December 2012
Partnership activities over the past year have focused on research, data development, and knowledge translation and exchange. Research highlights include advances in our work on mesothelioma compensation, serious work-related injuries, and the relationship between sex, gender, work injury, and disability duration. Our data development activities have focused on building a database, held by Population Data BC, using data from WorkSafeBC’s Claims Management System. Knowledge translation efforts included the launch of our new Partnership website in May 2012 and a major presence at the Canadian Association for Research on Work and Health conference in Vancouver in June 2012.
We have also developed two new strategic foci over the past year: the evaluation of occupational health and safety programs and regulations and the development of a national and international comparative research agenda.
And, we congratulate our outstanding research trainees, who have won awards, published papers, and successfully transitioned from school to work roles this year.
