Institute for Work & Health
@iwhresearch.bsky.social
The Institute for Work & Health (IWH) aims to conduct and mobilize research that supports policy-makers, employers and workers in creating healthy, safe and inclusive work environments. www.iwh.on.ca
Since the release of the JDAPT and DCIDE, tools designed to support workers with #chronic and #EpisodicConditions, word has spread quickly to new audiences.
That's thanks to organizations that helped the tools reach #workers, #employers and students who could use them. Read more: buff.ly/uBbqdq0
That's thanks to organizations that helped the tools reach #workers, #employers and students who could use them. Read more: buff.ly/uBbqdq0
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Since the release of the JDAPT and DCIDE, tools designed to support workers with #chronic and #EpisodicConditions, word has spread quickly to new audiences.
That's thanks to organizations that helped the tools reach #workers, #employers and students who could use them. Read more: buff.ly/uBbqdq0
That's thanks to organizations that helped the tools reach #workers, #employers and students who could use them. Read more: buff.ly/uBbqdq0
How can employers build more inclusive workplaces and practices?
This was the focus of the @vraie-idea.ca symposium, where researchers and stakeholders shared insights and tools to help build employers’ capacity to hire, onboard, retain, mentor and promote persons w/ #disabilities: buff.ly/rHiD9I5
This was the focus of the @vraie-idea.ca symposium, where researchers and stakeholders shared insights and tools to help build employers’ capacity to hire, onboard, retain, mentor and promote persons w/ #disabilities: buff.ly/rHiD9I5
November 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
How can employers build more inclusive workplaces and practices?
This was the focus of the @vraie-idea.ca symposium, where researchers and stakeholders shared insights and tools to help build employers’ capacity to hire, onboard, retain, mentor and promote persons w/ #disabilities: buff.ly/rHiD9I5
This was the focus of the @vraie-idea.ca symposium, where researchers and stakeholders shared insights and tools to help build employers’ capacity to hire, onboard, retain, mentor and promote persons w/ #disabilities: buff.ly/rHiD9I5
Canadian workplaces are increasingly using #ArtificialIntelligence (AI) to become more innovative and productive. But the benefits may vary for different types of workers and jobs.
On November 18, Dr. Arif Jetha will discuss a study on how #AI may affect workers in different ways: buff.ly/cZb731b
On November 18, Dr. Arif Jetha will discuss a study on how #AI may affect workers in different ways: buff.ly/cZb731b
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Canadian workplaces are increasingly using #ArtificialIntelligence (AI) to become more innovative and productive. But the benefits may vary for different types of workers and jobs.
On November 18, Dr. Arif Jetha will discuss a study on how #AI may affect workers in different ways: buff.ly/cZb731b
On November 18, Dr. Arif Jetha will discuss a study on how #AI may affect workers in different ways: buff.ly/cZb731b
A study of 25,000 Canadians in 2022, in a collab with IWH's Dr. Avi Biswas, found that those who #WorkFromHome report the same levels of #MentalHealth, life satisfaction or #stress as those who work outside the home (at a workplace) or at no fixed location (on the road). Read more: buff.ly/LsitxRW
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A study of 25,000 Canadians in 2022, in a collab with IWH's Dr. Avi Biswas, found that those who #WorkFromHome report the same levels of #MentalHealth, life satisfaction or #stress as those who work outside the home (at a workplace) or at no fixed location (on the road). Read more: buff.ly/LsitxRW
An IWH study led by Dr. Arif Jetha found that about 25% of firms surveyed across Ontario and BC were using #AI for occupational health and safety (#OHS).
Larger orgs and those where workers were frequently exposed to hazards were more likely to use AI for OHS.
Read about the study: buff.ly/hb6H0Lx
Larger orgs and those where workers were frequently exposed to hazards were more likely to use AI for OHS.
Read about the study: buff.ly/hb6H0Lx
October 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
An IWH study led by Dr. Arif Jetha found that about 25% of firms surveyed across Ontario and BC were using #AI for occupational health and safety (#OHS).
Larger orgs and those where workers were frequently exposed to hazards were more likely to use AI for OHS.
Read about the study: buff.ly/hb6H0Lx
Larger orgs and those where workers were frequently exposed to hazards were more likely to use AI for OHS.
Read about the study: buff.ly/hb6H0Lx
Children whose parents work low-quality, precarious jobs are more likely to experience mental health problems and perform poorly at school.
That’s according to a pair of studies, co-led by Dr. Faraz Shahidi (IWH) and Dr. Anne Fuller (McMaster University). Read about the studies: buff.ly/zJbDMnA
That’s according to a pair of studies, co-led by Dr. Faraz Shahidi (IWH) and Dr. Anne Fuller (McMaster University). Read about the studies: buff.ly/zJbDMnA
October 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Children whose parents work low-quality, precarious jobs are more likely to experience mental health problems and perform poorly at school.
