CARWH 2018Research and Practice to Improve

Health in a Changing World of Work

Conference Program

October 21-23, 2018

Pinnacle Hotel Vancouver Harbourfront

CARWHCanadian Association for Research on Work and Health

Association canadienne de recherche en santé au travailACRST

CARWHCanadian Association for

Research on Work and Health

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CARWHCanadian Association for Research on Work and Health

Association canadienne de recherche en santé au travailACRST

CARWHCanadian Association for Research on Work and Health

Association canadienne de recherche en santé au travailACRST

CARWHCanadian Association for Research on Work and Health

Association canadienne de recherche en santé au travailACRST

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Welcome

The Canadian Association for Research on Work & Health and the School of Population and Public Health

at the University of British Columbia are delighted to welcome you to the CARWH 2018 Conference,

Canada’s premier meeting focused on work and health research.

CARWH conferences have brought together scientists, students and trainees, occupational health & safety

practitioners, epidemiologists, clinicians, and policy-makers every two years since its inception in 2001.

CARWH meetings are interdisciplinary and seek to bridge important gaps in work and health research by

promoting knowledge exchange, research partnerships, and translation of research into the prevention and

management of work-related injury and illness.

The 2018 conference is CARWH’s 10th biennial meeting. It builds upon the success of the 2016 conference

in Toronto, Ontario and earlier meetings by offering a stimulating and diverse program of keynote

presentations, panels, and parallel and poster sessions. The program, developed by the CARWH 2018

Scientific Committee with support from the Canadian Association for Research on Work & Health and the

School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia, reflects the excellence of work

and health research across the country.

We have planned several opportunities to engage with like-minded researchers over the course of the

conference, including a welcoming reception, gala dinner, and CARWH Annual General Meeting. We hope

that you enjoy the conference and all that Vancouver has to offer during your stay.

Dr. Chris McLeod

CARWH 2018 Co-Chair

Associate Professor

School of Population and Public Health and

Partnership for Work, Health and Safety

University of British Columbia

Scientist, Institute for Work & Health

Dr. Stephanie Premji

CARWH 2018 Co-Chair

CARWH President-Elect

Associate Professor

McMaster University

Adjunct Scientist, Institute for Work & Health

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Platinum Sponsor

Silver Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Bronze Sponsors

Partnership for Work,Health and Safety www.pwhs.ubc.ca

Anonymous individual donor

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Sunday, October 21: Trainee and New Researcher Day

8:00 am Registration and breakfast

8:45 am Welcome and introductions Tuscany Room

Speakers: Catherine Trask, Deepani Weerapura

9:15 am Session I: Preparing for a career in academia, government, industry, or labourPanelists working in academia, government, industry, or labour will discuss their personal occupational health and safety career trajectories and share their best career preparation tips with attendees. Question and answer period to follow.

Speakers: Catherine Trask, Mona Shum, Corrine Balcaen, Chantal Burnett, Georgina Hackett

10:35 am Break

10:50 am Session II: Strategic communication workshop This workshop will cover stakeholder mapping, meeting facilitation, and strategic communication, with a few hands-on exercises.

Speaker: Alison Palmer

12:00 pm Lunch

1:00 pm Session III: Articulate writing workshop This session will discuss strategies of writing for journal abstracts, after which participants will be guided through hands-on review.

Speaker: Kay Teschke

2:15 pm Break

2:30 pm Session IV: Knowledge translation: Engaging stakeholdersThis session will discuss how different parties (researchers, knowledge users, policy makers, and workers) work together in advancing occupational health and safety research and policies.

Speakers: Katherine Lippel, Bianca Malouf, Billy Quirke, Mark Teo

3:45 pm Closing and wrap-up

6:00 pm Welcome reception Vistas 360

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8:00 am Registration and breakfast

8:30 am Opening and Welcome Remarks Harbourfront I & II

Speakers Chris McLeod and Stephanie Premji, CARWH 2018 Co-Chairs

9:00 am Opening Plenary: Indigenous and First Nations Perspectives on Work and Health

Speaker Toby Desnomie, Saskatchewan First Nation Safety Association

10:15 am Break and poster viewing

10:45 am Parallel Session I

A. Experiences of Precarious Employment Port of VancouverChair: Ellen MacEachan

Julia Goyal The meaning of silence: secondary data analysis of Ontario occupational health and safety inspector and manager interview data

Sylvia Machat Sex Workers' Experiences and Occupational Conditions Post-Implementation of End-Demand Criminalization in Metro Vancouver, Canada

Ellen MacEachen When your boss is an app: the health and working conditions of Uber driving

Emily Reid-Musson Platform risk and misbehaviour in urban transport: The case of UberPool in the Greater Toronto Area

Leonor Cedillo Pathways to family reunification affect occupational health and safety outcomes: The case of Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs)

B. Hazards in the Health Care Sector Port of SingaporeChair: France Labrèche / Co-chair: Joanne Kim

Kristan J. Aronson Female hospital workers, night work, biomarkers, and health outcomes

Kathryn Nichol Mild hand dermatitis: Identification and management practices of hospital occupational health nurses

Sheila Kalenge Assessment of safe antineoplastic drug handling practices in community pharmacies and veterinary clinics in Ontario

France Labrèche Exposure to antineoplastic drugs: what about the sanitation personnel?

