Project directory
The project directory includes Institute for Work & Health (IWH) research studies that were initiated in 2015 onward (as well as a few large studies that were ongoing in 2015). The directory also includes studies conducted under IWH’s Systematic Review Program since it began in 2005. For information on Institute studies initiated before 2015, see our Accomplishments Reports. Studies are either ongoing or completed. Ongoing studies are listed in alphabetical order. Completed studies are listed by year of completion, beginning with the most recently completed.
| Project title | Status |
|---|---|
Intelligent machines and human worker inequities: examining the implications of AI in the workplaceResearch team: Arif Jetha(PI), Hela Bakhtari, Aviroop Biswas, Monique Gignac, Emma Irvin, Peter Smith, Faraz Vahid Shahidi, Silvia Bonaccio, Jack Dennerlein, Marc Frenette, Marlène Koffi, Peter Loewen, Naimul Mefraz Khan, Laura Rosella, Brendan Smith, Maxwell Smith, Nicole Wu, Daniyal Zuberi |
Ongoing |
Job quality and wellbeing in Canada: generating insights on the new world of workResearch team: Faraz Vahid Shahidi(PI), Monique Gignac, Arif Jetha, Ellen MacEachen |
Ongoing |
Job quality before and after work injuryResearch team: Faraz Vahid Shahidi(PI), Monique Gignac, Arif Jetha, Kathleen Dobson |
Ongoing |
Moving the needle on preventing workplace fatalities and critical incidents in Ontario through data linkageResearch team: Peter Smith(PI), Lynda Robson, Aviroop Biswas, Qing Liao |
Ongoing |
Occupational injury risks in OntarioResearch team: Peter Smith(PI), Aviroop Biswas, Victoria Landsman, Lynda Robson, Faraz Vahid Shahidi |
Ongoing |
Ontario Life After Work Injury Study: Cannabis use and long-term recovery and return-to-work outcomes among Ontario injured workersResearch team: Nancy Carnide(PI), Peter Smith(PI), Andrea Furlan, Sara Macdonald, Shawna Meister, Cameron Mustard, Stephanie Premji, Colette Severin, Tiffany Turnbull |
Ongoing |
Partnership on AI and Quality of work (PAIQ)Research team: Arif Jetha(PI), Aviroop Biswas, Julie Bowring, Meghan Crouch, Kathleen Dobson, Monique Gignac, Emma Irvin, Qing Liao, Peter Smith, Faraz Vahid Shahidi, Victoria Arrandale, Ebrahim Bagheri, Ananya Banerjee, Kean Birch, Silvia Bonaccio, Wendy Cukier, Valerio De Stefano, Mathieu Dupuis, Marc Frenette, Avi Goldfarb, Pamela Hopwood, Naimul Mefraz Khan, Vicki Kristman, Peter Loewen, Ellen MacEachen, Muhammad Mamdani, Jenna Myers, Susan Peters, Andrew Pinto, Laura Rosella, Paula Rowland, Frank Rudzicz, Jay Shaw, Brendan Smith, Maxwell Smith, Abiramy Sriharan, Jutta Treviranus, Danielle van Jaarsveld, Gabrielle Voiseux, Karina Vold, Viet Vu, Nicole Wu, Daniyal Zuberi |
Ongoing |
Preventing work disability among millennial young adults with rheumatic diseaseResearch team: Arif Jetha(PI), Julie Bowring, Monique Gignac, Catherine Backman, Vicki Kristman, Lori Tucker |
Ongoing |
Programs of early OHS intervention with small businessesResearch team: Dwayne Van Eerd(PI), Emma Irvin, Morgane Le Pouésard, Lynda Robson, Basak Yanar |
Ongoing |
TIE-C-MI: Trajectories of Income and Employment of Canadians with Mental IllnessResearch team: Kathleen Dobson(PI), Monique Gignac, Simon Vigod, Claire de Oliveira, Mark Ferro, Rubab Arim |
Ongoing |
Toking 9 to 5: Workplace cannabis use and perceptions among Canadian workersResearch team: Nancy Carnide(PI), Peter Smith(PI), Andrea Furlan, Michael Frone, Shawna Meister, Amy Porath-Waller, Kim Slade |
Ongoing |
Understanding how new businesses start managing OHS: laying the groundwork for future interventionsResearch team: Lynda Robson(PI), Basak Yanar(PI), , Monique Gignac, Dwayne Van Eerd, Hela Bakhtari, Edda Bild |
Ongoing |
Understanding OHS motivations and needs in small businessResearch team: Cameron Mustard(PI), Basak Yanar(PI) |
Ongoing |
Understanding the business impacts of prevention activities in Ontario: A strategic data capacity and evaluation opportunityResearch team: Peter Smith(PI), Faraz Vahid Shahidi, Kathleen Dobson, Qing Liao |
Ongoing |
Understanding the injury experience of Ontario small businesses through workers’ compensation claims dataResearch team: Lynda Robson(PI), Cameron Mustard, Peter Smith |
Ongoing |
Understanding the role of parental employment quality in child mental healthResearch team: Faraz Vahid Shahidi(PI), Anne Fuller(PI), Kathy Georgiades, Jinette Comeau, Arjumand Siddiqi, Gita Wahi, Andrew Pinto |
Ongoing |
Understanding workers’ compensation approaches and practices to workplace psychological injuriesResearch team: Peter Smith(PI), Morgan Lay(PI), Leslie Vesely, Hela Bakhtari |
Ongoing |
Validation study of Occupational Stress Injury Resiliency ToolResearch team: Peter Smith(PI), Kay Nasir |
Ongoing |
What are the long-term health and labour market outcomes of workers who experienced work-related COVID-19 transmission?Research team: Peter Smith(PI), Nancy Carnide, Arif Jetha, Cameron Mustard, Victoria Nadalin, Colette Severin, Mieke Koehoorn, Cheryl Peters |
Ongoing |
Addressing knowledge gaps about skills of persons with disabilitiesResearch team: Emile Tompa(PI), Sabrina Imam, Joann Varickanickal, Amir Mofidi, Rebecca Gewurtz, Emma Irvin, Basil Southey |
Completed 2023 |
Developing approaches to measuring the dimensions of gender and their relationship to health outcomesResearch team: Peter Smith(PI), Momtaz Begum, Monique Gignac, Mahée Gilbert-Ouimet, Greta Bauer |
Completed 2023 |
Evaluating the effectiveness of distance learning in delivering Ontario's JHSC certification trainingResearch team: Lynda Robson(PI), Cameron Mustard(PI), Aviroop Biswas, Victoria Landsman, Faraz Vahid Shahidi, Peter Smith |
Completed 2023 |
Examining sex/gender differences in exposures to workplace-acquired communicable disease: a systematic reviewResearch team: Aviroop Biswas(PI), Emma Irvin, Heather Johnston, Peter Smith, Mieke Koehoorn, Annalee Yassi |
Completed 2023 |
Future-proofing young Canadians with disabilities for the changing labour marketResearch team: Arif Jetha(PI), Monique Gignac, Kay Nasir, Ali Shamaee, Peter Smith, Emile Tompa |
Completed 2023 |
Ontario Life After Work Injury Study: Understanding the long-term recovery and labour market outcomes of injured workers in the shadow of COVID-19Research team: Cameron Mustard(PI), Nancy Carnide, Colette Severin, Peter Smith, Emile Tompa |
Completed 2023 |