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CARWH 2018Research and Practice to Improve
Health in a Changing World of Work
Conference Program
October 21-23, 2018
Pinnacle Hotel Vancouver Harbourfront
CARWHCanadian Association for Research on Work and Health
Association canadienne de recherche en santé au travailACRST
CARWHCanadian Association for
Research on Work and Health
Association canadienne derecherche en santé au travail
ACRST
CARWHCanadian Association for Research on Work and Health
Association canadienne de recherche en santé au travailACRST
CARWHCanadian Association for Research on Work and Health
Association canadienne de recherche en santé au travailACRST
CARWHCanadian Association for Research on Work and Health
Association canadienne de recherche en santé au travailACRST
CARWH 2018
OCTOBER 21-23, 2018
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Welcome
The Canadian Association for Research on Work & Health and the School of Population and Public Health
at the University of British Columbia are delighted to welcome you to the CARWH 2018 Conference,
Canada’s premier meeting focused on work and health research.
CARWH conferences have brought together scientists, students and trainees, occupational health & safety
practitioners, epidemiologists, clinicians, and policy-makers every two years since its inception in 2001.
CARWH meetings are interdisciplinary and seek to bridge important gaps in work and health research by
promoting knowledge exchange, research partnerships, and translation of research into the prevention and
management of work-related injury and illness.
The 2018 conference is CARWH’s 10th biennial meeting. It builds upon the success of the 2016 conference
in Toronto, Ontario and earlier meetings by offering a stimulating and diverse program of keynote
presentations, panels, and parallel and poster sessions. The program, developed by the CARWH 2018
Scientific Committee with support from the Canadian Association for Research on Work & Health and the
School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia, reflects the excellence of work
and health research across the country.
We have planned several opportunities to engage with like-minded researchers over the course of the
conference, including a welcoming reception, gala dinner, and CARWH Annual General Meeting. We hope
that you enjoy the conference and all that Vancouver has to offer during your stay.
Dr. Chris McLeod
CARWH 2018 Co-Chair
Associate Professor
School of Population and Public Health and
Partnership for Work, Health and Safety
University of British Columbia
Scientist, Institute for Work & Health
Dr. Stephanie Premji
CARWH 2018 Co-Chair
CARWH President-Elect
Associate Professor
McMaster University
Adjunct Scientist, Institute for Work & Health
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Platinum Sponsor
Silver Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Bronze Sponsors
Partnership for Work,Health and Safety www.pwhs.ubc.ca
Anonymous individual donor
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Sunday, October 21: Trainee and New Researcher Day
8:00 am Registration and breakfast
8:45 am Welcome and introductions Tuscany Room
Speakers: Catherine Trask, Deepani Weerapura
9:15 am Session I: Preparing for a career in academia, government, industry, or labourPanelists working in academia, government, industry, or labour will discuss their personal occupational health and safety career trajectories and share their best career preparation tips with attendees. Question and answer period to follow.
Speakers: Catherine Trask, Mona Shum, Corrine Balcaen, Chantal Burnett, Georgina Hackett
10:35 am Break
10:50 am Session II: Strategic communication workshop This workshop will cover stakeholder mapping, meeting facilitation, and strategic communication, with a few hands-on exercises.
Speaker: Alison Palmer
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Session III: Articulate writing workshop This session will discuss strategies of writing for journal abstracts, after which participants will be guided through hands-on review.
Speaker: Kay Teschke
2:15 pm Break
2:30 pm Session IV: Knowledge translation: Engaging stakeholdersThis session will discuss how different parties (researchers, knowledge users, policy makers, and workers) work together in advancing occupational health and safety research and policies.
Speakers: Katherine Lippel, Bianca Malouf, Billy Quirke, Mark Teo
3:45 pm Closing and wrap-up
6:00 pm Welcome reception Vistas 360
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8:00 am Registration and breakfast
8:30 am Opening and Welcome Remarks Harbourfront I & II
Speakers Chris McLeod and Stephanie Premji, CARWH 2018 Co-Chairs
9:00 am Opening Plenary: Indigenous and First Nations Perspectives on Work and Health
Speaker Toby Desnomie, Saskatchewan First Nation Safety Association
10:15 am Break and poster viewing
10:45 am Parallel Session I
A. Experiences of Precarious Employment Port of VancouverChair: Ellen MacEachan
Julia Goyal The meaning of silence: secondary data analysis of Ontario occupational health and safety inspector and manager interview data
Sylvia Machat Sex Workers' Experiences and Occupational Conditions Post-Implementation of End-Demand Criminalization in Metro Vancouver, Canada
Ellen MacEachen When your boss is an app: the health and working conditions of Uber driving
Emily Reid-Musson Platform risk and misbehaviour in urban transport: The case of UberPool in the Greater Toronto Area
Leonor Cedillo Pathways to family reunification affect occupational health and safety outcomes: The case of Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs)
B. Hazards in the Health Care Sector Port of SingaporeChair: France Labrèche / Co-chair: Joanne Kim
Kristan J. Aronson Female hospital workers, night work, biomarkers, and health outcomes
Kathryn Nichol Mild hand dermatitis: Identification and management practices of hospital occupational health nurses
Sheila Kalenge Assessment of safe antineoplastic drug handling practices in community pharmacies and veterinary clinics in Ontario
France Labrèche Exposure to antineoplastic drugs: what about the sanitation personnel?