Sharon Provost Is it making a difference: Why, how, and for whom? A realist review of violence prevention education in healthcare

C. Workplace and Systems Factors in Return-to-Work Port of San FranciscoChair: Vicki Kristman / Co-chair: Sadaf Sanaat-Pisheh

Emma Irvin Workplace- and System-based interventions on return-to-work and recovery for musculoskeletal and mental health conditions: A systematic review.

Arif Jetha In the loop: Work disability communication within large and complex organizational systems

Monique Gignac Challenges in accommodating mental and physical health conditions: What workplace parties are saying

Esther T. Maas Exploring the effect of gradual return to work on sustained return to work, using a multistate model

Kimberly Sharpe What facilitates or prevents successful return-to-work in the construction sector?

D. Musculoskeletal Disorders – Prevalence and Prevention Port of New YorkChair: Catherine Trask

Sonja Senthanar Physical, Individual, and Organizational Factors and the Reporting of Musculoskeletal Pain and Discomfort in Canadian truck drivers

Robyn Reist Head and Shoulders, Knees and Cows: Investigating Musculoskeletal Disorder Risk Factors among Bovine Veterinarians

Dwayne Van Eerd Synthesizing the evidence on workplace practices and policies to prevent MSD

Catherine Trask Whole Hog Research: Ergonomic Evaluation and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Needle-less Injection Tools in Pork Production

12:00 pm Lunch

Monday, October 22: Day 1

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1:00 pm Plenary Panel: Indigenous and First Nations Perspectives on Work and Health Harbourfront I & II

Chair Sean Tucker, University of Regina

Speaker Nancy Lightfoot, Laurentian University

Speaker Vicki Kristman, Lakehead University

Speaker Jeannie Morgan, Simon Fraser University

2:00 pm Break

2:15 pm Parallel Session II

A. New Horizons: Health Hazards in the Recycling Industry Port of VancouverChair: Victoria Arrandale / Co-Chair: Julia Goyal

Sabrina Gravel Recycling is not all green: Workers' exposure to metals and flame retardants in Quebec e-recycling facilities

Sabrina Gravel Electronic waste recycling in Canada - Biomonitoring of workers' exposure to flame retardants

Sylvie Gravel Occupational health and safety conditions in recycling companies: new hiring niche for workers in precarious situations

Victoria H. Arrandale

Occupational exposure to flame retardants in a Canadian e-waste dismantling facility

Karen Bartlett Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Occupational and Environmental Exposures in Composting

B. Diversity in Research and Practice Port of SingaporeChair: Vicki Kristman / Co-Chair: Emily Reid-Musson

Sean Tucker A novel approach for identifying migrant worker injuries in Canadian compensation claims data

Joshua Armstrong Keeping the Boomers in the Labour Market: Examining Workplace Accommodation Needs of Older Workers Across Job Sectors

Vicki Kristman “This Permeates Far Beyond Just the Workplace”: The Importance of Respecting, Integrating and Incorporating Indigenous Ways of Living in the Workplace

Nancy Lightfoot Mino-nokiiwin: Community-based Indigenous Occupational Health, Safety, and Compensation Experience in Northern Ontario

Sandra Dorman CROSH country tour: identifying the occupational health and safety concerns of northern Ontario workers

C. Health and Disability Policies Port of San FranciscoChair: Mieke Koehoorn

Sally A. Kimpson Mapping the Canadian Work Disability Policy System

Dana Howse Supporting mobility to and within work with a physical disability: A scoping review

Anne Hudon Physiotherapy for injured workers in Canada: are current workers' compensation and clinics' policies threatening good quality and equity of care?

