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 |
|---|---|
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 |
Job quality before and after work injuryResearch team: Faraz Vahid Shahidi(PI), Monique Gignac, Arif Jetha, Kathleen Dobson |
Ongoing |
Moving the needle on preventing workplace fatalities and critical incidents in Ontario through data linkageResearch team: Peter Smith(PI), Lynda Robson, Aviroop Biswas, Qing Liao |
Ongoing |
Occupational injury risks in OntarioResearch team: Peter Smith(PI), Aviroop Biswas, Victoria Landsman, Lynda Robson, Faraz Vahid Shahidi |
Ongoing |
Ontario Life After Work Injury Study: Cannabis use and long-term recovery and return-to-work outcomes among Ontario injured workersResearch team: Nancy Carnide(PI), Peter Smith(PI), Andrea Furlan, Sara Macdonald, Shawna Meister, Cameron Mustard, Stephanie Premji, Colette Severin, Tiffany Turnbull |
Ongoing |
Partnership on AI and Quality of work (PAIQ)Research team: Arif Jetha(PI), Aviroop Biswas, Julie Bowring, Meghan Crouch, Kathleen Dobson, Monique Gignac, Emma Irvin, Qing Liao, Peter Smith, Faraz Vahid Shahidi, Victoria Arrandale, Ebrahim Bagheri, Ananya Banerjee, Kean Birch, Silvia Bonaccio, Wendy Cukier, Valerio De Stefano, Mathieu Dupuis, Marc Frenette, Avi Goldfarb, Pamela Hopwood, Naimul Mefraz Khan, Vicki Kristman, Peter Loewen, Ellen MacEachen, Muhammad Mamdani, Jenna Myers, Susan Peters, Andrew Pinto, Laura Rosella, Paula Rowland, Frank Rudzicz, Jay Shaw, Brendan Smith, Maxwell Smith, Abiramy Sriharan, Jutta Treviranus, Danielle van Jaarsveld, Gabrielle Voiseux, Karina Vold, Viet Vu, Nicole Wu, Daniyal Zuberi |
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 |
Programs of early OHS intervention with small businessesResearch team: Dwayne Van Eerd(PI), Emma Irvin, Morgane Le Pouésard, Lynda Robson, Basak Yanar |
Ongoing |
TIE-C-MI: Trajectories of Income and Employment of Canadians with Mental IllnessResearch team: Kathleen Dobson(PI), Monique Gignac, Simon Vigod, Claire de Oliveira, Mark Ferro, Rubab Arim |
Ongoing |
Toking 9 to 5: Workplace cannabis use and perceptions among Canadian workersResearch team: Nancy Carnide(PI), Peter Smith(PI), Andrea Furlan, Michael Frone, Shawna Meister, Amy Porath-Waller, Kim Slade |
Ongoing |
Understanding how new businesses start managing OHS: laying the groundwork for future interventionsResearch team: Lynda Robson(PI), Basak Yanar(PI), , Monique Gignac, Dwayne Van Eerd, Hela Bakhtari, Edda Bild |
Ongoing |
Understanding OHS motivations and needs in small businessResearch team: Cameron Mustard(PI), Basak Yanar(PI) |
Ongoing |
Understanding the injury experience of Ontario small businesses through workers’ compensation claims dataResearch team: Lynda Robson(PI), Cameron Mustard, Peter Smith |
Ongoing |
Understanding the role of parental employment quality in child mental healthResearch team: Faraz Vahid Shahidi(PI), Anne Fuller(PI), Kathy Georgiades, Jinette Comeau, Arjumand Siddiqi, Gita Wahi, Andrew Pinto |
Ongoing |
Validation study of Occupational Stress Injury Resiliency ToolResearch team: Peter Smith(PI), Kay Nasir |
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 |
Cost to Canadians of excluding people with disabilities from the labour marketResearch team: Emile Tompa(PI), Young Jung |
Completed 2022 |
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 |
Estimating the financial benefits of OHS prevention expenditures: a study of Ontario employersResearch team: Cameron Mustard(PI), Emile Tompa, Basak Yanar |
Completed 2022 |
Evaluating prevention strategies to reduce the risk of work-related cancers in Ontario’s construction sectorResearch team: Emile Tompa(PI), Young Jung, Amir Mofidi |
Completed 2021 |
Improving information on the incidence of work-related injuries and illnesses in OntarioResearch team: Cameron Mustard(PI), Aviroop Biswas, Victoria Landsman, Peter Smith |
Completed 2021 |
What is the extent and nature of claim suppression in British Columbia?Research team: Ron Saunders(PI), John O'Grady, Cameron Mustard |
Completed 2021 |
Assessing the human and economic burden of workplace cancer in CanadaResearch team: Emile Tompa(PI), Amir Mofidi |
Completed 2020 |
Developing recommendations for an integrated approach to workplace health protection and health promotionResearch team: Aviroop Biswas(PI), Momtaz Begum, Monique Gignac, Peter Smith, Dwayne Van Eerd |
Completed 2020 |
Getting the message right: strengthening RTW communication in B.C.'s health-care sectorResearch team: Arif Jetha(PI), Monique Gignac, Cameron Mustard, Catherine Backman |
Completed 2020 |