The Canadian Association for Research on Work & Health and the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia are co-hosting this year’s CARWH Conference, Canada’s premier meeting focused on work and health research. WorkSafeBC is the principle sponsor of this year’s conference.

Since its inception in 2001, CARWH conferences have brought together scientists, students, practitioners in occupational health & safety, epidemiologists, clinicians, and policy-makers every two years. CARWH conferences are multi-disciplinary and seek to bridge important gaps in work and health research by promoting knowledge exchange, research partnerships, and translation of research into the prevention and management of work-related injury and illness.

As work and working arrangements become more complex, new hazards and risks to worker health are emerging. In today’s changing world of work, we are seeing an increase in health inequalities between advantaged and disadvantaged workers. To that end, an underlying theme of the conference is a focus on workers who are in vulnerable working situations and on those who come from historically disadvantaged and excluded populations such as aboriginal or indigenous workers.

For more information and to register, please visit the conference website.