Piotr Majkowski Guides and Guilds in the Labyrinth: Perspectives of Labour Advocates on BC's Work Disability System

D. Development and Implementation of Health and Safety Tools Port of New YorkChair: Dwayne Van Eerd

Dwayne Van Eerd Workplace practices and policies to support workers with depression: Synthesizing the evidence

Melanie Gorman Ng Adaption of the Silica Control Tool model for Alberta

Dan Bilsker A systematic approach to identifying resilience training needs of EMS personnel

Kathryn Nichol Wet Work: A high-hazard activity in healthcare - Workplace screening for occupational contact dermatitis

Kathryn Nichol Development of a web-based assessment tool for JHSC functioning and effectiveness

3:30 pm Break and poster viewing

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4:00 pm Parallel Session III

A. Immigrants’ and Refugees’ Health and Safety Port of VancouverChair: Stephanie Premji

Basak Yanar Safe employment integration of recent immigrants and refugees

Victoria H. Arrandale

Occupational exposures among nail technicians in Toronto, Ontario

Sylvie Gravel Rehabilitation and Return-to-work Trajectories of Injured Immigrant Workers in the Greater Montréal Area: Factors Making "Vulnerability" a Complex and Systemic Issue

Stephanie Premji Return to Work in a Context of Language Barriers: A Comparative Study of Policies and Practices in Ontario and Quebec

B. Preventing Occupational Injuries and Illnesses I Port of SingaporeChair: Emile Tompa

Emile Tompa A 30-year Impact Analysis of the Implementation of Best Practices for Silica Dust Reduction in Construction: Costs, Benefits and Health Related Quality of Life

Katelyn Versteeg Utilizing Construction Safety Leading and Lagging Indicators to Measure Project Safety Performance: a case study

Robert Macpherson Is COR associated with lower firm-level injury rates? An evaluation of the effect of an audit-based occupational health and safety recognition program on firm-level injury rates in Alberta, Canada

Sara Sayed Identifying career firefighters' real-time physiological response during firefighting tasks: Implications for injury prevention

Joshua Armstrong A Supervisor Training Program for Work Disability Prevention: Preliminary Results from a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

C. Return-to-work: Challenges for the Precariously Employed and Mobile Workforce Port of San FranciscoChair: Katherine Lippel / Co-Chair: Allyson O’Connor

Katherine Lippel Regulatory effectiveness of Canadian workers' compensation return to work regimes applied to workers injured while precariously employed or engaged in employment-related mobility

Ellen MacEachen Access to workers' compensation and return to work for precariously employed workers in Ontario

Dana Howse Work disability and return to work: Policy and program challenges for mobile workers

Sonja Senthanar “I was losing my family, not just my health and ability to earn a wage”: Return to work and ripple effects on family for precariously employed workers

Whitney Haynes Does home province matter? A study of return-to-work after occupational injury in Alberta

D. Occupational Cancer Port of New YorkChair: Tim Takaro / Co-Chair: Sabrina Gravel

Cheryl Peters Known workplace hazards, new cancer sites: the Ontario study of Diesel Exhaust and Cancer of the Kidney (ON-DECK)

Elizabeth Rydz Estimating occupational exposure to second-hand smoke in Canada (CAREX Canada)

Sheila Kalenge Assessment of diesel exhaust exposure in municipal fire halls in Ontario

Mieke Koehoorn Documentation of occupation for patients with mesothelioma - interesting findings from a review of oncology medical records

Chaojie Song Estimating the Future Cancer Burden in Ontario Construction Workers

6:00 pm Gala Dinner Vistas 360

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8:00 am Registration and breakfast

8:30 am Opening Remarks Harbourfront I & II

Speaker Ian Shaw, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, WorkSafeBC

8:45 am Plenary Panel: Strategies to Improve the Use of Research and Evidence in Work and Health

Chair Chris McLeod, University of British Columbia

Speaker Alex McKeen, Work and Wealth Reporter, The Star Vancouver

Speaker Andrew Clarke, Executive Director, Physician Health Program

Speaker Lori Guiton, Director, Policy, Regulation and Research Division, WorkSafeBC

Speaker Lisa Ross-Rodriguez, Director, Occupational Disease and Injury Prevention, Alberta Ministry of Labour

10:00 am Break and poster viewing

10:30 am Parallel Session IV

A. Trends in Occupational Diseases (session will be 15 minutes longer) Port of VancouverChair: Paul Demers

Sharara Shakik New onset dermatitis among Ontarian workers: Results from the Occupational Disease Surveillance System

Chloe Logar-Henderson

New Onset Adult Asthma (NOAA) Among Ontarian Workers: Results from the Occupational Disease Surveillance System (ODSS)

Adriana Angarita Fonseca

Time trends for Chronic Back Disorders: Results from the Canadian Community Health Survey

Paul Demers Patterns of Asbestos-Related Disease in Ontario

M. Anne Harris Trends in Participation in Case-Control Studies of Occupational Risk Factors for Chronic Disease

Johannes Rebane A multi-level longitudinal analysis of occupational sick leave associated with macroeconomic shifts from 2000-2015

B. Knowledge Transfer Initiatives Port of SingaporeChair: Hugh Davies / Co-Chair: Sonja Senthanar

Monica Bienefeld Documenting the uses of research: Institute for Work & Health research impact case studies

Julie Bowring Communicating about Episodic Disabilities in the Workplace: Is the evidence being used?