Sharon Provost Is it making a difference: Why, how, and for whom? A realist review of violence prevention education in healthcare
C. Workplace and Systems Factors in Return-to-Work Port of San FranciscoChair: Vicki Kristman / Co-chair: Sadaf Sanaat-Pisheh
Emma Irvin Workplace- and System-based interventions on return-to-work and recovery for musculoskeletal and mental health conditions: A systematic review.
Arif Jetha In the loop: Work disability communication within large and complex organizational systems
Monique Gignac Challenges in accommodating mental and physical health conditions: What workplace parties are saying
Esther T. Maas Exploring the effect of gradual return to work on sustained return to work, using a multistate model
Kimberly Sharpe What facilitates or prevents successful return-to-work in the construction sector?
D. Musculoskeletal Disorders – Prevalence and Prevention Port of New YorkChair: Catherine Trask
Sonja Senthanar Physical, Individual, and Organizational Factors and the Reporting of Musculoskeletal Pain and Discomfort in Canadian truck drivers
Robyn Reist Head and Shoulders, Knees and Cows: Investigating Musculoskeletal Disorder Risk Factors among Bovine Veterinarians
Dwayne Van Eerd Synthesizing the evidence on workplace practices and policies to prevent MSD
Catherine Trask Whole Hog Research: Ergonomic Evaluation and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Needle-less Injection Tools in Pork Production
12:00 pm Lunch
Monday, October 22: Day 1
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1:00 pm Plenary Panel: Indigenous and First Nations Perspectives on Work and Health Harbourfront I & II
Chair Sean Tucker, University of Regina
Speaker Nancy Lightfoot, Laurentian University
Speaker Vicki Kristman, Lakehead University
Speaker Jeannie Morgan, Simon Fraser University
2:00 pm Break
2:15 pm Parallel Session II
A. New Horizons: Health Hazards in the Recycling Industry Port of VancouverChair: Victoria Arrandale / Co-Chair: Julia Goyal
Sabrina Gravel Recycling is not all green: Workers' exposure to metals and flame retardants in Quebec e-recycling facilities
Sabrina Gravel Electronic waste recycling in Canada - Biomonitoring of workers' exposure to flame retardants
Sylvie Gravel Occupational health and safety conditions in recycling companies: new hiring niche for workers in precarious situations
Victoria H. Arrandale
Occupational exposure to flame retardants in a Canadian e-waste dismantling facility
Karen Bartlett Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Occupational and Environmental Exposures in Composting
B. Diversity in Research and Practice Port of SingaporeChair: Vicki Kristman / Co-Chair: Emily Reid-Musson
Sean Tucker A novel approach for identifying migrant worker injuries in Canadian compensation claims data
Joshua Armstrong Keeping the Boomers in the Labour Market: Examining Workplace Accommodation Needs of Older Workers Across Job Sectors
Vicki Kristman “This Permeates Far Beyond Just the Workplace”: The Importance of Respecting, Integrating and Incorporating Indigenous Ways of Living in the Workplace
Nancy Lightfoot Mino-nokiiwin: Community-based Indigenous Occupational Health, Safety, and Compensation Experience in Northern Ontario
Sandra Dorman CROSH country tour: identifying the occupational health and safety concerns of northern Ontario workers
C. Health and Disability Policies Port of San FranciscoChair: Mieke Koehoorn
Sally A. Kimpson Mapping the Canadian Work Disability Policy System
Dana Howse Supporting mobility to and within work with a physical disability: A scoping review
Anne Hudon Physiotherapy for injured workers in Canada: are current workers' compensation and clinics' policies threatening good quality and equity of care?
