Worker diversity and inclusion
The labour market in Ontario and across Canada is becoming more diverse. Greater attention to the labour market experiences of newcomers and recent immigrants to Canada is needed, as is greater attention to the ways race, age, gender and health status affect occupational health and safety (OHS) and disability management outcomes. Our research examines how our increasingly diverse workforce—racially, culturally and linguistically—affects OHS awareness, training and health outcomes. It also seeks to better understand the varied health and work experiences of workers with diverse health conditions and identities, and how workplaces can best support these workers.
Latest findings
Inadequate employment standards, OHS vulnerability add to higher injury risks
IWH researchers found workers whose jobs fail to offer minimum employment standards are at an increased risk of work injury. When these workers also face health and safety vulnerability on the job, their risk of injury is even higher than the combined risk.
Education, type of work lessen pandemic job loss in youths with rheumatic diseases
Young adults with rheumatic diseases have generally faced greater challenges in the job market than their healthy peers. That was why an IWH research team set out to examine their work experiences during the pandemic.
Examining the link between leisure-time exercise and physically demanding work on diabetes risk
We've known of the health benefits of doing at least 150 minutes of exercise a week. Is exercise beneficial in lowering one's risks of diabetes, no matter how much one moves on the job? That's the question this study sets out to answer.Featured impact case study
Manitoba turns to an IWH tool to help newcomers learn about OHS and workers' compensation issues
Featured resource
An interactive tool designed to help youth and young adults with rheumatic illnesses as they enter the working world