That’s according to a pair of studies, co-led by Dr. Faraz Shahidi (IWH) and Dr. Anne Fuller (McMaster University). Read about the studies: buff.ly/zJbDMnA
That’s according to a pair of studies, co-led by Dr. Faraz Shahidi (IWH) and Dr. Anne Fuller (McMaster University). Read about the studies: buff.ly/zJbDMnA
On October 21, Dr. Avi Biswas will discuss findings from a study on how formal and informal #WorkplaceWellness champions promote #WorkerWellbeing within their organizations, and their motivations, strategies, and the successes and challenges they face. Register to attend: buff.ly/rpoS4HY
October 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
On October 21, Dr. Avi Biswas will discuss findings from a study on how formal and informal #WorkplaceWellness champions promote #WorkerWellbeing within their organizations, and their motivations, strategies, and the successes and challenges they face. Register to attend: buff.ly/rpoS4HY
There's only a few days left to register for IWH's systematic review workshop! 👇
Taking place October 30 and 31, in-person in Toronto, you'll learn how to plan, conduct and communicate the results of a #SystematicReview.
Register by October 15: buff.ly/Yr4LmjU
#ResearchMethods #AcademicSky
Taking place October 30 and 31, in-person in Toronto, you'll learn how to plan, conduct and communicate the results of a #SystematicReview.
Register by October 15: buff.ly/Yr4LmjU
#ResearchMethods #AcademicSky
October 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
There's only a few days left to register for IWH's systematic review workshop! 👇
Taking place October 30 and 31, in-person in Toronto, you'll learn how to plan, conduct and communicate the results of a #SystematicReview.
Register by October 15: buff.ly/Yr4LmjU
#ResearchMethods #AcademicSky
Taking place October 30 and 31, in-person in Toronto, you'll learn how to plan, conduct and communicate the results of a #SystematicReview.
Register by October 15: buff.ly/Yr4LmjU
#ResearchMethods #AcademicSky
📣 We're hiring! IWH is looking for a Director of Strategic Relations to cover a 12-month parental leave beginning January 2026.
Learn more and apply: buff.ly/zq4UleE
Learn more and apply: buff.ly/zq4UleE
October 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
📣 We're hiring! IWH is looking for a Director of Strategic Relations to cover a 12-month parental leave beginning January 2026.
Learn more and apply: buff.ly/zq4UleE
Learn more and apply: buff.ly/zq4UleE
October is #HealthyWorkplaceMonth! This month highlights the importance of practising workplace habits that promote a healthy mind, body and organizational culture.
If you're looking for healthy workplace activities to start on your own or to share in your organization, check out these resources🧵
If you're looking for healthy workplace activities to start on your own or to share in your organization, check out these resources🧵
October 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
October is #HealthyWorkplaceMonth! This month highlights the importance of practising workplace habits that promote a healthy mind, body and organizational culture.
If you're looking for healthy workplace activities to start on your own or to share in your organization, check out these resources🧵
If you're looking for healthy workplace activities to start on your own or to share in your organization, check out these resources🧵
If you are working with a long-term health condition where symptoms come and go, try out the JDAPT. It's a free, online tool developed by IWH researchers to help you identify parts of your job that may be difficult because of your health, and suggests strategies to address them: buff.ly/gzdYp8J
September 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
If you are working with a long-term health condition where symptoms come and go, try out the JDAPT. It's a free, online tool developed by IWH researchers to help you identify parts of your job that may be difficult because of your health, and suggests strategies to address them: buff.ly/gzdYp8J
The IWH Speaker Series is back for a new season! To start us off, join Dr. Kathleen Dobson on Tuesday, September 23 to learn about her research on the long-term work experiences of Canadians living with #MentalHealth conditions: buff.ly/RvKZvv9
#WorkAndHealth #AcademicSky 🧪
#WorkAndHealth #AcademicSky 🧪
September 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The IWH Speaker Series is back for a new season! To start us off, join Dr. Kathleen Dobson on Tuesday, September 23 to learn about her research on the long-term work experiences of Canadians living with #MentalHealth conditions: buff.ly/RvKZvv9
#WorkAndHealth #AcademicSky 🧪
#WorkAndHealth #AcademicSky 🧪
OCT 30-31: IWH's systematic review workshop is back this fall, in-person in Toronto. In this workshop, you'll learn how to plan, conduct and communicate the results of a systematic review.
Register by October 15 to attend: buff.ly/Yr4LmjU
#SystematicReview #ResearchMethods #Research #AcademicSky
Register by October 15 to attend: buff.ly/Yr4LmjU
#SystematicReview #ResearchMethods #Research #AcademicSky
September 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
OCT 30-31: IWH's systematic review workshop is back this fall, in-person in Toronto. In this workshop, you'll learn how to plan, conduct and communicate the results of a systematic review.