Piotr Majkowski Guides and Guilds in the Labyrinth: Perspectives of Labour Advocates on BC's Work Disability System
D. Development and Implementation of Health and Safety Tools Port of New YorkChair: Dwayne Van Eerd
Dwayne Van Eerd Workplace practices and policies to support workers with depression: Synthesizing the evidence
Melanie Gorman Ng Adaption of the Silica Control Tool model for Alberta
Dan Bilsker A systematic approach to identifying resilience training needs of EMS personnel
Kathryn Nichol Wet Work: A high-hazard activity in healthcare - Workplace screening for occupational contact dermatitis
Kathryn Nichol Development of a web-based assessment tool for JHSC functioning and effectiveness
3:30 pm Break and poster viewing
Monday, October 22: Day 1 (continued)
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4:00 pm Parallel Session III
A. Immigrants’ and Refugees’ Health and Safety Port of VancouverChair: Stephanie Premji
Basak Yanar Safe employment integration of recent immigrants and refugees
Victoria H. Arrandale
Occupational exposures among nail technicians in Toronto, Ontario
Sylvie Gravel Rehabilitation and Return-to-work Trajectories of Injured Immigrant Workers in the Greater Montréal Area: Factors Making "Vulnerability" a Complex and Systemic Issue
Stephanie Premji Return to Work in a Context of Language Barriers: A Comparative Study of Policies and Practices in Ontario and Quebec
B. Preventing Occupational Injuries and Illnesses I Port of SingaporeChair: Emile Tompa
Emile Tompa A 30-year Impact Analysis of the Implementation of Best Practices for Silica Dust Reduction in Construction: Costs, Benefits and Health Related Quality of Life
Katelyn Versteeg Utilizing Construction Safety Leading and Lagging Indicators to Measure Project Safety Performance: a case study
Robert Macpherson Is COR associated with lower firm-level injury rates? An evaluation of the effect of an audit-based occupational health and safety recognition program on firm-level injury rates in Alberta, Canada
Sara Sayed Identifying career firefighters' real-time physiological response during firefighting tasks: Implications for injury prevention
Joshua Armstrong A Supervisor Training Program for Work Disability Prevention: Preliminary Results from a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
C. Return-to-work: Challenges for the Precariously Employed and Mobile Workforce Port of San FranciscoChair: Katherine Lippel / Co-Chair: Allyson O’Connor
Katherine Lippel Regulatory effectiveness of Canadian workers' compensation return to work regimes applied to workers injured while precariously employed or engaged in employment-related mobility
Ellen MacEachen Access to workers' compensation and return to work for precariously employed workers in Ontario
Dana Howse Work disability and return to work: Policy and program challenges for mobile workers
Sonja Senthanar “I was losing my family, not just my health and ability to earn a wage”: Return to work and ripple effects on family for precariously employed workers
Whitney Haynes Does home province matter? A study of return-to-work after occupational injury in Alberta
D. Occupational Cancer Port of New YorkChair: Tim Takaro / Co-Chair: Sabrina Gravel
Cheryl Peters Known workplace hazards, new cancer sites: the Ontario study of Diesel Exhaust and Cancer of the Kidney (ON-DECK)
Elizabeth Rydz Estimating occupational exposure to second-hand smoke in Canada (CAREX Canada)
Sheila Kalenge Assessment of diesel exhaust exposure in municipal fire halls in Ontario
Mieke Koehoorn Documentation of occupation for patients with mesothelioma - interesting findings from a review of oncology medical records
Chaojie Song Estimating the Future Cancer Burden in Ontario Construction Workers
6:00 pm Gala Dinner Vistas 360
Monday, October 22: Day 1 (continued)
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8:00 am Registration and breakfast
8:30 am Opening Remarks Harbourfront I & II
Speaker Ian Shaw, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, WorkSafeBC
8:45 am Plenary Panel: Strategies to Improve the Use of Research and Evidence in Work and Health
Chair Chris McLeod, University of British Columbia
Speaker Alex McKeen, Work and Wealth Reporter, The Star Vancouver
Speaker Andrew Clarke, Executive Director, Physician Health Program
Speaker Lori Guiton, Director, Policy, Regulation and Research Division, WorkSafeBC
Speaker Lisa Ross-Rodriguez, Director, Occupational Disease and Injury Prevention, Alberta Ministry of Labour
10:00 am Break and poster viewing
10:30 am Parallel Session IV
A. Trends in Occupational Diseases (session will be 15 minutes longer) Port of VancouverChair: Paul Demers
Sharara Shakik New onset dermatitis among Ontarian workers: Results from the Occupational Disease Surveillance System
Chloe Logar-Henderson
New Onset Adult Asthma (NOAA) Among Ontarian Workers: Results from the Occupational Disease Surveillance System (ODSS)
Adriana Angarita Fonseca
Time trends for Chronic Back Disorders: Results from the Canadian Community Health Survey
Paul Demers Patterns of Asbestos-Related Disease in Ontario
M. Anne Harris Trends in Participation in Case-Control Studies of Occupational Risk Factors for Chronic Disease
Johannes Rebane A multi-level longitudinal analysis of occupational sick leave associated with macroeconomic shifts from 2000-2015
B. Knowledge Transfer Initiatives Port of SingaporeChair: Hugh Davies / Co-Chair: Sonja Senthanar
Monica Bienefeld Documenting the uses of research: Institute for Work & Health research impact case studies
Julie Bowring Communicating about Episodic Disabilities in the Workplace: Is the evidence being used?