Tyler Amell How to Conduct Applied Workplace Health Research with Employers

Dwayne Van Eerd Systematic review evidence in one minute or less

C. Preventing Occupational Injuries and Illnesses II Port of San Francisco Chair: Cameron Mustard

Amir Mofidi Impact of a Caregiver-Friendly Workplace Policy Intervention in the Education Sector: A Prospective Economic Evaluation

Cameron Mustard The implementation of violence prevention policies and programs in hospitals

Peter Smith The reporting and consequences of workplace violence in six Ontario hospitals

Shanie Roy Les travailleuses en maisons d'hébergement pour femmes et les risques psychotraumatiques : mise en oeuvre de mesures de prévention en santé et sécurité au travail

D. Returning-to-Work with a Mental Illness (session will be 15 minutes longer) Port of New YorkChair: Rebecca Gewurtz / Co-Chair: Danielle Aubin

Andrea Marie Jones Impact of anxiety and depression disorders on return-to-work transitions after musculoskeletal injury

Pam Lahey The Road from Welfare to Work for Recipients with Mental Illness: Who Travels It?

Rebecca Gewurtz Negotiating Workplace Accommodations for Employees with Mental Illness

Vicki Kristman Supervisor and worker perspectives on workplace factors and job accommodations for mental health disorders in the workplace

Tuesday, October 23: Day 2

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Emile Tompa Cost-benefit Case Studies of Accommodated Workers from the Aspiring Workforce

Camille Lanthier Riopel

Workplace Accommodation for People With Mental Health Problems: portrait of tribunal decisions and consequences for workers

11:45 am Lunch

12:15 pm CARWH Annual General Meeting Harbourfront I & II

12:45 pm Poster viewing Harbourfront III

1:30 pm Parallel Session V

A. Preventing Occupational Injuries and Illnesses III Port of VancouverChair: Phil Bigelow

Tammy Eger All shook up: strategies for whole-body vibration exposure management in underground mining

Cameron Mustard Worker participation and the prevention of occupational injury: cross-sectional study in the Ontario mining industry

Diandra Budd Raising awareness of hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) and promoting disease prevention through the use of posters

Phil Bigelow Exploring Approaches to Improving the Health of Truck Drivers in Manitoba by Integrating Knowledge Regarding Whole Body Vibration Exposures with Overall Driver Wellness

Mamdouh Shubair Long-Haul Truck Drivers: Evaluation of Best Practice Evidence in Health Promotion, Safety and Wellness Programs in British Columbia

B. Occupational Exposures Port of SingaporeChair: Cheryl Peters

Tadhg O’Leary Hydrogen Sulphide Exposure on Dairy Farms in British Columbia: Are your workers at risk?

Dunia Julienne Ouedraogo

Measurement error associated with estimating 8h time-weighted-average exposure from less than 8-hour long samples.

Cheryl Peters Results of a solar UV exposure measurement campaign at workplaces in three provinces

Joanne Kim Endocrine disruption and employment in the plastic and rubber manufacturing industry: an analysis of the Canadian Health Measures Survey

Jérôme Lavoué Availability of a New Job-Exposure Matrix (CANJEM) for Epidemiologic and Occupational Medicine Purposes

Simileoluwa Ishau Establishing Acceptable Daily Exposure Levels for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients in Home Healthcare Workplace

C. Cannabis and Opioids Port of San Francisco Chair: Hugh Davies

Sheilah Hogg-Johnson

Comparing Opioid Exposure Among Workers' Compensation Claimants Across Two Pharmaceutical Databases

Nancy Carnide The impact of cannabis use on occupational safety outcomes: A systematic review

Nancy Carnide Risk of workplace injuries and death associated with the use of select prescription central nervous system drugs: A systematic review

Jeanne Sears Evaluation of an Opioid Prescribing Report Mailed to Washington State Workers' Compensation Providers with High-Risk Opioid Prescribing Patterns

D. Mental Health at Work Port of New YorkChair: Mieke Koehoorn / Co-Chair: Kathleen Dobson

Emma Irvin Preventing work disability in workers with depression; a systematic review

Sarah Simkin Mental Health Issues, Leaves of Absence, and Return to Work of Canadian Physicians: A Case Study from the Healthy Professional/Knowledge Worker Research Initiative

Janet Mantler Taking a mental health leave of absence: A pilot study examining occupation and gender differences

Michel Lariviere Suicidal thoughts among mining industry workers: Preliminary findings from a large cross-sectional study

2:45 pm Break

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3:00 pm Lightning Session: Top Poster Abstracts

A. Exposure Assessment, Surveillance and Prevention Port of VancouverChair: Cheryl Peters

M. Anne Harris Shiftwork and breast, ovarian and prostate cancer in a Canadian population-based cohort (CanCHEC)

Nathan DeBono Investigating worker concerns over excess mortality at an automotive electronics manufacturing facility in Alabama, U.S.A.

