Upcoming seminars

February 2015: Mieke Koehoorn is scheduled to give seminars at Simon Fraser University on Feb 26 and and UBC on March 17. Both seminars will be webcast.

Research informing work health policies and programs using workers’ compensation claims data
Mieke Koehoorn
Research Seminar Series
Simon Fraser University Faculty of Health Sciences
February 26, 2015

How do I love data? Let me count the ways… Using linked databases for work and health research
Mieke Koehoorn
Population Data BC Spring 2015 Coast to Coast Seminar Series
University of BC
March 17, 2015

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.