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 |
|---|---|
Accommodating and Communicating about Episodic Disabilities (ACED): A partnership to deliver workplace resources to sustain employment of people with chronic, episodic conditionsResearch team: Monique Gignac (PI), Dorcas Beaton, Julie Bowring, Curtis Breslin, Emma Irvin, Arif Jetha, Ron Saunders, Peter Smith, Emile Tompa, Dwayne Van Eerd, Renée-Louise Franche, Joy MacDermid, William Shaw, Aaron Thompson, Sabrina Tonima |
Ongoing |
Addressing knowledge gaps about skills of persons with disabilitiesResearch team: Emile Tompa (PI), Emma Irvin, Amir Mofidi, Basil Southey, Alexis Buettgen, Rebecca Gewurtz |
Ongoing |
Building disability confidence in Canada’s financial sectorResearch team: Emile Tompa (PI), Emma Irvin, Alexis Buettgen |
Ongoing |
Centre for Research on Work Disability Policy: Envisioning the future of disability policy in CanadaResearch team: Emile Tompa (PI), Arif Jetha, Dan Samosh, Sabrina Imam, Kathy Padkapayeva |
Ongoing |
Conceal or reveal? Facilitators and barriers to older workers' communication of accommodation needsResearch team: Monique Gignac (PI), Arif Jetha, Agnieszka Kosny, Vicki Kristman, Jill Cameron |
Ongoing |
Cost to Canadians of excluding people with disabilities from the labour marketResearch team: Emile Tompa (PI), Young Jung |
Ongoing |
Developing a Canadian work disability standard for paramedics with post-traumatic stress injuryResearch team: Emile Tompa (PI), Amin Yazdani (PI), Sabrina Imam, Emma Irvin, Dwayne Van Eerd, Nicki Islic, Ron Meyers |
Ongoing |
Developing a framework for measuring culture change related to accessibility and inclusion of persons with disabilitiesResearch team: Emile Tompa (PI), Amir Mofidi (PI), Emma Irvin, Sabrina Imam, , Rebecca Gewurtz |
Ongoing |
ECHO OEM: Piloting a telementoring program in occupational and environmental medicineResearch team: Andrea Furlan (PI), Anil Adisesh (PI), Nancy Carnide, Shireen Harbin, Emma Irvin, Sara Macdonald, Behdin Nowrouzi-Kia, Colette Severin, Peter Smith, |
Ongoing |
Evidence-informed workplace policies and practices for the prevention of PTSI work disabilityResearch team: Dwayne Van Eerd (PI), Emile Tompa (PI), Emma Irvin, Doug Gross, Charl Els, Sebastian Straube, Suzette Bremault-Phillips, Nick Carleton, Akshay Mohan, Joann Varickanickal |
Ongoing |
Financial incentives to promote employment of people with disabilities: when and how they work bestResearch team: Emile Tompa (PI), Rebecca Gewurtz (PI), Emma Irvin (PI), Heather Johnston, Cindy Moser, Kathy Padkapayeva, Dan Samosh |
Ongoing |
Future-focused job accommodation practices for the school-to-work transitionResearch team: Arif Jetha (PI), Monique Gignac, Sara Macdonald, Kay Nasir, Emile Tompa, Dwayne Van Eerd, Kathleen Martin Ginis |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Return to work in policing: synthesizing current practices and implementation guidanceResearch team: Dwayne Van Eerd (PI), Siobhan Cardoso, Emma Irvin, Monique Gignac, Arif Jetha, Emile Tompa, Basak Yanar, Tanya Morose |
Ongoing |
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 |
How RTW differs for workers with psychological injuries, older workersResearch team: Peter Smith (PI), , Anthony LaMontagne, Rebbecca Lilley, Sheilah Hogg-Johnson, Michael Sim |
Completed 2020 |
Role of accommodations and communication practices in supporting the employment participation of Canadians living with disabilitiesResearch team: Monique Gignac (PI), Arif Jetha (PI), Julie Bowring |
Completed 2020 |
Best practices for work disability prevention management systems: a scoping review in support of new Canadian standardResearch team: Emile Tompa (PI), Emma Irvin, Quenby Mahood, Amin Yazdani |
Completed 2019 |
Strengthening disability management in Ontario’s municipal sectorResearch team: Cameron Mustard, Arif Jetha, Agnieszka Kosny, Morgan Lay, Christopher McLeod, Lynda Robson, Basak Yanar |
Completed 2019 |
Supporting the employment participation of Canadian young adults with chronic conditions: a systematic reviewResearch team: Arif Jetha (PI) |
Completed 2019 |
System-based return-to-work and disability management interventions: a systematic reviewResearch team: Kim Cullen (PI), Emma Irvin (PI), Morgane Le Pouésard, Dwayne Van Eerd, Ben Amick, Siobhan Cardoso, Quenby Mahood, Ron Saunders, Judy Geary, Ulrik Gensby |
Completed 2019 |
Understanding the employment needs and experiences of baby boomers with arthritis and diabetesResearch team: Monique Gignac (PI), Dorcas Beaton, Vicki Kristman, Cameron Mustard, Peter Smith, Elizabeth Badley |
Completed 2019 |