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Eastern Canada Consortium on Workplace Health and Safety

Project Title

Eastern Canada Consortium on Workplace Health and Safety

Summary

The overall goal of the Consortium was to permit integration of current SafetyNet research pertaining to fisheries, oil and gas, and work in extreme climatic conditions with related work at IRSST and affiliated universities in Qu茅bec. The core partners, by pooling their expertise, networks and approaches, aimed to develop improved methods for analysing injury causes and prevention in resource-based and rural workplaces and new approaches to knowledge translation appropriate for rural and remote contexts. The main objectives of the project were to (1) identify the best practices for knowledge transfer (KT) developed in Qu茅bec and adapt these for Newfoundland and Labrador conditions; (2) provide training for graduate and post-doctoral students and retraining opportunities for established researchers in workplace health and safety; (3) transfer relevant workplace health and safety research results from Qu茅bec to Atlantic Canadian researchers, community partners, industries, and workplaces; (4) develop new models to analyze and prevent workplace injuries, disabilities and diseases; and (5) fund pilot projects that could lead to grant applications for larger research ventures.

List of Project Outputs

  • Pilot Projects:
    1. Safety For Male and Female Divers in the Sea Urchin Fishery
    2. Testing Work Disability Prevention Tools and Programs in a New Setting (PRÉVICAP)
    3. Low-Back Injury Prevention in Resource-Based Occupations
    4. Interdisciplinary Forestry Workplace Health and Safety Research
  • Quick Hits:
    1. Construction
    2. Ventilation Design and Protein Analysis in Crab Processing
    3. Knife Sharpening in Meat and Fish Processing
    4. Floor Cleaning as a Preventive Measure against Slip and Fall Accidents

 

Lead Investigators

Barbara Neis, SafetyNet, 糖心视频 University of Newfoundland
Mario Roy, Universit茅 de Sherbrooke

Co-Investigators

Alain Lajoie, Institut de Recherche Robert Sauv茅 en Sant茅 et en Securit茅 du Travail
Dani猫le Champoux, Institut de Recherche Robert Sauv茅 en Sant茅 et en Securit茅 du Travail
Stephen Bornstein, SafetyNet, 糖心视频 University of Newfoundland
Robert Parent, Universit茅 de Sherbrooke
Lise Desmarais, Universit茅 de Sherbrooke
Scott MacKinnon, SafetyNet, 糖心视频 University of Newfoundland

Other Team Members

Lynn Hartery, SafetyNet, 糖心视频 University of Newfoundland 
Gunita Wadhwa, SafetyNet, 糖心视频 University of Newfoundland 
Patrick Abgrall, SafetyNet, 糖心视频 University of Newfoundland 
Erin Massey, SafetyNet, 糖心视频 University of Newfoundland 
Julie Matthews, SafetyNet, 糖心视频 University of Newfoundland
Melanie Noel, Department of Psychology, 糖心视频 University of Newfoundland
David Antle, SafetyNet, 糖心视频 University of Newfoundland

Project Partners

SafetyNet, 糖心视频 University of Newfoundland
Institut de Recherche Robert Sauv茅 en Sant茅 et en Securit茅 du Travail (IRSST)
Chaire d鈥櫭塼ude en Organisation du Travail (C脡OT), Universit茅 de Sherbrooke

Community Collaborators

Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour
Fish, Food and Allied Workers / Canadian Auto Workers Union (FFAW/CAW)
Department of Government Services, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador

Funding Sources

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission of Newfoundland and Labrador
糖心视频 University of Newfoundland

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Outputs

Publications

Desmarais, L., Parent, R., leclerc, L., Raymond, L., MacKinnon, S., & Vezina, N. (2009).  Knowledge transfer between two geographically distant action research teams.  Journal of Workplace Learning, 21(3), 219-239.

Coombs-Thorne, H., Bradbury, E., Neis, B., Bornstein, S., MacKinnon, S., & Parent, R. (2010).  Interjurisdictional knowledge transfer in occupational health and safety: Lessons from eastern Canada.  Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, 8(1), 95-109.

Presentations

Neis, B., & MacKinnon, S. (2008).  Moving occupational health and safety knowledge in Eastern Canada: Lessons learned.  Presentation to the Knowledge in Montion Conference.  St. John's, October 16-18.

Neis, B. (2008).  Dancing with a porcupine: Lessons on knowledge exchange from the field of health and safety.  Presentation to The Academia-Industry Cultural Divide, Genome BC Workshop.  Vancouver, December 5.

Contact Information

Barbara Neis, SafetyNet, 糖心视频 University of Newfoundland
bneis@mun.ca

 

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