Nicola Blagrove-Hall Monte Carlo Simulation to Reconstruct Silica Exposure in the Ontario Mining Industry

Victoria H Arrandale Ontario's Occupational Disease Action Plan: Aligning the provincial health and safety system towards occupational disease prevention

Jérôme Lavoué A new Bayesian calculation platform for the interpretation of occupational exposure levels compared to exposure limits

Katherine Jardine Exposure reduction strategies for diesel engine exhaust: Developing infographics for primary prevention

Danielle Aubin After the Dust Settles: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Underground Workers Who Received Aluminum Dust Prophylaxis

Julia Goyal A world without rules: Navigating health and safety in the Airbnb marketplace

Mieke Koehoorn Twenty-five Years of Claims Data for Compensated Occupational Illnesses - What Has Changed?

B. Mental Health, Return to Work, and Organizational Factors Port of SingaporeChair: Chris McLeod

Caroline Dignard Health and wellness of Canadian mining workers: predictors of stress-related symptoms and illnesses

Nabeelah Ahmed Resident Physicians: Mental Health Experiences, Resources, and Challenges in Post-Graduate Medical Education - A Case Study of Ontario

Aikaterini Grimani The impact of worksite mental health interventions on work-related outcomes: A Systematic Review

Aviroop Biswas Organizational factors associated with the implementation of occupational health and safety and wellness activities in Ontario

Anne Hudon First-line healthcare providers for injured workers: what is their influence in return to work? A four jurisdiction critical interpretive comparison

Shannon Killip Differences in disability management claims and the return to process of first responders compared to high and low physical demand occupations

Sean Tucker Assessing high quality employment counselling on the mental health of individuals with mobility impairments

Robert Macpherson Does place of residence affect work disability duration? A comparative analysis of six Canadian workers' compensation systems

Tammy Eger Outcomes of a participatory ergonomics study for musculoskeletal risk reduction in coreshacks

4:00 pm Closing Plenary and Student Awards

Speakers Chris McLeod and Stephanie Premji

Tuesday, October 23: Day 2 (continued)

Abstracts are posted atwww.spph.ubc.ca/carwh2018

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Andrew Clarke

Dr. Andrew Clarke grew up in Vancouver and studied chemistry at Stanford University and medicine at UBC. He did his post-graduate training in Ontario, and practised Occupational Medicine privately in Toronto for 22 years. In 2008, he moved back to Vancouver to lead the Physician Health Program and has held that position since then. Andrew’s research interests are in the field of organizational (workplace) interventions to facilitate return to work and reduce conflict in the workplace. In particular, his focus has been on the effects of common mental health issues both on those diagnosed and on their colleagues.

Toby Desnomie

Toby Desnomie is the Founder, President & CEO of Saskatchewan First Nations Safety Association, and Founder and National Chairman of the Canadian First Nations Safety Association. Toby is Nehiyaw from the Peepeekisis Cree Nation within the Treaty #4 Territory. He has been working alongside First Nation communities as a technician, manager, and consultant for over 20 years. Toby was the Recipient of the 2016 SHSA Safety Leadership Award for Outstanding Leadership in Health and Safety. Toby’s education and career are a genuine reflection of his journey towards building awareness and safe communities.

Lori Guiton

Lori Guiton is the Director of the Policy, Regulation and Research Division at WorkSafeBC. She is responsible for policy and regulation development in the areas of occupational health and safety, compensation, occupational disease, and employer assessments. Lori is also responsible for WorkSafeBC’s research program. This department supports occupational health, safety and workers’ compensation research and the transfer of research knowledge.

Vicki Kristman

Dr. Vicki Kristman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Sciences at Lakehead University and the Inaugural Director for a new Research Institute at Lakehead University: EPID@Work – Enhancing the Prevention of Injury and Disability @ Work. She also holds appointments in the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, and the Institute for Work & Health in Toronto. She holds a doctoral degree in epidemiology and completed the CIHR Work Disability Prevention strategic training program as a postdoc at the University Health Network in Toronto. In 2014, she was awarded a prestigious CIHR New Investigator Award for her program of research on “Preventing Work Disability through Accommodation”. She is currently leading projects to test the effectiveness of a supervisor training program to prevent prolonged work disability; to identify factors associated with Indigenous work, health and safety, and to determine factors associated with supervisors’ support for providing work accommodations for workers with mental health disorders.

