The next conference of the Canadian Association for Research on Work and Health (CARWH) will be held in Toronto on May 28-29, 2010, hosted by the Institute for Work & Health. The theme for the conference is, “Worker Health in a Changing World of Work.”
 
As in previous years, stakeholders and researchers from a wide variety of disciplines will discuss research findings and exchange ideas about research in this field and its application to policy and practice to improve the health and safety of Canadian workers.
 
Opening the conference this year will be:
 
Katherine Lippel, Canada Research Chair in Occupational Health and Safety Law, University of Ottawa who will address Invisibility of the health consequences of precarious employment.
 
Kristan Aronson, Professor, Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen’s University who will address Research challenges: work at night and cancer risk.
 
Hear what Roberta Ellis, V.P. at WorkSafe BC says about the CARWH Conference:
 
 
“WorkSafeBC is committed to a research program that advances the strategic goals of our organization.  We value the partnerships we have formed with other jurisdictions and have been sending delegates to CARWH conferences from its inception in 2001.  Delegates – and ours are no exception – benefit from information and evidence that stimulates new ideas about injury and disease prevention, effective return to work, and how to improve the services we offer to workers and employers”
 
The Call for Abstracts has been issued and all abstracts must be submitted online by January 15, 2010 at http://carwh2010.iwh.on.ca/
 
Registration and payment will be open online in mid January 2010.  Accommodation information will also be available. We look forward to seeing you there!

Website http://carwh2010.iwh.on.ca/