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January 31 — IWH plenary: Repeat claimants
The Insitute for Work & Health's Jacob Etches discusses his research into workers' compensation claimants who file repeatedly, a group of claimants about which very little is known.
Winter 2012 At Work now online
January 18—Learn about about the link between increasing psychological demands on the job and depression, about the impact of research on Ontario's redesigned vocational rehabilitaton program and California's policies for workers with permanent disabilities, and about new and updated tools available from the Institute for Work & Health (IWH). It's all in the latest issue of At Work, the Institute's quarterly newsletter.
KTE/Communications privacy policy revised
January 16—The privacy policy governing the Institute for Work & Health’s interactions with stakeholders and the wider public through its publications, websites, workshops, surveys, consultations and knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE) activities has been updated. The revisions largely reflect changes in the collection and use of information through its website and contact management system.
Listening to Our Stakeholders
December 16 — In the fall of 2011, the Institute for Work & Health consulted with stakeholders about their research priorities in two areas: the prevention of work-related injury and illness, and the prevention, management and compensation of work disability. A report summarizing their feedback is now available.
IWH welcomes new Board members
December 13—Changes have been made to the Institute for Work & Health's Board of Directors. New to the Board are executive consultant Jerry Garcia and SNC-Lavalin's Melody Kratsios. Retired from the Board are Dr. Roland Hosein of GE Canada and Janice Dunlop, formerly of Ontaro Power Generation. The new chair is Ian Anderson of the Ontario Labour Relations Board, and the new vice-chair is University of Toronto professor Carolyn Tuohy.
Podcast: How research affects public policy
November 14 — An audio slideshow of the Institute for Work & Health's 2011 Alf Nachemson Memorial Lecture is now available online. You can listen to the RAND Corporation's Dr. Robert T. Reville talk about the effect of research on shaping workers' compensation policy in California.
The impact of arthritis in Canada
November 8 — Institute for Work & Health Senior Scientist Dr. Claire Bombardier, also the co-scientific director of the Canadian Arthritis Network, is one of the lead authors of The Impact of Arthritis in Canada: Today and Over the Next 30 Years, released in late October by the Arthritis Alliance of Canada. The report provides a detailed look at the human and economic impacts of arthritis and offers solutions on how to manage the situation.
Addressing workplace depression
November 2 — The effectiveness of programs that target depression in the workplace is the subject of a recent systematic review from the Institute for Work & Health.
Toolkit for teaching newcomers
October 29 — Prevention is the Best Medicine is a new toolkit from the Institute for Work & Health. It is designed to help settlement agencies and others teach recent immigrants to Ontario about workers' compensation and job health and safety.
IWH journal articles
This searchable database of 753 references includes abstracts and, in some cases, access to full papers of peer-reviewed publications by IWH scientists. Updated December 2011.
Latest Research Highlights
Read research summaries, from the Institute for Work & Health, on precarious employment and worker health, changes in physiotherapy use for MSDs and how they highlight inequality of access, the role of health-care providers in complicated claims, and more in our Research Highlights section. Updated August 2011.
