About the project themes
Projects are listed under four themes. These projects will start in years one to three of the project (Phase 1). Other projects will be added in years four and five (Phase 2). For more information on these themes, please click the highlighted text. For a list of projects by researcher, please click here.
Legislation, policies, programs & practices
The adequacy of workers' compensation benefits
Extension of Workplace Safety & Insurance Board Front Line Study
Interaction between workers' compensation and other disability income and support programs
Legal and academic concepts of disability
Lived versus statutory versions of work injury and compensation
Medical evaluation and its consequences
Policy feedback and the direction of workers' compensation policy in Ontario
Financial security & employment experiences
Concepts of compensation adequacy
Inventory/catalogue of data sources
Study of barriers to claims filing
Labour-market earnings and financial security
Literature review of research on labour-market experiences and financial security
Role of Health Care Providers in Complex Claims
A Socio-Legal Ethnography of the Experiences of Injured Workers with Deeming and Re-Employment
Development of a Green Light and Red Flag Toolkit for Persistent Claims
History and social/political movements
The injured workers' movement in Ontario 1900-2005
Medical science and practice within the Ontario Workers' Compensation Board, 1960-1995
Health & well-being
Mental health and substance use experiences of injured workers with protracted claims
Mental health and quality of life after a work injury claim
Marital instability following a work accident
Health trajectories and health-care utilization: a long-term survey of injured workers
Injured workers' health and well-being
Immigrant workers' experiences after work-related injury and illness