At the WSIB, research is key to improving our efforts to prevent, compensate and treat workplace injury and illness, and return workers to sustainable productive work.
RAC Issues 2008 RFP
The WSIB Research Advisory Council has issued its Request for Proposals for 2008. The deadline for applications is 4:00 p.m. Monday February 4, 2008.
Our own Research and Evaluation Branch conducts and commissions surveys and studies to help us find ways to improve services, evaluate the effectiveness of our programs, and contribute to knowledge about best practices in health and safety and return to work.
As part of our ongoing efforts to improve the workplace safety and insurance system, the WSIB currently funds these major research initiatives:
Solutions for Workplace Change
This competitive research grants program is open to all who feel qualified to submit a proposal to the annual competition for financial support.
The Institute for Work & Health (IWH)
The Institute for Work & Health (IWH) is an independent, not-for-profit research organization established in 1990 by the WSIB (then the Workers' Compensation Board) to find ways to prevent workplace disability, improve treatment and encourage early, safe return to work.
Centres of Research Expertise
The WSIB funds three Centres of Research Expertise -- the Centre of Research Expertise in the Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders (CRE-MSD), the Centre of Research Expertise in Occupational Disease (CRE-OD), and the Centre of Research Expertise in Improved Disability Outcomes (CRE-IDO).
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