Plenary Archive: 2010
Throughout the year, the Institute for Work & Health holds plenaries that are open to the public at which scientists talk about their research in the work and health field. Upcoming plenaries are listed on the main plenaries page. Presentation slides from past plenaries, where available, can be downloaded here.
December
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The Ontario Health Study: Creating platforms for revolutionary science and transformational biology
(December 14, 2010)
Professor Lyle Palmer, Ontario Health Study -
A delicate dance with many partners: Immigrant workers’ experiences of injury reporting and claim filing
(December 7, 2010)
Dr. Agnieszka Kosny, Institute for Work & Health
November
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Light's contributions to well-being: implications for workplaces
(November 29, 2010)
Dr. Jennifer Veitch, National Research Council (NRC) Institute for Research in Construction -
Precarious employment and the internal responsibility system
(November 23, 2010)
Dr. Wayne Lewchuk, School of Labour Studies and Department of Economics, McMaster University -
Occupational safety in hospital nursing: organizational contexts
(November 11, 2010)
Dr. Sean Clarke, RBC Chair in Cardiovascular Nursing Research -
The challenges of estimating exposure to workplace carcinogens in Canada
(November 2, 2010)
Dr. Paul Demers, Occupational Cancer Research Centre
October
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Examining changes in injuries submitted as no-lost-time claims in Ontario between 1991 and 2006
(October 12, 2010)
Dr. Peter Smith, Institute for Work & Health
September
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Where should we be going, and how should we get there?
(September 28, 2010)
Ben Amick, Institute for Work & Health -
Worker representation in OHS – a good idea going where?
(September 14, 2010)
Andy King, National Health Safety and Environment Co-ordinator/ Dep. Leader United Steel Workers
June
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Futures studies: its role in setting research agendas for work and health
(June 1, 2010)
Professor Niki Ellis, Institute for Safety, Compensation and Recovery Research
May
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Modeling work disability prevention: An unmet challenge yet
(May 25, 2010)
Patrick Loisel, Work Disability Prevention CIHR Strategic Training Program -
Work disability prevention knowledge transfer initiatives for physical therapists in Alberta
(May 11, 2010)
Doug Gross, University of Alberta -
The impact of temporary employment and job tenure on sickness absence
(May 4, 2010)
Heather Scott-Marshall and Emile Tompa, Institute for Work & Health
April
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Trying to get back: The challenges faced by registered nurses returning to work
(April 27, 2010)
Laurie Clune, Institute for Work & Health -
“It’s like we’re forcing them to do it” Vocational retraining challenges facing providers and workers in Ontario’s Labour-Market Re-Entry program
(April 6, 2010)
Dr. Ellen MacEachen, Institute for Work & Health
March
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A systematic review of the effectiveness of training and education for the protection of workers
(March 9, 2010)
Dr. Lynda Robson, Institute for Work & Health
February
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Return-to-work coordination, the what, when, how, where and by whom: Findings from the Intervention Mapping Project
(February 23, 2010)
Dr. Carlo Ammendolia, Institute for Work & Health -
The role of patients' beliefs in predicting return to work following operatively managed tibial fracture
(February 9, 2010)
Dr. Jason Busse, Institute for Work & Health -
An interdisciplinary and participatory approach to prevention
(February 2, 2010)
Alec Farquhar, Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (OHCOW)
January
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Forecasting and modelling worker injury rates in Ontario
(January 12, 2010)
Ian Moore, Institute for Work & Health
