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

Risk factors for work injury among youth: a systematic review

Research team: Curtis Breslin(PI), Doreen Day, Emile Tompa, Emma Irvin, Sudipa Bhattacharyya, Judy Clarke, Anna Wang

Completed 2005

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

Transitioning to the future of work: an intersectional study of vulnerable youth and young adults

Research team: Arif Jetha(PI), Monique Gignac, Sara Macdonald, Kay Nasir, Ali Shamaee, Peter Smith, Yani Hamdani, Vicki Kristman

Completed