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

Developing a Canadian work disability standard for paramedics with post-traumatic stress injury

Research team: Emile Tompa(PI), Amin Yazdani(PI), Sabrina Imam, Emma Irvin, Dwayne Van Eerd, Nicki Islic, Ron Meyers

Completed

Developing approaches to measuring the dimensions of gender and their relationship to health outcomes

Research team: Peter Smith(PI), Momtaz Begum, Monique Gignac, Mahée Gilbert-Ouimet, Greta Bauer

Completed

Evaluating the effectiveness of distance learning in delivering Ontario's JHSC certification training

Research team: Lynda Robson(PI), Cameron Mustard(PI), Aviroop Biswas, Victoria Landsman, Faraz Vahid Shahidi, Peter Smith

Completed

Evaluating the implementation and effectiveness of Ontario’s working-at-heights training standard

Research team: Lynda Robson(PI), Ben Amick, Cameron Mustard, Peter Smith, Victoria Landsman

Completed

Examining sex/gender differences in exposures to workplace-acquired communicable disease: a systematic review

Research team: Aviroop Biswas(PI), Emma Irvin, Heather Johnston, Peter Smith, Mieke Koehoorn, Annalee Yassi

Completed

Future-proofing young Canadians with disabilities for the changing labour market

Research team: Arif Jetha(PI), Monique Gignac, Kay Nasir, Ali Shamaee, Peter Smith, Emile Tompa

Completed

Ontario Life After Work Injury Study: Understanding the long-term recovery and labour market outcomes of injured workers in the shadow of COVID-19

Research team: Cameron Mustard(PI), Nancy Carnide, Colette Severin, Peter Smith, Emile Tompa

Completed

Opioid-related harms among Ontario workers: a surveillance tool

Research team: Nancy Carnide(PI), Paul Demers(PI), Nathan Debono, Andrea Furlan, Sara Macdonald

Completed

Project ECHO Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM): Implementation, evaluation and a pilot study of a new clinical tool

Research team: Andrea Furlan(PI), Anil Adisesh(PI), Nancy Carnide, Shireen Harbin, Emma Irvin, Sara Macdonald, Behdin Nowrouzi-Kia, Colette Severin, Peter Smith, Pam Cardwell

Completed

Return to work in policing: synthesizing current practices and implementation guidance

Research team: Dwayne Van Eerd(PI), Siobhan Cardoso, Emma Irvin, Monique Gignac, Arif Jetha, Morgane Le Pouésard, Emile Tompa, Basak Yanar, Tanya Morose

Completed