Register by October 15 to attend: buff.ly/Yr4LmjU
#SystematicReview #ResearchMethods #Research #AcademicSky
Register by October 15 to attend: buff.ly/Yr4LmjU
#SystematicReview #ResearchMethods #Research #AcademicSky
Are you a supervisor, manager, #HR professional, #DisabilityManager, union rep or #OHS professional who works with employees in your organization to plan or provide #WorkpalceAccommodations?
If so, an IWH study team wants to hear from you!
Email [email protected] by Sept 30 to participate.
If so, an IWH study team wants to hear from you!
Email [email protected] by Sept 30 to participate.
September 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Are you a supervisor, manager, #HR professional, #DisabilityManager, union rep or #OHS professional who works with employees in your organization to plan or provide #WorkpalceAccommodations?
If so, an IWH study team wants to hear from you!
Email [email protected] by Sept 30 to participate.
If so, an IWH study team wants to hear from you!
Email [email protected] by Sept 30 to participate.
IWH research often involves community partners along the way, from deciding what to research to how to share and use the findings.
Read about how one project's partnerships improved the research and helped partners to better serve their clients: buff.ly/WaL5frX
#KnowledgeTranslation #Disability
Read about how one project's partnerships improved the research and helped partners to better serve their clients: buff.ly/WaL5frX
#KnowledgeTranslation #Disability
September 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
IWH research often involves community partners along the way, from deciding what to research to how to share and use the findings.
Read about how one project's partnerships improved the research and helped partners to better serve their clients: buff.ly/WaL5frX
#KnowledgeTranslation #Disability
Read about how one project's partnerships improved the research and helped partners to better serve their clients: buff.ly/WaL5frX
#KnowledgeTranslation #Disability
Congratulations to Dr. Sonja Senthanar who has been awarded IWH's Cameron Mustard Early Career Accelerator Award!
Dr. Senthanar is leading research to understand how constraints on #citizenship may affect #WorkAndHealth experiences of Canada's 2.5 million non-permanent residents: buff.ly/fqU4wnp
Dr. Senthanar is leading research to understand how constraints on #citizenship may affect #WorkAndHealth experiences of Canada's 2.5 million non-permanent residents: buff.ly/fqU4wnp
August 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Sonja Senthanar who has been awarded IWH's Cameron Mustard Early Career Accelerator Award!
Dr. Senthanar is leading research to understand how constraints on #citizenship may affect #WorkAndHealth experiences of Canada's 2.5 million non-permanent residents: buff.ly/fqU4wnp
Dr. Senthanar is leading research to understand how constraints on #citizenship may affect #WorkAndHealth experiences of Canada's 2.5 million non-permanent residents: buff.ly/fqU4wnp
Most research on the #HealthAndSafety of #NailTechnicians has focused on occupational hazards, which may conceal the complexities of nail techs’ relationships to their work.
In this study, #NailTechs reveal the ways their work can affect their health, finding both harms and joys: buff.ly/aiZFDmH
In this study, #NailTechs reveal the ways their work can affect their health, finding both harms and joys: buff.ly/aiZFDmH
August 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Most research on the #HealthAndSafety of #NailTechnicians has focused on occupational hazards, which may conceal the complexities of nail techs’ relationships to their work.
In this study, #NailTechs reveal the ways their work can affect their health, finding both harms and joys: buff.ly/aiZFDmH
In this study, #NailTechs reveal the ways their work can affect their health, finding both harms and joys: buff.ly/aiZFDmH
IWH has been running ECHO Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM) sessions in Ontario since 2021 to help health-care providers navigate return-to-work processes. So, how did it help?
An IWH study looked into it: buff.ly/pXv0hxd
#ReturnToWork #WorkInjury
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An IWH study looked into it: buff.ly/pXv0hxd
#ReturnToWork #WorkInjury
@andreafurlan.bsky.social
August 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
IWH has been running ECHO Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM) sessions in Ontario since 2021 to help health-care providers navigate return-to-work processes. So, how did it help?
An IWH study looked into it: buff.ly/pXv0hxd
#ReturnToWork #WorkInjury
@andreafurlan.bsky.social
An IWH study looked into it: buff.ly/pXv0hxd
#ReturnToWork #WorkInjury
@andreafurlan.bsky.social
eOfficeErgo has been relaunched with a new look and content!
Our free e-learning program is designed to help #office workers set up an ergonomically sound workstation and maintain a healthy posture.
The course now has updates to address #ergonomic practices when #WorkingFromHome: buff.ly/m3vSIZR
Our free e-learning program is designed to help #office workers set up an ergonomically sound workstation and maintain a healthy posture.
The course now has updates to address #ergonomic practices when #WorkingFromHome: buff.ly/m3vSIZR
August 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
eOfficeErgo has been relaunched with a new look and content!
