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 |
|---|---|
Artificial intelligence and occupational injury and illness in Ontario: implications for prevention and recoveryResearch team: Arif Jetha (PI), Hela Bakhtari, Aviroop Biswas, Cameron Mustard, Kay Nasir, Peter Smith, Sabrina Tonima, Victoria Arrandale, Jack Dennerlein, Maxwell Smith |
Ongoing |
Assessing the psychosocial work environment in British Columbia to inform prevention activitiesResearch team: Peter Smith (PI), Kay Nasir |
Ongoing |
Building disability confidence in Canada’s financial sectorResearch team: Emile Tompa (PI), Emma Irvin, Alexis Buettgen |
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 |
Creating safe workplaces for newcomersResearch team: Basak Yanar (PI), Peter Smith (PI), Edda Bild, Pam Cardwell, Stephanie Premji, Dwayne Van Eerd |
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 |
ECHO PSP: Piloting the use of the ECHO model to promote recovery and return-to-work among public safety personnel in OntarioResearch team: Andrea Furlan (PI), Nadia Aleem (PI), Shireen Harbin, Emma Irvin, Colette Severin, Emile Tompa, Dwayne Van Eerd |
Ongoing |
Evaluating the effectiveness of distance learning in delivering Ontario's JHSC certification trainingResearch team: Lynda Robson (PI), Cameron Mustard (PI), Aviroop Biswas, Victoria Landsman, Faraz Vahid Shahidi, Peter Smith |
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 |
First Responder Mental Health Treatment Services: Formative evaluation of a pilot programResearch team: Cameron Mustard (PI), Walter Wodchis (PI), Kathleen Dobson, Basak Yanar, Leslie Vesely, Gingin Chien |
Ongoing |
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): Transition to work and career developmentResearch team: Arif Jetha (PI), Dan Samosh |
Ongoing |
Programs of early OHS intervention with small businessesResearch team: Dwayne Van Eerd (PI), Emma Irvin, Morgane Le Pouésard, Lynda Robson, Basak Yanar |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Occupational health and safety performance in Ontario's unionized construction sectorResearch team: Lynda Robson (PI), Cameron Mustard (PI), Victoria Landsman, Desiree Latour-Villamil, Hyunmi Lee |
Completed 2020 |