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 |
|---|---|
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 |
Intelligent machines and human worker inequities: examining the implications of AI in the workplaceResearch team: Arif Jetha (PI), Hela Bakhtari, Aviroop Biswas, Monique Gignac, Emma Irvin, Peter Smith, Faraz Vahid Shahidi, Silvia Bonaccio, Jack Dennerlein, Marc Frenette, Marlène Koffi, Peter Loewen, Naimul Mefraz Khan, Laura Rosella, Brendan Smith, Maxwell Smith, Nicole Wu, Daniyal Zuberi |
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 |
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 |
Ontario Life After Work Injury Study: Understanding the long-term recovery and labour market outcomes of injured workers in the shadow of COVID-19Research team: Cameron Mustard (PI), Nancy Carnide, Colette Severin, Peter Smith, Emile Tompa |
Ongoing |
Opioid-related harms among Ontario workers: a surveillance toolResearch team: Nancy Carnide (PI), Paul Demers (PI), Nathan Debono, Andrea Furlan, Sara Macdonald |
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 |
Trends in the severity of work-related injury in OntarioResearch team: Aviroop Biswas (PI), Cameron Mustard (PI), Victoria Landsman, Peter Smith |
Ongoing |
Understanding how new businesses start managing OHS: laying the groundwork for future interventionsResearch team: Lynda Robson (PI), (PI), Basak Yanar (PI), Monique Gignac, Dwayne Van Eerd |
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 |