearch team: Monique Gignac (PI), Dorcas Beaton, Vicki Kristman, Cameron Mustard, Peter Smith, Elizabeth Badley |
Completed 2019 |
Developing an evidence base on sex/gender differences in the relationship between working conditions and injury risk, chronic illnesses and return to workResearch team: Peter Smith (PI), Cameron Mustard, Chantal Brisson, Rick Glazier |
Completed 2018 |
Understanding the relationship between osteoarthritis and work: a systematic reviewResearch team: Monique Gignac (PI), Emma Irvin (PI), Kim Cullen, Dorcas Beaton, Quenby Mahood, Dwayne Van Eerd, Catherine Backman, Christopher McLeod |
Completed 2018 |
Addressing literacy and numeracy gaps among workers in an OHS training program: a pilot studyResearch team: Ron Saunders (PI), Curtis Breslin, Siobhan Cardoso, Morgane Le Pouésard, Karen Myers |
Completed 2017 |
Exploring the relationship between prolonged standing and prolonged sitting at work and heart disease among male and female workersResearch team: Peter Smith (PI), Mahée Gilbert-Ouimet, Cameron Mustard, Rick Glazier, Huiting Ma |
Completed 2017 |