Our mission
To promote, protect and improve the safety and health of working people by conducting actionable research that is valued by employers, workers and policy-makers.
Our values
Excellence
- Be a leading international institution in research and knowledge transfer and exchange
- Be a leading Canadian institution in building research capacity in work and health
- Be a leading employer in promoting and protecting the health and safety of our employees
Integrity
- Ensure research integrity by conducting independent and ethical research
- Ensure institutional integrity by involving partners in research and dissemination
Accountability
- Demonstrate good stewardship of our resources
- Conduct research and knowledge transfer and exchange relevant to our partners and funders
Respectfulness
- Respect and accommodate different perspectives
- Respect our staff in their work
- Respect the dignity of workers everywhere
Our principles
Listen
We will listen to the needs of workers and workplaces, clinicians, health & safety professionals, policy-makers and other partner agencies.
Align
We will align our research to ensure relevance to the needs of our partners, including the mandate of the Ontario Ministry of Labour (MOL).
Collaborate
We will collaborate with other researchers and research users.
Be independent
We will pursue our research mandate to the highest standards of scientific excellence and integrity.
Be impartial
We will be impartial in our relationships with policy-makers, workplace parties, clinicians, health & safety professionals and other interests.
Innovate
We will be innovative in the pursuit of research, knowledge transfer and exchange, and organizational excellence.