Completed Projects

From awareness to taking action: Exploring the impact of heightened awareness of workplace exposures in Sarnia and Sudbury
The objective of this study was to understand what encourages workplaces to reduce workers’ exposures to carcinogens, and to investigate whether heightened social awareness and community pressure can encourage workplace-level change.
The Examination of Accepted Workplace Fatality Claims Within Ontario and Canada
This study examines patterns and trends of accepted workplace fatality claims in Ontario compared with Canada as a whole, with a specific emphasis on occupational cancer.
The Toronto lung cancer case-control study and SYNERGY project
The goal of this project was to examine associations between multiple occupational exposures and smoking within a Toronto-based study, and to contribute data to the international SYNERGY study.
Surveillance of occupational cancer risks through linkage of WSIB claims to the Ontario cancer registry
The goal of this project was to develop a new system to monitor risks of cancer in Ontario workplaces. It is the precursor to the Occupational Disease Surveillance System.
The Burden of Occupational Cancer
This study estimated the number of cancers occurring yearly in Canada due to workplace exposure to carcinogens, and the economic costs of these cancers.