Amid shifting labour market conditions in Canada, including the rise of precarious employment and of low quality jobs, this project will describe the current landscape of job quality in Canada and examine the relationship between job quality and wellbeing.
An IWH study is using general population surveys in Canada to better understand the role of parental employment quality as a social determinant of child mental health.
This project will identify and synthesize innovative school-to-work transition programs, practices and interventions for persons with disabilities that emphasize access to high-quality jobs and career success.
The quality of built environments and social environments can support active transportation. This study aims to help fill a knowledge gap on the role of the built environment around workplaces, as well as the interplay between work and home environments.
This study—one of the first of its kind to better understand the implications of AI for Ontario’s health and safety system—will build the evidence base on the scope and use of AI applications in OHS and RTW.
This project explores the role of champions in improving worker participation in workplace well-being programs.
This project fills an important knowledge gap by determining the health and return-to-work outcomes of Canadians who acquired COVID-19 at work.
This large, national project includes many research team members, collaborators and partners—all taking an innovative approach to increasing the sustainable employment of people with disabilities in Canada by building disability confidence and accommodation capacity among employers
This project draws on a unique surveillance program and uses data-linkage to capture current trends in opioid-related harms among Ontario injured workers.
Can machine learning be used to measure the movement patterns of workers at and outside of work? This IWH study aims to find out.