Our free e-learning program is designed to help #office workers set up an ergonomically sound workstation and maintain a healthy posture.
The course now has updates to address #ergonomic practices when #WorkingFromHome: buff.ly/m3vSIZR
Our free e-learning program is designed to help #office workers set up an ergonomically sound workstation and maintain a healthy posture.
The course now has updates to address #ergonomic practices when #WorkingFromHome: buff.ly/m3vSIZR
For a quick rundown of IWH research findings from the last year, look no further than our latest edition of 5 Things We Think You Should Know: buff.ly/tYsxF1P
#WorkAndHealth #PrcariousJobs #JobQuality #WorkInjury #Opioids #MachineLearning #AI #ChronicPain #EpsiodicDisability #InvisibleDisability
#WorkAndHealth #PrcariousJobs #JobQuality #WorkInjury #Opioids #MachineLearning #AI #ChronicPain #EpsiodicDisability #InvisibleDisability
July 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
For a quick rundown of IWH research findings from the last year, look no further than our latest edition of 5 Things We Think You Should Know: buff.ly/tYsxF1P
#WorkAndHealth #PrcariousJobs #JobQuality #WorkInjury #Opioids #MachineLearning #AI #ChronicPain #EpsiodicDisability #InvisibleDisability
#WorkAndHealth #PrcariousJobs #JobQuality #WorkInjury #Opioids #MachineLearning #AI #ChronicPain #EpsiodicDisability #InvisibleDisability
A work injury can affect a worker's mental health in different ways.
An IWH study led by Dr. Kathleen Dobson found that injured workers with a mental health condition or poor wellbeing had financial difficulties, other health conditions, and longer, more expensive disability claims: buff.ly/E4yBHeL
An IWH study led by Dr. Kathleen Dobson found that injured workers with a mental health condition or poor wellbeing had financial difficulties, other health conditions, and longer, more expensive disability claims: buff.ly/E4yBHeL
July 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A work injury can affect a worker's mental health in different ways.
An IWH study led by Dr. Kathleen Dobson found that injured workers with a mental health condition or poor wellbeing had financial difficulties, other health conditions, and longer, more expensive disability claims: buff.ly/E4yBHeL
An IWH study led by Dr. Kathleen Dobson found that injured workers with a mental health condition or poor wellbeing had financial difficulties, other health conditions, and longer, more expensive disability claims: buff.ly/E4yBHeL
If you either sit or stand for your entire workday, this one’s for you.
Dr. Avi Biswas (now IWH scientist) and Dr. Peter Smith (now IWH president/senior scientist) go head-to-head with research on the health risks of sitting or standing all day. Even some years later, their advice still holds true.
Dr. Avi Biswas (now IWH scientist) and Dr. Peter Smith (now IWH president/senior scientist) go head-to-head with research on the health risks of sitting or standing all day. Even some years later, their advice still holds true.
July 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
If you either sit or stand for your entire workday, this one’s for you.
Dr. Avi Biswas (now IWH scientist) and Dr. Peter Smith (now IWH president/senior scientist) go head-to-head with research on the health risks of sitting or standing all day. Even some years later, their advice still holds true.
Dr. Avi Biswas (now IWH scientist) and Dr. Peter Smith (now IWH president/senior scientist) go head-to-head with research on the health risks of sitting or standing all day. Even some years later, their advice still holds true.
Do you have a chronic health condition where symptoms come and go?
A free, online tool called DCIDE (Decision-Support for Communicating about Invisible Disabilities that are Episodic) was designed to help you consider whether to share some health info with others at work: aced.iwh.on.ca/dcide
A free, online tool called DCIDE (Decision-Support for Communicating about Invisible Disabilities that are Episodic) was designed to help you consider whether to share some health info with others at work: aced.iwh.on.ca/dcide
July 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Do you have a chronic health condition where symptoms come and go?
A free, online tool called DCIDE (Decision-Support for Communicating about Invisible Disabilities that are Episodic) was designed to help you consider whether to share some health info with others at work: aced.iwh.on.ca/dcide
A free, online tool called DCIDE (Decision-Support for Communicating about Invisible Disabilities that are Episodic) was designed to help you consider whether to share some health info with others at work: aced.iwh.on.ca/dcide
JUST ANNOUNCED: IWH is leading a 7-year partnership research project, titled The Partnership on AI and Quality of work (PAIQ), and lead by Dr. Arif Jetha. Along with 34 organizations and supported by SSHRC-CRSH, the project aims to study #AI, job quality and worker wellbeing.
July 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
JUST ANNOUNCED: IWH is leading a 7-year partnership research project, titled The Partnership on AI and Quality of work (PAIQ), and lead by Dr. Arif Jetha. Along with 34 organizations and supported by SSHRC-CRSH, the project aims to study #AI, job quality and worker wellbeing.