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 |
|---|---|
Cannabis and workplace fatalities: establishing a baseline in OntarioResearch team: Nancy Carnide (PI), Peter Smith (PI), Momtaz Begum, Andrea Furlan, Cameron Mustard, Kay Nasir, Lily Fang, Nikhil Rajaram, Melissa Smith |
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 |
Enhancing Ontario labour force denominator informationResearch team: Peter Smith (PI), Qing Liao, Faraz Vahid Shahidi |
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 |
Exploring where Canadians work and live and their association with active transportationResearch team: Aviroop Biswas (PI), Peter Smith (PI), Stephanie Prince Ware (PI), Justin Lang, Paul Villeneuve |
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 |
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 |
Occupational injury risks in OntarioResearch team: Peter Smith (PI), Aviroop Biswas, Victoria Landsman, Cameron Mustard, Lynda Robson, Faraz Vahid Shahidi |
Ongoing |
Opioid-related harms among Ontario workers: a surveillance toolResearch team: Nancy Carnide (PI), Paul Demers (PI), Nathan Debono, Andrea Furlan, Sara Macdonald |
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 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 |
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 |
Using decision-tree machine learning to identify worker movement typologiesResearch team: Aviroop Biswas (PI), Kathleen Dobson, Faraz Vahid Shahidi, Peter Smith, Stephanie Prince, Daniel Fuller |
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 |
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 |
Assessing the human and economic burden of workplace cancer in CanadaResearch team: Emile Tompa (PI), Amir Mofidi |
Completed 2020 |
Central nervous system agents and the risk of workplace injury and death: a systematic reviewResearch team: Nancy Carnide (PI), Andrea Furlan (PI), Kim Cullen, Emma Irvin, Quenby Mahood, Christopher McLeod, Dwayne Van Eerd, Paul Farnan, Gary Franklin, Launette Rieb, Peter Rothfels |
Completed 2019 |
Costs of work-related injuries, illnesses and deaths in the European UnionResearch team: Emile Tompa (PI), Amir Mofidi, Young Jung |
Completed 2019 |
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 |
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 |