Tyler Amell How to Conduct Applied Workplace Health Research with Employers
Dwayne Van Eerd Systematic review evidence in one minute or less
C. Preventing Occupational Injuries and Illnesses II Port of San Francisco Chair: Cameron Mustard
Amir Mofidi Impact of a Caregiver-Friendly Workplace Policy Intervention in the Education Sector: A Prospective Economic Evaluation
Cameron Mustard The implementation of violence prevention policies and programs in hospitals
Peter Smith The reporting and consequences of workplace violence in six Ontario hospitals
Shanie Roy Les travailleuses en maisons d'hébergement pour femmes et les risques psychotraumatiques : mise en oeuvre de mesures de prévention en santé et sécurité au travail
D. Returning-to-Work with a Mental Illness (session will be 15 minutes longer) Port of New YorkChair: Rebecca Gewurtz / Co-Chair: Danielle Aubin
Andrea Marie Jones Impact of anxiety and depression disorders on return-to-work transitions after musculoskeletal injury
Pam Lahey The Road from Welfare to Work for Recipients with Mental Illness: Who Travels It?
Rebecca Gewurtz Negotiating Workplace Accommodations for Employees with Mental Illness
Vicki Kristman Supervisor and worker perspectives on workplace factors and job accommodations for mental health disorders in the workplace
Tuesday, October 23: Day 2
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Emile Tompa Cost-benefit Case Studies of Accommodated Workers from the Aspiring Workforce
Camille Lanthier Riopel
Workplace Accommodation for People With Mental Health Problems: portrait of tribunal decisions and consequences for workers
11:45 am Lunch
12:15 pm CARWH Annual General Meeting Harbourfront I & II
12:45 pm Poster viewing Harbourfront III
1:30 pm Parallel Session V
A. Preventing Occupational Injuries and Illnesses III Port of VancouverChair: Phil Bigelow
Tammy Eger All shook up: strategies for whole-body vibration exposure management in underground mining
Cameron Mustard Worker participation and the prevention of occupational injury: cross-sectional study in the Ontario mining industry
Diandra Budd Raising awareness of hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) and promoting disease prevention through the use of posters
Phil Bigelow Exploring Approaches to Improving the Health of Truck Drivers in Manitoba by Integrating Knowledge Regarding Whole Body Vibration Exposures with Overall Driver Wellness
Mamdouh Shubair Long-Haul Truck Drivers: Evaluation of Best Practice Evidence in Health Promotion, Safety and Wellness Programs in British Columbia
B. Occupational Exposures Port of SingaporeChair: Cheryl Peters
Tadhg O’Leary Hydrogen Sulphide Exposure on Dairy Farms in British Columbia: Are your workers at risk?
Dunia Julienne Ouedraogo
Measurement error associated with estimating 8h time-weighted-average exposure from less than 8-hour long samples.
Cheryl Peters Results of a solar UV exposure measurement campaign at workplaces in three provinces
Joanne Kim Endocrine disruption and employment in the plastic and rubber manufacturing industry: an analysis of the Canadian Health Measures Survey
Jérôme Lavoué Availability of a New Job-Exposure Matrix (CANJEM) for Epidemiologic and Occupational Medicine Purposes
Simileoluwa Ishau Establishing Acceptable Daily Exposure Levels for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients in Home Healthcare Workplace
C. Cannabis and Opioids Port of San Francisco Chair: Hugh Davies
Sheilah Hogg-Johnson
Comparing Opioid Exposure Among Workers' Compensation Claimants Across Two Pharmaceutical Databases
Nancy Carnide The impact of cannabis use on occupational safety outcomes: A systematic review
Nancy Carnide Risk of workplace injuries and death associated with the use of select prescription central nervous system drugs: A systematic review
Jeanne Sears Evaluation of an Opioid Prescribing Report Mailed to Washington State Workers' Compensation Providers with High-Risk Opioid Prescribing Patterns
D. Mental Health at Work Port of New YorkChair: Mieke Koehoorn / Co-Chair: Kathleen Dobson
Emma Irvin Preventing work disability in workers with depression; a systematic review
Sarah Simkin Mental Health Issues, Leaves of Absence, and Return to Work of Canadian Physicians: A Case Study from the Healthy Professional/Knowledge Worker Research Initiative
Janet Mantler Taking a mental health leave of absence: A pilot study examining occupation and gender differences
Michel Lariviere Suicidal thoughts among mining industry workers: Preliminary findings from a large cross-sectional study
2:45 pm Break
Tuesday, October 23: Day 2 (continued)
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3:00 pm Lightning Session: Top Poster Abstracts
A. Exposure Assessment, Surveillance and Prevention Port of VancouverChair: Cheryl Peters
M. Anne Harris Shiftwork and breast, ovarian and prostate cancer in a Canadian population-based cohort (CanCHEC)
Nathan DeBono Investigating worker concerns over excess mortality at an automotive electronics manufacturing facility in Alabama, U.S.A.
