Job quality and wellbeing in Canada: Using national longitudinal data to generate insights on the new world of work
SSHRC Insight Development Grant
Shahidi, F. (PI), Jetha, A., Gignac, M., MacEachen, E.
$69,790 June 2023 – May 2025
Redesigning workers’ compensation using participatory systems
Australian Research Council Discovery Projects
Collie, A. (PI), Thompson, J., Frant, G., Callaway, L., MacEachen, E., Cruickshank, G.
$574,000 April 2023 – March 2026
Economic recovery policies for sustainable and equitable digital school teaching and tutoring in Canada and Bangladesh
New Frontiers in Research Fund – Special Call
MacEachen, E. (Co-PI), Sultana, I. (Co-PI), Premji, S., Whitson, J., Aurini, J.
$498,750 February 2023 – January 2025
At-home digital service work in a post-pandemic world: Mapping occupational health risks and identifying health and safety strategies
University of Waterloo CIHR Research Incentive Fund (RIF)
MacEachen, E. (PI)
$10,000 November 2022 – October 2023
Testing positive during ‘pandemia’: The personal and professional costs of university staff contracting COVID-19
Worldwide Universities Network Global Challenge
Watermeyer, R. (PI), Hardman, J., Shankar, K., de Rijk, A., Rovisco, M., Ohene, L.A., Locke, K.A., Given, L., MacEachen, E., Knight, C., Crick, T., Allen, K., Adame, J.
$17,200 January 2022 – December 2023
Foundational and transferable skills of 2SLGBTQ+ Canadians: Addressing knowledge gaps to inform policy and program development
Employment and Social Development Canada/Research Projects to Address Knowledge Gaps about Skills of LGBTQ2+ Canadians
Ross, L., Kinitz, D., MacEachen, E., Shahidi, F.
$39,998.60 October 2021 – September 2022
Occupational health policymaking for a long-lasting COVID-19 public health response: Canadian and international solutions
CIHR Operating Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity (SARS-CoV-2 variants supplement stream 1: Acceleration of research on SARS-CoV-2 variants)
MacEachen, E. (PI), Majowicz, S., Meyer, S.
$49,908 March 2021 – February 2022
Gig couriers delivering people, food and packages in a pandemic: Containment strategies to mitigate the occupational and public health impact
CIHR Operating Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity
MacEachen, E. (PI), Majowicz, S., Meyer, S.
$162,728 June 2020 – May 2021
Sick leave and social distancing in the age of precarious employment: Understanding workplace conditions and choices to prevent COVID-19 transmission
IRSST Special COVID-19 Fund
Cote, D. & MacEachen, E. (Co-PIs), Laberge, M., Majowicz, S., Meyer, S., Dube, J. (Co-Investigators)
$99,734 June 2020 – May 2021
CIHR Network Catalyst Grant – Canadian MSK Rehab Research Network
MacDermid, J. (PA), Backman, C., Birmingham, T., Bouyer, L., Marshall, D., Moyer, R., Ronsky, J., Roy, J.S., Thomas, A. (Co-PAs), and 82 Co-Applicants including MacEachen, E.
$1,983,984 March 2020 – February 2025
Work and health risks in the food sharing economy
MacEachen, E., Majowicz, S., Meyer, S.
University of Waterloo Research Incentive Fund
$10,000 2018-2019
Non-wage household workers on Alberta farms: Risks, attitudes and policy
Alberta Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Futures
Reid-Musson, E., Hallstrom, L.K., MacEachen, E., Beckie, M
$44,663 2018-2020
Family farms as exceptional workplaces: ideals and impacts on vulnerable workers
SSHRC Insight development Grant
Reid-Musson, E., Strauss, K., MacEachen, E.
$36,272 2018-2020
International online graduate course: a formative evaluation for sustained and expanded international connections
University of Waterloo Internationalisation Fund
MacEachen, E.
$10,680 2018-2019
Policy and practice in return to work after work injury: Challenging circumstances and innovative solutions
SSHRC/CIHR Healthy Productive Workforce Partnership Grant
Lippel, K. (PI), MacEachen, E., McLaughlin, J., Henneberry, J., Haan, M., Premji, S., Hudon, A., St-Arnaud, L., Pelletier, M., Cox, R., Gravel, S., Cote, D., R., Vultur, M., Lafranche, M., Neis, B.
$1,419,434 2018-2023
Return to work and mental health: tapping experience and strategies of return-to-work coordinators
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board Research Grants Program
MacEachen, E. (PI), Neiterman, E., Malachowski, C.
