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 |
|---|---|
Implementation of a comprehensive accommodation and reintegration program in a police serviceResearch team: Dwayne Van Eerd (PI), Tegan Slot, Emile Tompa, Emma Irvin, Monique Gignac, Heather O'Reilly, Nancy Carnide, Kathleen Dobson, Sharmigaa Ragunathan |
Ongoing |
Implementation of PTSI programs in Alberta first responder organizationsResearch team: Dwayne Van Eerd (PI), Emile Tompa, Emma Irvin, Doug Gross, Monique Gignac, Sharmigaa Ragunathan |
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 |
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 OntarioResearch team: Cameron Mustard (PI), Nancy Carnide, Colette Severin, Peter Smith, Emile Tompa |
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 |
Project ECHO Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM): Implementation and evaluationResearch team: Andrea Furlan (PI), Anil Adisesh (PI), Nancy Carnide, Shireen Harbin, Emma Irvin, Sara Macdonald, Behdin Nowrouzi-Kia, Colette Severin, Peter Smith, |
Ongoing |
Return to work in policing: synthesizing current practices and implementation guidanceResearch team: Dwayne Van Eerd (PI), Siobhan Cardoso, Emma Irvin, Monique Gignac, Arif Jetha, Morgane Le Pouésard, Emile Tompa, Basak Yanar, Tanya Morose |
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 |
Tracking long-term outcomes of injured workers in Ontario to better target supportsResearch team: Emile Tompa (PI), Qing Liao, Cameron Mustard, Ron Saunders |
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 |
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 activity patterns of Canadians at work and outside of work, and their association with overall healthResearch team: Aviroop Biswas (PI), Cameron Mustard, Peter Smith, Stephanie Prince Ware |
Ongoing |