Plenary Speakers

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Nancy Lightfoot

Dr. Nancy Lightfoot is an epidemiologist with a B.Sc. (Microbiology), M.Sc. (Microbiology), and Ph.D. (Community Health- Epidemiology) from the University of Toronto. She is a Full Professor, and Graduate Coordinator for the Master’s of Interdisciplinary Health Program, in the School of Rural and Northern Health at Laurentian University. She conducts quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research. Her research experience includes work on several large mining cohort studies of nickel and copper-zinc workers, prostate cancer case-control studies, the impacts of wildfires on communities, community-based Indigenous occupational health and safety experience, congenital heart disease survival and satisfaction with care, and the impact of mining-related lung cancer on caregivers, etc. She is an Affiliated Scientist with Cancer Care Ontario’s Occupational Cancer Research Centre and has experience on several occupationally focused grant review panels. She teaches critical appraisal and research methods to master’s and doctoral students (Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Rural and Northern Health), as well as supervising both master’s and doctoral level graduate students.

Alex McKeen

Alex McKeen is The Star Vancouver’s Work and Wealth reporter, covering a range of issues impacting workers and employers in the twenty-first century economy. She enjoys using data to tell stories about how work is changing, while also trying to upgrade her data skills so as to stay relevant as her own field evolves.

Jeannie Morgan

Dr. Jeannie Morgan is a Limited Term Lecturer in the Department of First Nations Studies at Simon Fraser University. She is an Indigenous qualitative researcher who has completed a PhD in Sociology at the University of British Columbia. For her dissertation, she used critical Indigenous and feminist methodologies to explore how Indigenous women cope with the competing demands of seasonal, part-time salmon cannery work and family and how these dynamics impact (directly and indirectly) the wellbeing of women and families. She brings over 20 years of experience of working with First Nations communities in the public and private sector. Her past, current, and future research projects reflect her dedication to examining significant sociopolitical problems as they relate to the intersections of Indigeneity, gender, health and wellbeing. This ethic has been exercised in her research experiences, including her academic activist work with the Vancouver Status of Women, as well as her research involvement with the Someone’s Mother, Sister or Daughter project through the University of Victoria which resulted in peer-reviewed co-authored publications in Hypatia and Violence Against Women, and examined Canadian media coverage of disappeared and murdered women in Western Canada. She is currently working on an article that examines economic wellbeing as a determinant of health for Indigenous precarious workers.

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Lisa Ross-Rodriguez

Dr. Lisa Ross Rodriguez is the Director of the Occupational Disease and Injury Prevention Section in the Ministry of Labour. Dr. Ross-Rodriguez received her MSc and PhD from the University of Alberta in Medical Sciences. Her role with the government is to facilitate collaborations with a focus on research, surveillance, informatics and evaluation that will assist in making evidence-informed policy decisions for occupational disease and injury prevention. In order to build knowledge capacity, Dr. Ross-Rodriguez works to connect with likeminded researchers and partners, and pool resources with the result being the reduction and/or elimination occupational diseases and injuries. She also has a passion for wellness and building a positive workplace culture through mentorship and coaching.

Ian Shaw

Ian Shaw has provided trusted legal and governance advice and strategic planning for two of B.C.’s largest public agencies for the past 15 years. In 2015, he was appointed senior vice-president and general counsel for WorkSafeBC. He advises on legal, policy, regulation, and related business matters. Ian previously worked at ICBC, as a director in three different claims divisions before becoming general counsel.Ian holds an MBA in strategic management from UBC’s Sauder School of Business and Manchester Business School. He has been a McLaren Housing Society of BC board member, an executive on loan to United Way, and a group leader for a marathon training clinic.