Nicola Blagrove-Hall Monte Carlo Simulation to Reconstruct Silica Exposure in the Ontario Mining Industry
Victoria H Arrandale Ontario's Occupational Disease Action Plan: Aligning the provincial health and safety system towards occupational disease prevention
Jérôme Lavoué A new Bayesian calculation platform for the interpretation of occupational exposure levels compared to exposure limits
Katherine Jardine Exposure reduction strategies for diesel engine exhaust: Developing infographics for primary prevention
Danielle Aubin After the Dust Settles: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Underground Workers Who Received Aluminum Dust Prophylaxis
Julia Goyal A world without rules: Navigating health and safety in the Airbnb marketplace
Mieke Koehoorn Twenty-five Years of Claims Data for Compensated Occupational Illnesses - What Has Changed?
B. Mental Health, Return to Work, and Organizational Factors Port of SingaporeChair: Chris McLeod
Caroline Dignard Health and wellness of Canadian mining workers: predictors of stress-related symptoms and illnesses
Nabeelah Ahmed Resident Physicians: Mental Health Experiences, Resources, and Challenges in Post-Graduate Medical Education - A Case Study of Ontario
Aikaterini Grimani The impact of worksite mental health interventions on work-related outcomes: A Systematic Review
Aviroop Biswas Organizational factors associated with the implementation of occupational health and safety and wellness activities in Ontario
Anne Hudon First-line healthcare providers for injured workers: what is their influence in return to work? A four jurisdiction critical interpretive comparison
Shannon Killip Differences in disability management claims and the return to process of first responders compared to high and low physical demand occupations
Sean Tucker Assessing high quality employment counselling on the mental health of individuals with mobility impairments
Robert Macpherson Does place of residence affect work disability duration? A comparative analysis of six Canadian workers' compensation systems
Tammy Eger Outcomes of a participatory ergonomics study for musculoskeletal risk reduction in coreshacks
4:00 pm Closing Plenary and Student Awards
Speakers Chris McLeod and Stephanie Premji
Tuesday, October 23: Day 2 (continued)
Abstracts are posted atwww.spph.ubc.ca/carwh2018
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Andrew Clarke
Dr. Andrew Clarke grew up in Vancouver and studied chemistry at Stanford University and medicine at UBC. He did his post-graduate training in Ontario, and practised Occupational Medicine privately in Toronto for 22 years. In 2008, he moved back to Vancouver to lead the Physician Health Program and has held that position since then. Andrew’s research interests are in the field of organizational (workplace) interventions to facilitate return to work and reduce conflict in the workplace. In particular, his focus has been on the effects of common mental health issues both on those diagnosed and on their colleagues.
Toby Desnomie
Toby Desnomie is the Founder, President & CEO of Saskatchewan First Nations Safety Association, and Founder and National Chairman of the Canadian First Nations Safety Association. Toby is Nehiyaw from the Peepeekisis Cree Nation within the Treaty #4 Territory. He has been working alongside First Nation communities as a technician, manager, and consultant for over 20 years. Toby was the Recipient of the 2016 SHSA Safety Leadership Award for Outstanding Leadership in Health and Safety. Toby’s education and career are a genuine reflection of his journey towards building awareness and safe communities.
Lori Guiton
Lori Guiton is the Director of the Policy, Regulation and Research Division at WorkSafeBC. She is responsible for policy and regulation development in the areas of occupational health and safety, compensation, occupational disease, and employer assessments. Lori is also responsible for WorkSafeBC’s research program. This department supports occupational health, safety and workers’ compensation research and the transfer of research knowledge.
