Research study on injured worker retirement income seeks participants
Participants are wanted for a University of Waterloo research study focusing on Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) policies and what they mean for injured workers’ retirement pensions,...
View ArticlePrecarious work and RTW project seeks participants
As part of Dr Ellen MacEachen‘s Return to Work and Precarious Workers study, a research project at the University of Waterloo and University of Ottawa is looking to understand worker experiences from...
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McIntyre Powder & Parkinson’s study – what does it mean for occupational...
In the Toronto Star’s five-part investigative series “The Uncounted”, reporter Greg Mercer documents how and why official statistics, in capturing only accepted disease claims from provincial...
View ArticleResearch project on impact of physical distancing seeks survey participants
A new research study is being launched focusing on the mental health consequences of physical distancing among low-income Ontario residents during the COVID-19 crisis. The researchers (McMaster...
View ArticleOHCOW survey on workers’ experiences during COVID-19
This survey by Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (OHCOW) is designed to learn about your experiences as a worker during a pandemic. As things have changed since this first survey was...
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Thunder Bay injured workers’ needs study
Have you been hurt at work and been involved in the WSIB claim application process? Lakehead University Psychology and Health Sciences researchers Drs. Deborah Scharf and Anna Koné are looking for...
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Research Project on Injured Workers in Thunder Bay and District Looking to...
A workers’ compensation experience study is looking to speak to those who provide services to injured and ill workers in Thunder Bay and District. A few weeks ago we posted about a new research study...
View Article“A disregard for workers’ environmental & health concerns”: lessons of the...
A recently published article “Dust versus Dust: Aluminum Therapy and Silicosis in the Canadian and Global Mining” (Canadian Historical Review, 102(1) Mar. 2021: 1-26) provides a thorough, if...
View ArticleCIWA survey on COVID-19 impact on Canadian injured workers
The Canadian Injured Workers Alliance and its team of researchers are looking for Canadians who have had a workplace injury to take part in a study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. For this...
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Life & work after work injury – register now for the June 8 Bancroft...
The first 2021 Bancroft Institute session will take place (online) Tuesday June 8 from 1 to 4 p.m. The injured worker community has long sought further study of the experiences of permanently injured...
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