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Posters

(P-01) After the Dust Settles: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Underground Workers Who Received Aluminum Dust Prophylaxis (Danielle Aubin)

(P-02) Accessing Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorder Risk Perception Among Recently Relocated Syrian Refugees in Canada and Testing an Approach to Change Perceptions of Risk for Common Lifting Tasks (Roghiyeh Nazari)

(P-03) A world without rules: Navigating health and safety in the Airbnb marketplace (Julia Goyal)

(P-04) Blue Collar Work: Looking at Interactions with Health and Ageing (Teeyaa Nur)

(P-05) Differences in disability management claims and the return to process of first responders compared to high and low physical demand occupations (Shannon Killip)

(P-06) Assessing high quality employment counselling on the mental health of individuals with mobility impairments (Sean Tucker)

(P-07) Analysis of Engagement Between Ethics and Return-to-Work (RTW) Discourses in Respective Academic Literature (Wentao Li)

(P-08) Exposure reduction strategies for diesel engine exhaust: Developing infographics for primary prevention (Katherine Jardine)

(P-09) Thinking like a social entrepreneur to take research to market (Kim Slade)

(P-10) First-line healthcare providers for injured workers: what is their influence in return to work? A four jurisdiction critical interpretive comparison (Anne Hudon)

(P-11) Organizational factors associated with the implementation of occupational health and safety and wellness activities in Ontario (Aviroop Biswas)

(P-12) TRRUST youth aging out of care employment survey (Annie Smith)

(P-13) Systematically reviewing range of motion assessment for determining permanent functional impairment of the spine (Suelen M. Goes)

(P-14) Ontario’s Occupational Disease Action Plan: Aligning the provincial health and safety system towards occupational disease prevention (Victoria Arrandale)

(P-15) Expenditures on occupational health and safety for a representative sample of Canadian employers (Cameron Mustard)

(P-16) Counting Occupational Carcinogens: The Importance of Occupational Exposures in Cancer Prevention (Katherine Jardine)

(P-17) The Impact of Workplace Harassment on Mental Health and Self-Reported Health in the US Working Population (Allyson O’Connor)

(P-18) Twenty-five years of claims data for compensated occupational illnesses – What has changed? (Mieke Koehoorn)

(P-19) “I don’t have the opportunity to prove myself”: Syrian refugee women experiences of searching for and securing work in Canada (Sonja Senthanar)

(P-20) Shiftwork and breast, ovarian and prostate cancer in a Canadian population-based cohort (CanCHEC) (M. Anne Harris)

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(P-21) Functional impairment in workers with Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS): A retrospective chart review (Diandra Budd)

(P-22) Determinants of Sleep Quality in Workers within a Canadian Mining Workforce (Alexie Dennie)

(P-23) How are the Psychosocial and Physical Work Environments Associated with Latent Smoking Trajectories? A 16-year Study of the Canadian Workforce (Kathleen Dobson)

(P-24) Perfect Strangers: Benefits and barriers in the collaboration of health science and organizational behaviour researchers (Arif Jetha)

(P-25) Using research to drive integration of health and safety behaviours in the workplace (Delia Roberts)

(P-26) Resident Physicians: Mental Health Experiences, Resources, and Challenges in Post-Graduate Medical Education - A Case Study of Ontario (Nabeelah Ahmed)

(P-27) The impact of worksite mental health interventions on work-related outcomes: A Systematic Review (Aikaterini Grimani)

(P-28) Health and wellness of Canadian mining workers: predictors of stress-related symptoms and illnesses (Caroline Dignard)

(P-29) The impact of workers’ compensation claim maturity on OHS indicators (Martin Lebeau)

(P-30) International Efforts to Establish Policies and Regulations in Engineered Nanomaterials (Byron Gates)

(P-31) Outcomes of a participatory ergonomics study for musculoskeletal risk reduction in coreshacks (Tammy Eger)

(P-32) Investigating worker concerns over excess mortality at an automotive electronics manufacturing facility in Alabama, U.S.A. (Nathan DeBono)

(P-33) Testing the hand dermatitis screening tool in the home healthcare sector (Kathryn Nichol)

(P-34) Monte Carlo Simulation to Reconstruct Silica Exposure in the Ontario Mining Industry (Nicola Blagrove-Hall)

(P-35) An update to CAREX Canada’s estimates of exposure to shiftwork in Canada (Elizabeth Rydz)

(P-37) Analysis of the National Fire Information Database to identify Canadian firefighters’ injuries in relation to fire response characteristics (Kathryn E. Sinden)

(P-38) Health and Safety in Nail Salons: A Survey in Toronto, Canada (Sadaf Sanaat)

(P-39) Does place of residence affect work disability duration? A comparative analysis of six Canadian workers’ compensation systems (Robert Macpherson)

(P-40) A new Bayesian calculation platform for the interpretation of occupational exposure levels compared to exposure limits (Jérôme Lavoué)

(P-41) Workplace training for preventing work-related skin disease: quantitative and qualitative studies to explore worker experience (Victoria Arrandale)

(P-42) ROPS compliance and tractor type in Atlantic Canada: results from a study assessing need for and interest in a low cost ROPS intervention (Barbara Neis)

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Acknowledgements

Organizing CommitteeChristopher McLeod (Co-Chair), University of British Columbia