Vicki Kristman
Dr. Vicki Kristman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Sciences at Lakehead University and the Inaugural Director for a new Research Institute at Lakehead University: EPID@Work – Enhancing the Prevention of Injury and Disability @ Work. She also holds appointments in the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, and the Institute for Work & Health in Toronto. She holds a doctoral degree in epidemiology and completed the CIHR Work Disability Prevention strategic training program as a postdoc at the University Health Network in Toronto. In 2014, she was awarded a prestigious CIHR New Investigator Award for her program of research on “Preventing Work Disability through Accommodation”. She is currently leading projects to test the effectiveness of a supervisor training program to prevent prolonged work disability; to identify factors associated with Indigenous work, health and safety, and to determine factors associated with supervisors’ support for providing work accommodations for workers with mental health disorders.
Plenary Speakers
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Nancy Lightfoot
Dr. Nancy Lightfoot is an epidemiologist with a B.Sc. (Microbiology), M.Sc. (Microbiology), and Ph.D. (Community Health- Epidemiology) from the University of Toronto. She is a Full Professor, and Graduate Coordinator for the Master’s of Interdisciplinary Health Program, in the School of Rural and Northern Health at Laurentian University. She conducts quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research. Her research experience includes work on several large mining cohort studies of nickel and copper-zinc workers, prostate cancer case-control studies, the impacts of wildfires on communities, community-based Indigenous occupational health and safety experience, congenital heart disease survival and satisfaction with care, and the impact of mining-related lung cancer on caregivers, etc. She is an Affiliated Scientist with Cancer Care Ontario’s Occupational Cancer Research Centre and has experience on several occupationally focused grant review panels. She teaches critical appraisal and research methods to master’s and doctoral students (Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Rural and Northern Health), as well as supervising both master’s and doctoral level graduate students.
Alex McKeen
Alex McKeen is The Star Vancouver’s Work and Wealth reporter, covering a range of issues impacting workers and employers in the twenty-first century economy. She enjoys using data to tell stories about how work is changing, while also trying to upgrade her data skills so as to stay relevant as her own field evolves.
Jeannie Morgan
Dr. Jeannie Morgan is a Limited Term Lecturer in the Department of First Nations Studies at Simon Fraser University. She is an Indigenous qualitative researcher who has completed a PhD in Sociology at the University of British Columbia. For her dissertation, she used critical Indigenous and feminist methodologies to explore how Indigenous women cope with the competing demands of seasonal, part-time salmon cannery work and family and how these dynamics impact (directly and indirectly) the wellbeing of women and families. She brings over 20 years of experience of working with First Nations communities in the public and private sector. Her past, current, and future research projects reflect her dedication to examining significant sociopolitical problems as they relate to the intersections of Indigeneity, gender, health and wellbeing. This ethic has been exercised in her research experiences, including her academic activist work with the Vancouver Status of Women, as well as her research involvement with the Someone’s Mother, Sister or Daughter project through the University of Victoria which resulted in peer-reviewed co-authored publications in Hypatia and Violence Against Women, and examined Canadian media coverage of disappeared and murdered women in Western Canada. She is currently working on an article that examines economic wellbeing as a determinant of health for Indigenous precarious workers.
Plenary Speakers
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Lisa Ross-Rodriguez
Dr. Lisa Ross Rodriguez is the Director of the Occupational Disease and Injury Prevention Section in the Ministry of Labour. Dr. Ross-Rodriguez received her MSc and PhD from the University of Alberta in Medical Sciences. Her role with the government is to facilitate collaborations with a focus on research, surveillance, informatics and evaluation that will assist in making evidence-informed policy decisions for occupational disease and injury prevention. In order to build knowledge capacity, Dr. Ross-Rodriguez works to connect with likeminded researchers and partners, and pool resources with the result being the reduction and/or elimination occupational diseases and injuries. She also has a passion for wellness and building a positive workplace culture through mentorship and coaching.
Ian Shaw
Ian Shaw has provided trusted legal and governance advice and strategic planning for two of B.C.’s largest public agencies for the past 15 years. In 2015, he was appointed senior vice-president and general counsel for WorkSafeBC. He advises on legal, policy, regulation, and related business matters. Ian previously worked at ICBC, as a director in three different claims divisions before becoming general counsel.Ian holds an MBA in strategic management from UBC’s Sauder School of Business and Manchester Business School. He has been a McLaren Housing Society of BC board member, an executive on loan to United Way, and a group leader for a marathon training clinic.
