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), Sabrina Imam, Joann Varickanickal, Amir Mofidi, Rebecca Gewurtz, Emma Irvin, Basil Southey |
Ongoing |
Building disability confidence in Canada’s financial sectorResearch team: Emile Tompa (PI), Emma Irvin, Alexis Buettgen |
Ongoing |
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 |
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 |
Champions as social agents of change: what can we learn from worker well-being initiatives?Research team: Aviroop Biswas (PI), Monique Gignac, Arif Jetha, Lynda Robson, Basak Yanar, Sabrina Tonima, Amna Qureshi |
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 |
Evaluating the implementation and effectiveness of Ontario’s working-at-heights training standardResearch team: Lynda Robson (PI), Ben Amick, Cameron Mustard, Peter Smith, Victoria Landsman |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Tracking long-term outcomes of injured workers in Ontario to better target supportsResearch team: Emile Tompa (PI), Qing Liao, Cameron Mustard, Ron Saunders |
Ongoing |
Trends in the severity of work-related injury in OntarioResearch team: Aviroop Biswas (PI), Cameron Mustard (PI), Victoria Landsman, Peter Smith |
Ongoing |
Cost to Canadians of excluding people with disabilities from the labour marketResearch team: Emile Tompa (PI), Young Jung |
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 |