July 22, 2010 (Toronto, Ontario) – The Institute for Work & Health has released a free software tool called the Health & Safety Smart Planner to help workplaces understand the full benefits and costs of their health and safety initiatives.
Health and safety planning should be based on a thorough analysis of all the benefits and costs associated with an initiative. This can be a challenge for workplaces to undertake,says Dr. Emile Tompa, an IWH scientist and economist who led the software development.
In the Health & Safety Smart Planner, we’ve tried to… Read more
June 18, 2010 (Toronto, ON) – A new neck pain guide offers a concise summary on both helpful and unhelpful approaches to treating this common condition.
The Neck Pain Evidence Summary is based on a series of research reviews published in the journal Spine. It covers the range of possible treatments for different severities and types of neck pain, including whiplash.
The Institute for Work & Health (IWH) created this summary to share the evidence synthesis completed by the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain. IWH worked with the Canadian… Read more
May 5, 2010 (Toronto, Ontario) – Two leading occupational health researchers will deliver keynote addresses at the biennial Canadian Association for Research on Work and Health (CARWH) conference.
Held in Toronto on May 28 and 29, the conference will bring together researchers and practitioners from across Canada to discuss findings and exchange ideas on the latest research to improve the health and safety of Canadian workers. The Institute for Work & Health (IWH) is hosting this event.
Opening the conference, the keynote speakers are:
Katherine Lippel, Canada… Read more
November 20, 2009 (Toronto, ON) — Dr. Joan Eakin, an expert on occupational health and safety (OHS) in small workplaces, will deliver this year’s Alf Nachemson Memorial Lecture. The lecture is sponsored by the Institute for Work & Health (IWH) and takes place on Wednesday, November 25 in Toronto.
A professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and director of the Centre for Critical Qualitative Health Research at the University of Toronto, Eakin has devoted much of her research career to understanding how working conditions and health-related practices in small… Read more
August 17, 2009 (Toronto, ON) – Young people with dyslexia may be at greater risk of getting hurt on the job, according to a new study from the Institute for Work & Health (IWH).
The early indicators are that dyslexia contributes to higher injury rates among young workers,says IWH Scientist Dr. Curtis Breslin, who led the study.
It could be that the particular problems with reading, spelling and writing that characterize dyslexia make it more difficult to understand and remember safety training or contribute to poor supervisor-worker communications.The… Read more
July 13, 2009 (Toronto, ON) — When workers and supervisors jointly identify and solve return-to-work barriers, absent workers with low-back pain get back to work earlier than would otherwise be the case. This is especially true for older workers and those who have previously been off sick, according to new research from the Institute for Work & Health (IWH).
The results suggest a lot of progress can be made helping injured workers return to their jobs with a good workplace-based intervention, especially among those workers usually considered challenging cases,… Read more
August 25, 2008 (Toronto, ON) The Institute for Work & Health is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Ron Saunders as a Senior Scientist effective November, 2008. Dr. Saunders is currently Vice-President, Research, at Canadian Policy Research Networks (CPRN). He joined CPRN in January, 2003. Previously, Dr. Saunders served as the Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy, Communications, and Labour Management Services Division at the Ontario Ministry of Labour, where he had held a number of policy positions since 1986.
He has a PhD in economics from… Read more
July 9, 2008 (Toronto, ON) – Recent immigrants not only have poorer job situations than Canadian-born workers, but immigrant men are also twice as likely to sustain workplace injuries that require medical care compared with men born in Canada.
The Institute for Work & Health (IWH) has released two new studies comparing work conditions and injury rates between immigrants and workers born in Canada.
Immigrants with five or fewer years in Canada are more likely to have higher qualifications than their jobs require, to have physically demanding jobs, and to work fewer… Read more
May 24, 2007 (Toronto, ON) – If social drinking is frowned upon at your workplace, chances are you are less likely to consume alcohol both on and off the job, suggests a new study co-authored by a scientist from the Institute for Work & Health.
We found that employees at companies that most discouraged social drinking were 45 per cent less likely to be heavy drinkers than those in workplaces with the most liberal attitudes to drinking, after taking into account other factors that influence drinking levels,says Dr. Benjamin C. Amick III, co-author and the… Read more
December 12, 2006 (Toronto, ON) More than 1,000 deaths in Canada were attributed to work-related causes in 2005, according to a new report from the Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS). This translates to about five deaths every working day. One half of these deaths were due to traumatic causes and one half were due to occupational diseases.
The CSLS report is based on an analysis of fatalities compensated by provincial workers' compensation boards in Canada. Over the time period of the study, from 1993 to 2005, occupational deaths due to… Read more
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