Recommended readings on gender, sex and health
March 2014: Expand your mind with five gender/sex must-reads from Mieke Koehoorn, Partnership Co-lead and CIHR Chair in Gender, Work and Health.
Mental Health and (return to) Work – Experiences from The Netherlands
March 2014: Ute Bültmann will give a talk at Green College at UBC on Wednesday March 12, at 5pm.
Seminar on heat-related illness
February 2014: Our visiting scientist Melanie Fortune will give a seminar on work-attributed illness from excess heat exposure on Feb 14 at 12:30 pm. Join live or online.
National launch of the Centre for Research on Work Disability Policy
January 2014: A multi-site and online event will launch this new SSHRC-funded pan-Canadian research centre on Feb 4, 2014.
Video: Shaping Science for a Healthier World
January 2014: The CIHR Institute for Gender and Health has created an inspiring video about why gender and sex matter to our health.
Graduate student opportunities
December 2013: Partnership co-lead Chris McLeod invites applications from students interested in OHS policies, compensation systems, and occupational injury or disease.
Alf Nachemson Memorial Lecture
November 2013: Partnership co-lead Mieke Koehoorn will discuss the contribution of research to informing regulatory and compensation policy in worker health protection in BC at this annual lecture at the Institute for Work & Health in Toronto on Nov. 21.
Evaluating health and safety inspections
October 2013: Kim McLeod, a Partnership PhD trainee funded by WorkSafeBC, presented her her work on health and safety inspections at WorkSafeBC on Sept. 27. View her presentation.
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. View his presentation
Mieke Koehoorn speaks at the Scottish Informatics Programme conference
August 2013: Partnership co-lead Mieke Koehoorn spoke about using existing data for health research at the Scottish Informatics Programme conference in St Andrews, Scotland on August 29. View her presentation.
The role of sex and gender in workplace safety
August 2013: Partnership co-lead Mieke Koehoorn’s work is featured in the Journal of Commerce.
Walk for Truth – Asbestos Kills
July 2013: Partnership staff Suhail Marino and Billy Quirke walked in the annual Walk for Truth, hosted by the Asbestos-related Research, Education and Advocacy Fund (AREA Fund) in Powell River, BC on June 22nd, to raise awareness of the hazards of asbestos and to honour victims of asbestos-related disease.
Partnership research on sex and gender featured in WorkSafeBC e-newsletter
July 2013: The Policy and Regulation Division e-newsletter reports on Mieke Koehoorn’s research looking at occupational health and safety and workers’ compensation through the lens of sex and gender.
CIHR New Investigator award for Chris McLeod
June 2013: Congratulations to Partnership co-lead Chris McLeod on his receipt of a new investigator award for his research program on work and health.
Upcoming presentation on using workers compensation data in comparative, cross-jurisdictional research
June 2013: Partnership co-lead Chris McLeod will speak about the promise and challenge of using workers compensation data in comparative, cross-jurisdictional research at the 23rd Conference on Epidemiology in Occupational Health (EPICOH) in Utrecht, The Netherlands on June 20. Read more about our international comparative research.
Seminar: Does surgical setting or expedited fees matter for return-to-work after knee surgery?
May 2013: Partnership co-lead Mieke Koehoorn will give a CHEOS seminar at noon on May 22 at St Paul’s Hospital. More Partnership research on this topic.