Stephanie Premji (Co-Chair), McMaster University

Victoria Arrandale, Occupational Cancer Research Centre

Hugh Davies, University of British Columbia

Catherine Trask, University of Saskatchewan

Deepani Weerapura, WorkSafeBC

Xiaoke Zeng, University of Toronto

Scientific CommitteeChristopher McLeod (Co-Chair), University of British Columbia

Stephanie Premji (Co-Chair), McMaster University

Stephen Bornstein, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Daniel Côté, Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST)

Eduardo Huesca, Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers

Mieke Koehoorn, University of British Columbia

Vicki Kristman, Lakehead University

France Labrèche, IRSST; Université de Montreal

Barbara Neis, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Cheryl Peters, Alberta Health Services

Jessica Riel, Université du Québec en Outaouais

Tim Takaro, Simon Fraser University

Sean Tucker, University of Regina

Logistical SupportSally Clelford, Face 2 Face Events Management

Vicki Price, Face 2 Face Events Management

Sylvia Ranspach, University of British Columbia

Dawn Mooney, University of British Columbia

TranslationMarie Laberge, Université de Montréal

France Labrèche, Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST)

Jérôme Lavoué, Université de Montréal; Centre de recherche du CHUM

Trainee and New Reseacher Day CommitteeCheryl Peters, Co-chair; Alberta Health Services

Xiaoke Zeng, Co-chair; University of Toronto

Momtaz Begum, Member, Institute for Work and Health

Caroline Dignard, Member, Laurentian University

Adriana Angarita Fonseca, Member, University of Saskatchewan

Julia Goyal, Member, University of Waterloo

Sabrina Gravel, Member, Université de Montréal

Christopher MacDonald, Member, University of Toronto

Sonja Senthanar, Member, University of Waterloo

Kimberly Sharpe, Member, University of British Columbia

Jeavana Sritharan, Member, Occupational Cancer Research Centre

Trainee Awards CommitteeVictoria Arrandale, Chair; Occupational Cancer Research Centre

Hugh Davies, University of British Columbia

Amy Hall, University of British Columbia

Arif Jetha, McMaster University

Jérôme Lavoué, Université de Montréal; Centre de recherche du CHUM

Cheryl Peters, Alberta Health Services

Trainee Travel Bursary RecipientsSpecial thanks to IRSST, CARWH and registrants who kindly donated funds to make these awards possible.

Danielle Aubin, Laurentian University

Caroline Dignard, Laurentian University

Kathleen Dobson, University of Toronto

Julia Goyal, University of Waterloo

Sabrina Gravel, Université de Montréal

Joanne Kim, McGill University

Camille Lanthier-Riopel, University of Ottawa

Teeyaa Nur, University of Waterloo

Dunia Julienne Ouedraogo, Université de Montréal

Sadaf Sanaat, University of Toronto

Sara Sayed, Lakehead University

Sonja Senthanar, University of Waterloo

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The Canadian Association for Research on Work and Health (CARWH) is a non-profit association of

Canadian researchers whose work focuses on the prevention and management of ill health, disability,

and injury associated with work activities and environments. Founded in 2001, CARWH has a mission to

enhance and promote research on workplace health, safety, and well-being in Canada and to advocate

for research on how work and work environments can be altered to improve health, safety, and wellness

among Canadians.

Regular membership is open to anyone who identifies him/herself as a work and health researcher in

Canada. Nonvoting Associate and Organizational memberships are available for individuals or groups that

have an interest in CARWH activities but are not health and work researchers. To apply for membership,

visit http://www.carwh.ca/membership/default.html

CARWH Board of Directors, 2016-2018President: Catherine Trask, University of Saskatchewan

Vice-President/President Elect: Stephanie Premji, McMaster University

Past-President & Treasurer : Hugh Davies, University of British Columbia

Secretary: Victoria Arrandale, University of Toronto

Trainee Representative: Xiaoke Zeng, University of Toronto

Member-at-large: Tyler Amell, Morneau Shepell, Calgary

Member-at-large: Amy Hall, International Agency for Research on Cancer

Member-at-large: France Labrèche, Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail; Université de Montréal

Member-at-large: Jérôme Lavoué, Université de Montréal; Centre de recherche du CHUM

Member-at-large: Anil Adisesh, Dalhousie University

Member-at-large: Behdin Nowrouzi, Laurentian University

Member-at-large: Craig Ervine, University of Waterloo

Member-at-large: Arif Jetha, McMaster University

Member-at-large: Marie Laberge, Université de Montréal

Member-at-large: Barb Neis, Memorial University

Member-at-large: Cheryl Peters, Alberta Health Services

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