Publications

Evaluating a new voluntary occupational health and safety management system program in the context of a pandemic

Journal article
Sivaraj LB, Macpherson RA, McLeod CB.
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health. 2026 Apr 2:4285. doi: 10.5271/sjweh.4285. Online ahead of print.

Impact of COVID-19 on mental disorder claims among healthcare workers

Journal article
Puyat JH, Banal MA, Vigo D, McLeod CB.
Occupational Medicine. 2026 Mar 10:kqag002. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqag002. Online ahead of print.

Exploring the implementation of a new voluntary occupational health and safety program in Ontario, Canada: a thematic analysis

Journal article
Sharpe K, Peck HH, Marino S, Jones AM, McLeod CB.
Front Public Health. 2026 Mar 3;14:1768542. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1768542. eCollection 2026.

Does having a certified occupational health and safety management system lead to a greater injury rate reduction? An evaluation of the Certificate of Recognition program in Ontario, Canada

Journal article
Macpherson RA, McLeod CB.
Journal of Safety Research. 2026 Jun;97:1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2026.01.017. Online ahead of print.

Impact of heat exposure on workers’ health and safety: a scoping review

Journal article
Guo X, Nkwopara C, Peters CE, Villeneuve PJ, McLeod CB.
Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2026 Jan 21;82(11):563-570. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2025-110281.

“He was Threatened and Told to Cooperate”: Immigrant Worker Experiences with the Workers’ Compensation System in the Canadian Context

Journal article
Senthanar S, Ahmadi B, Creese G, Marino S, McLeod CB, Koehoorn M.
Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2025 Jul 7. doi: 10.1007/s10926-025-10307-1. Online ahead of print.

Provision of employment-related settlement services and relationship with paid employment for immigrants in Canada

Journal article
Senthanar S, Koehoorn M, McLeod CB.
PLoS One. 2025 Apr 29;20(4):e0321927. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0321927.

Injury and Return to Work Among Maritime Workers in British Columbia, Canada

Journal article
Neis B, Macpherson RA, Shan D, Small C, Ochs C, Tamburic L, McLeod CB.
New Solutions. 2025 Mar 4:10482911251316325. doi: 10.1177/10482911251316325. Online ahead of print.

Occupational asbestos exposure and gastrointestinal cancers: systematic review and meta-analyses

Journal article
Koehoorn M, McLeod CB, Fan J, Arrandale VH, Davies HW, Dement JM, Pahwa M, Peters CE, Stayner L, Straif K, Demers PA.
Occup Environ Med. 2025 Feb 10:oemed-2024-109707. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2024-109707. Online ahead of print.

Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Occupational Health and Safety Management System Certification Program on Firm Work Injury Rates in Alberta, Canada

Journal article
McLeod CB, Macpherson RA.
Am J Ind Med. 2024 Dec 17. doi: 10.1002/ajim.23690. Online ahead of print.

News

Preliminary program available for the 7th International Work Disability Prevention and Integration (WDPI) Conference

April 2026: The the preliminary program for the 7th International Work Disability Prevention and Integration (WDPI) Conference is now posted at https://wdpi2026.ca/.

New papers: Evaluating the Health and Safety Excellence program

April 2026: Two new papers are published based on our evaluation of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)’s Health and Safety Excellence program in Ontario.

CIHR Project Grant Success: Substance Use, Work and Well-Being in Trades and Construction

July 2025: Chris McLeod, PWHS Director, and Lindsey Richardson, Associate Professor in the UBC Department of Sociology, are co-principal investigators on a successful CIHR project grant focused on reducing substance-use related harm among people working in construction and trades in BC. In the context of the ongoing, intractable challenges linked to drug use and drug-related harm, people working in construction and trades bear a disproportionate burden of this harm, and there is a lack of published, action-oriented research in this area. The work funded by this grant will fill critical research and knowledge mobilization gaps.

PWHS students win Best Student Oral Presentation Awards at the 2025 CARWH Conference

Jun 2025: Congratulations to Chizitara Nkwopara, a recent MSc OEH graduate, and Harman Sandhu, a current MSc OEH student, who received the Best Student Oral Presentation Awards at this year’s conference.