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Posters
(P-01) After the Dust Settles: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Underground Workers Who Received Aluminum Dust Prophylaxis (Danielle Aubin)
(P-02) Accessing Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorder Risk Perception Among Recently Relocated Syrian Refugees in Canada and Testing an Approach to Change Perceptions of Risk for Common Lifting Tasks (Roghiyeh Nazari)
(P-03) A world without rules: Navigating health and safety in the Airbnb marketplace (Julia Goyal)
(P-04) Blue Collar Work: Looking at Interactions with Health and Ageing (Teeyaa Nur)
(P-05) Differences in disability management claims and the return to process of first responders compared to high and low physical demand occupations (Shannon Killip)
(P-06) Assessing high quality employment counselling on the mental health of individuals with mobility impairments (Sean Tucker)
(P-07) Analysis of Engagement Between Ethics and Return-to-Work (RTW) Discourses in Respective Academic Literature (Wentao Li)
(P-08) Exposure reduction strategies for diesel engine exhaust: Developing infographics for primary prevention (Katherine Jardine)
(P-09) Thinking like a social entrepreneur to take research to market (Kim Slade)
(P-10) First-line healthcare providers for injured workers: what is their influence in return to work? A four jurisdiction critical interpretive comparison (Anne Hudon)
(P-11) Organizational factors associated with the implementation of occupational health and safety and wellness activities in Ontario (Aviroop Biswas)
(P-12) TRRUST youth aging out of care employment survey (Annie Smith)
(P-13) Systematically reviewing range of motion assessment for determining permanent functional impairment of the spine (Suelen M. Goes)
(P-14) Ontario’s Occupational Disease Action Plan: Aligning the provincial health and safety system towards occupational disease prevention (Victoria Arrandale)
(P-15) Expenditures on occupational health and safety for a representative sample of Canadian employers (Cameron Mustard)
(P-16) Counting Occupational Carcinogens: The Importance of Occupational Exposures in Cancer Prevention (Katherine Jardine)
(P-17) The Impact of Workplace Harassment on Mental Health and Self-Reported Health in the US Working Population (Allyson O’Connor)
(P-18) Twenty-five years of claims data for compensated occupational illnesses – What has changed? (Mieke Koehoorn)
(P-19) “I don’t have the opportunity to prove myself”: Syrian refugee women experiences of searching for and securing work in Canada (Sonja Senthanar)
(P-20) Shiftwork and breast, ovarian and prostate cancer in a Canadian population-based cohort (CanCHEC) (M. Anne Harris)
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(P-21) Functional impairment in workers with Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS): A retrospective chart review (Diandra Budd)
(P-22) Determinants of Sleep Quality in Workers within a Canadian Mining Workforce (Alexie Dennie)
(P-23) How are the Psychosocial and Physical Work Environments Associated with Latent Smoking Trajectories? A 16-year Study of the Canadian Workforce (Kathleen Dobson)
(P-24) Perfect Strangers: Benefits and barriers in the collaboration of health science and organizational behaviour researchers (Arif Jetha)
(P-25) Using research to drive integration of health and safety behaviours in the workplace (Delia Roberts)
(P-26) Resident Physicians: Mental Health Experiences, Resources, and Challenges in Post-Graduate Medical Education - A Case Study of Ontario (Nabeelah Ahmed)
(P-27) The impact of worksite mental health interventions on work-related outcomes: A Systematic Review (Aikaterini Grimani)
(P-28) Health and wellness of Canadian mining workers: predictors of stress-related symptoms and illnesses (Caroline Dignard)
(P-29) The impact of workers’ compensation claim maturity on OHS indicators (Martin Lebeau)
(P-30) International Efforts to Establish Policies and Regulations in Engineered Nanomaterials (Byron Gates)
(P-31) Outcomes of a participatory ergonomics study for musculoskeletal risk reduction in coreshacks (Tammy Eger)
(P-32) Investigating worker concerns over excess mortality at an automotive electronics manufacturing facility in Alabama, U.S.A. (Nathan DeBono)
(P-33) Testing the hand dermatitis screening tool in the home healthcare sector (Kathryn Nichol)
(P-34) Monte Carlo Simulation to Reconstruct Silica Exposure in the Ontario Mining Industry (Nicola Blagrove-Hall)
(P-35) An update to CAREX Canada’s estimates of exposure to shiftwork in Canada (Elizabeth Rydz)
(P-37) Analysis of the National Fire Information Database to identify Canadian firefighters’ injuries in relation to fire response characteristics (Kathryn E. Sinden)
(P-38) Health and Safety in Nail Salons: A Survey in Toronto, Canada (Sadaf Sanaat)
(P-39) Does place of residence affect work disability duration? A comparative analysis of six Canadian workers’ compensation systems (Robert Macpherson)
(P-40) A new Bayesian calculation platform for the interpretation of occupational exposure levels compared to exposure limits (Jérôme Lavoué)
(P-41) Workplace training for preventing work-related skin disease: quantitative and qualitative studies to explore worker experience (Victoria Arrandale)
