Chris McLeod speaks at AWCBC Learning Symposium

September 2013: Partnership co-lead Chris McLeod spoke about implementation and evaluation of workplace OHS interventions at the 2013 Association of Workers’ Compensation Boards of Canada (AWCBC) Learning Symposium in Saint John NB. He was a panelist with Ben Amick, with the panel considering traditional regulatory approaches as well as voluntary and incentive-based programs.

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Cascadia Symposium on Environmental, Occupational, and Population Health

October 2024: The Annual Cascadia Symposium on Environmental, Occupational, and Population Health will be held January 9-10, 2025 at the Semiahmoo Resort in Blaine, WA. Registration and the call for abstracts are open.

New paper: Heat-related illness among workers in BC

August 2024: BC experienced an unprecedented summer with record-breaking high temperatures in 2021. This study characterized occupational heat-related illness (HRI) among BC workers by estimating by incidence rates and associations between heatwaves and HRI, with a focus on comparing risks during the 2021 summer and prior summers from 2001-2020. Read more in the Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health.

New paper: The impact of regulatory workplace safety inspections on workers’ compensation claim rates

July 2024: This study examined whether regulatory workplace safety inspections in Alberta resulted in reductions in workers’ compensation claims rates for inspected firms relative to comparable non-inspected firms. Findings indicate that inspections generally do not result in greater reductions in firm-level claim rates in the construction, manufacturing, and transportation sectors. Read more in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine.