Research Training Award success
September 2012: Congratulations to Partnership Graduate Research Assistant Kim McLeod for her success in the WorkSafeBC 2012 Research Training Awards competition. Read more about Kim’s work in WorkSafeBC’s Policy and Regulation Division e-Newsletter.
New research coordinator
September 2012: We are pleased to welcome Billy Quirke as a new Partnership research coordinator. Billy will be evaluating the effectiveness of health and safety regulations.
Mesothelioma compensation study recruitment update
September 2012: We have completed recruitment of patients and family members for a study about mesothelioma compensation, but we are still seeking physician participants.
New CIHR grant: Gender, Sex, and Work Injury
July 2012: The Partnership has been successful in CIHR’s latest operating grant competition. Three years of funding has been secured to investigate differences in workers’ compensation experiences by sex and gender.
Serious workplace injuries
June 2012: Partnership research published in PLoS ONE finds that older women are more prone to serious injury in the workplace. View the article, the media release, a blog post in the BC Medical Journal, an article in Canadian Occupational Safety magazine, or learn more about our work on serious injuries.
Welcome to the new Partnership web site!
If you are interested in receiving occasional updates about our work, or if you have comments for us, please contact us.
Partnership work presented at CARWH in Vancouver
June 2012: Partnership co-lead Mieke Koehoorn gave a keynote presentation about using existing data for work and health research and a presentation about gender differences in disability duration at the Canadian Association for Research on Work and Health conference. Partnership researchers also presented preliminary results on wood dust exposure and mesothelioma compensation.
2012 Walk for Truth – Asbestos Kills
May 2012: The Asbestos-related Research, Education and Advocacy Fund (AREA Fund) is hosting the Walk for Truth on June 10 in Powell River, BC, to raise awareness of asbestos-related disease.
Partnership research featured in WorkSafe Magazine
May 2012: A feature article in the May/June edition reports on Partnership work on serious injuries that found that older women working in health care are among those most vulnerable. More on serious injuries.
Mesothelioma compensation study
April 2012: We are now recruiting participants for a study about mesothelioma compensation.
Partnership work presented at ICOH in Cancun, Mexico
March 2012: Partnership co-lead Chris McLeod gave a poster about risk of injury for BC tree-fallers and a presentation about age, gender, and serious injuries at the International Commission on Occupational Health Congress 2012.
New WorkSafeBC data at Population Data BC
March 2012: New data from WorkSafeBC are now available for researchers.
Partnership Annual Report 2010-2011
December 2011: Featuring our research on cancer surveillance and compensation, work-related injuries, and the use of linked occupational health data.
Do private clinics or expedited fees reduce disability duration for injured workers following knee surgery?
A new article in Healthcare Policy reports that workers who received expedited surgery in public hospitals had the shortest disability duration.
WorkSafeBC launches asbestos exposure prevention website
HiddenKiller.ca reflects the efforts of WorkSafeBC to raise awareness about the potential deadly effects of asbestos exposure in BC workplaces.
WorkSafeBC renews Partnership funding
March 2011: WorkSafeBC’s Board of Directors approved the renewal of Partnership funding for five years.