(P-42) ROPS compliance and tractor type in Atlantic Canada: results from a study assessing need for and interest in a low cost ROPS intervention (Barbara Neis)
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Acknowledgements
Organizing CommitteeChristopher McLeod (Co-Chair), University of British Columbia
Stephanie Premji (Co-Chair), McMaster University
Victoria Arrandale, Occupational Cancer Research Centre
Hugh Davies, University of British Columbia
Catherine Trask, University of Saskatchewan
Deepani Weerapura, WorkSafeBC
Xiaoke Zeng, University of Toronto
Scientific CommitteeChristopher McLeod (Co-Chair), University of British Columbia
Stephanie Premji (Co-Chair), McMaster University
Stephen Bornstein, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Daniel Côté, Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST)
Eduardo Huesca, Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers
Mieke Koehoorn, University of British Columbia
Vicki Kristman, Lakehead University
France Labrèche, IRSST; Université de Montreal
Barbara Neis, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Cheryl Peters, Alberta Health Services
Jessica Riel, Université du Québec en Outaouais
Tim Takaro, Simon Fraser University
Sean Tucker, University of Regina
Logistical SupportSally Clelford, Face 2 Face Events Management
Vicki Price, Face 2 Face Events Management
Sylvia Ranspach, University of British Columbia
Dawn Mooney, University of British Columbia
TranslationMarie Laberge, Université de Montréal
France Labrèche, Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST)
Jérôme Lavoué, Université de Montréal; Centre de recherche du CHUM
Trainee and New Reseacher Day CommitteeCheryl Peters, Co-chair; Alberta Health Services
Xiaoke Zeng, Co-chair; University of Toronto
Momtaz Begum, Member, Institute for Work and Health
Caroline Dignard, Member, Laurentian University
Adriana Angarita Fonseca, Member, University of Saskatchewan
Julia Goyal, Member, University of Waterloo
Sabrina Gravel, Member, Université de Montréal
Christopher MacDonald, Member, University of Toronto
Sonja Senthanar, Member, University of Waterloo
Kimberly Sharpe, Member, University of British Columbia
Jeavana Sritharan, Member, Occupational Cancer Research Centre
Trainee Awards CommitteeVictoria Arrandale, Chair; Occupational Cancer Research Centre
Hugh Davies, University of British Columbia
Amy Hall, University of British Columbia
Arif Jetha, McMaster University
Jérôme Lavoué, Université de Montréal; Centre de recherche du CHUM
Cheryl Peters, Alberta Health Services
Trainee Travel Bursary RecipientsSpecial thanks to IRSST, CARWH and registrants who kindly donated funds to make these awards possible.
Danielle Aubin, Laurentian University
Caroline Dignard, Laurentian University
Kathleen Dobson, University of Toronto
Julia Goyal, University of Waterloo
Sabrina Gravel, Université de Montréal
Joanne Kim, McGill University
Camille Lanthier-Riopel, University of Ottawa
Teeyaa Nur, University of Waterloo
Dunia Julienne Ouedraogo, Université de Montréal
Sadaf Sanaat, University of Toronto
Sara Sayed, Lakehead University
Sonja Senthanar, University of Waterloo
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The Canadian Association for Research on Work and Health (CARWH) is a non-profit association of
Canadian researchers whose work focuses on the prevention and management of ill health, disability,
and injury associated with work activities and environments. Founded in 2001, CARWH has a mission to
enhance and promote research on workplace health, safety, and well-being in Canada and to advocate
for research on how work and work environments can be altered to improve health, safety, and wellness
among Canadians.
Regular membership is open to anyone who identifies him/herself as a work and health researcher in
Canada. Nonvoting Associate and Organizational memberships are available for individuals or groups that
have an interest in CARWH activities but are not health and work researchers. To apply for membership,
visit http://www.carwh.ca/membership/default.html
CARWH Board of Directors, 2016-2018President: Catherine Trask, University of Saskatchewan
Vice-President/President Elect: Stephanie Premji, McMaster University
Past-President & Treasurer : Hugh Davies, University of British Columbia
Secretary: Victoria Arrandale, University of Toronto
Trainee Representative: Xiaoke Zeng, University of Toronto
Member-at-large: Tyler Amell, Morneau Shepell, Calgary
Member-at-large: Amy Hall, International Agency for Research on Cancer
Member-at-large: France Labrèche, Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail; Université de Montréal
Member-at-large: Jérôme Lavoué, Université de Montréal; Centre de recherche du CHUM
Member-at-large: Anil Adisesh, Dalhousie University
Member-at-large: Behdin Nowrouzi, Laurentian University
Member-at-large: Craig Ervine, University of Waterloo
Member-at-large: Arif Jetha, McMaster University
Member-at-large: Marie Laberge, Université de Montréal
Member-at-large: Barb Neis, Memorial University
Member-at-large: Cheryl Peters, Alberta Health Services
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