October 2012: Partnership co-lead Mieke Koehoorn gave a presentation about asbestos-related disease and workers’ compensation at the Occupational and Environmental Medical Association of Canada Annual Scientific Conference on Oct. 1, 2012.
Partnership news
CIHR Project Grant Success: Substance Use, Work and Well-Being in Trades and Construction
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July 2025: Chris McLeod, PWHS Director, and Lindsey Richardson, Associate Professor in the UBC Department of Sociology, are co-principal investigators on a successful CIHR project grant focused on reducing substance-use related harm among people working in construction and trades in BC. In the context of the ongoing, intractable challenges linked to drug use and drug-related harm, people working in construction and trades bear a disproportionate burden of this harm, and there is a lack of published, action-oriented research in this area. The work funded by this grant will fill critical research and knowledge mobilization gaps.
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PWHS students win Best Student Oral Presentation Awards at the 2025 CARWH Conference
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Jun 2025: Congratulations to Chizitara Nkwopara, a recent MSc OEH graduate, and Harman Sandhu, a current MSc OEH student, who received the Best Student Oral Presentation Awards at this year’s conference.
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Presentations at CARWH 2025
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June 2025: PWHS researchers will give five presentations at the Canadian Association for Research on Work and Health Conference, June 3-2, 2025 in Ottawa, ON.
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