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 |
|---|---|
Understanding why gender and age differences exist in RTW outcomes following a musculoskeletal injuryResearch team: Peter Smith (PI), Sheilah Hogg-Johnson, Cameron Mustard |
Ongoing 2017 |
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 |
Ongoing |
Assessing the human and economic burden of workplace cancer in CanadaResearch team: Emile Tompa (PI) |
Ongoing |
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 |
Ongoing |
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 |
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 |
Costs of work-related injuries, illnesses and deaths in the European UnionResearch team: Emile Tompa (PI), Amir Mofidi, Young Jung |
Ongoing |
Developing a gender/sex-sensitive evidence base on relationship between psychosocial work environment and chronic diseaseResearch team: Peter Smith (PI), Cameron Mustard, Chantal Brisson, Rick Glazier |
Ongoing |
Evaluating prevention strategies to reduce the risk of work-related cancers in Ontario’s construction sectorResearch team: Emile Tompa (PI), Young Jung |
Ongoing |
Evaluating the impact of mandatory awareness training on occupational health and safety vulnerability in OntarioResearch team: Peter Smith (PI), Curtis Breslin, Morgan Lay, Ron Saunders, Emile Tompa, Anthony LaMontagne |
Ongoing |
Evaluating the implementation and effectiveness of Ontario’s working-at-heights training standardResearch team: Lynda Robson (PI), Ben Amick, Cameron Mustard, Peter Smith |
Ongoing |
Evaluating the implementation of a participatory organizational change intervention in long-term careResearch team: Dwayne Van Eerd (PI), Ben Amick, Kim Cullen, Teresa D'Elia, Era Mae Ferron, Sheilah Hogg-Johnson, Cameron Mustard, Lynda Robson, Ivan Steenstra, Henrietta Van Hulle, Richard Wells |
Ongoing |
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 |
Ongoing |
Financial incentives to promote employment of people with disabilities: when and how they work bestResearch team: Emma Irvin (PI), Quenby Mahood, Kathy Padkapayeva, Emile Tompa, Heather Johnston, Maureen Haan, Rebecca Gewurtz, Dan Samosh |
Ongoing |
Identifying and implementing current practices in supporting workers with depressionResearch team: Dwayne Van Eerd (PI), Kim Cullen (PI), Siobhan Cardoso, Emma Irvin, Monique Gignac, Morgane Le Pouésard, Quenby Mahood, Anita Dubey, Judy Geary |
Ongoing |
Identifying relevant OHS leading indicators in Manitoba's construction sectorResearch team: Ben Amick (PI), Dwayne Van Eerd, Jonathan Fan, Sara Macdonald, Christopher McLeod, Colette Severin, Mike Jones (PI) |
Ongoing |
Improving information on the incidence of work-related injuries and illnesses in OntarioResearch team: Cameron Mustard (PI), Aviroop Biswas, Victoria Landsman, Peter Smith |
Ongoing |
Inter-jurisdictional comparison of OHS and workers’ compensation system performanceResearch team: Christopher McLeod, Ben Amick, Sheilah Hogg-Johnson, Cameron Mustard, Peter Smith, Alex Collie, Mieke Koehoorn, Allen Kraut |
Ongoing |
Measuring cannabis use in Canadian workplacesResearch team: Nancy Carnide (PI), Peter Smith (PI), Andrea Furlan, Kim Slade, Amy Porath-Waller, Shawna Meister |
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 |
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 |
Ongoing |
Role of aging in return to work and stay at work: a systematic reviewResearch team: Ivan Steenstra, Dorcas Beaton, Kim Cullen, Monique Gignac, Emma Irvin, Amin Yazdani, Patrick Loisel, Greg McIntosh, Glenn Pransky, Martine Puts, Ross Wilkie |
Ongoing |
Strengthening disability management in Ontario’s municipal sectorResearch team: Cameron Mustard, Arif Jetha, Agnieszka Kosny, Morgan Lay, Christopher McLeod, Lynda Robson, Basak Yanar |
Ongoing |
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 |
Ongoing |