January 2017: Our Co-Director Chris McLeod is in Ottawa and Montreal this month presenting our work to stakeholders at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) on Jan. 26 and Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et sécurité du travail (IRSST) on Jan. 27.
At IRCC Chris will present the results of a novel study marking the first linkage of injury claim data from WorkSafeBC with immigration data from IRCC. This work, led by Niloufar Saffari, aimed to identify and understand differences in the experiences of immigrant- and Canadian-born workers with the BC workers’ compensation system, finding that both recent and established immigrants have longer disability durations after injury than Canadian-born workers, especially younger immigrant workers and recent immigrant men. These findings will help guide improvements in disability management policies and return-to-work programs.
At IRSST Chris will share results of our work comparing disability durations for similar injuries and occupations across Canadian provinces, and discuss future collaboration opportunities. Learn more about this interjurisdictional work.