$234,148.32 2018-2020
Strategies for the successful return-to-work of linguistic minorities
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board Research Grants Program
Premji, S. (PI), MacEachen, E., Kosny, A.
$110,933 2018-2020
UberX and Occupational Health: an analysis of international ride sharing policy developments
Hallman Undergraduate Research Award (to hire an undergraduate student for a research project)
MacEachen, E (PI).
$10,000 Jan 2018-April 2018
Work and Health – an international on-line graduate course
STINT (Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education) Initiation Grants Program
Tjulin, A. (PI), Selander, J., MacEachen, E., Larsson, R.
$22,400 2017-2018
A holistic understanding of blended learning in Ontario higher education: Exploring and integrating key stakeholder perspectives to enhance practice
e-Campus Ontario Research and Innovation Grants
Sanchez, O., Malachowski, C., MacEachen, E.
$69,069 2017-2018
The Science and Politics of Work Disability Prevention: An edited book of policy interventions
Centre for Research on Work Disability Policy (SSHRC Partnership grant 895-2012-1017)
MacEachen, E. (PI)
$79,975 2016- 2018
Health conditions among pre-tenure female university faculty: what isn’t disclosed and why?
University of Waterloo Gender Equity Research Grant
MacEachen, E. (PI), Gunz, S., Johnson, C., Singh, R.
$9,996 2016- 2017
The new ‘sharing economy’ and Uber: A developmental evaluation of emergent conditions for occupational health risk and regulation
CIHR Project Scheme
MacEachen, E. (PI), Saunders, R., Bigelow, P., Meyer, S, Kosny, A
$191,125 2016- 2019
A comparative study of the policies and practices that impact access to workers’ compensation for linguistic minorities in Ontario and Quebec
SSHRC Insight Development Grant
Premji, S. (PI), Kosny, A., MacEachen, E., Saunders, R.
$74,222 2016- 2018
Protecting workers from reprisals for making health and safety complaints at work
Ontario Ministry of Labour Research for the Workplace Grants
The Ontario Ministry of Labour Research Opportunities Program
Lewchuk, W. (PI), King, A., MacEachen, E., Hall, A., Tucker, E., Aversa, T.
$120,907.35 2016- 2018
Policy and practice in return to work after work injury for the precariously employed or geographically mobile workforce: a four province study
SSHRC/CIHR Healthy Productive Workforce Initiative (SSHRC Development Grant)
Lippel, K. (PI), Neis, B., Cox, R., Cherry, N., MacEachen, E.
$355,716 2016- 2018
Re-development of an Ontario prevention guideline for musculoskeletal disorders
Ontario Ministry of Labour
Wells, R. (PI), Callaghan, J., Brookman, C., Yazdani, A., McInnes, B. (Core Working Group) and MacEachen, E., Bigelow, P., Amick, B., Imbeau, D., Neumann, P., Beach, T., and Potvin, J. (Research Working Group).
2016- 2018
Determinants of the gender difference in the duration of work absence for non-traumatic work-related musculoskeletal disorders: a systematic review of the literature
Réseau provincial de recherche en adaptation-réadaptation (REPAR)
Stock, S. (PI), Cullen, K., Macdermid, J., Dionne, C.E., MacEachen, E., Koehoorn, M., Messing, K., Nastasia, I., Nicolakakis, N.
$40,000 2016- 2017
Élaboration des critères de conception d’un outil d’aide à l’évaluation des risques liés à la SST par les enseignants superviseurs de stage du Parcours de formation axée sur l’emploi
Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST).
Laberge, M. (PI), Breslin, C., MacEachen, E.
$96,944 2014- 2016
Engaging health care providers in the return to work process
Workers’ Compensation Board of Manitoba Research and Workplace Innovation Program
Kosny, A. (PI), Beaton, D.E., Cooper, J., Furlan, A., Koehoorn, M., MacEachen, E., Neis, B.
$174,252 2014-2016
Scoping review of work disability policy gaps and challenges
Centre for Research on Work Disability (non-competitive award), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Award 895-2012-1017
MacEachen, E. (PI), Tompa, E. Ekberg, K., Petricone, I., Kosny, A., Du, B.
$16,203.16 2014-15
Income Security and Labour-Market Engagement: Envisioning the Future of Disability Policy in Canada
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Partnership Grant
Tompa, E. & MacEachen, E. (Co-Directors), with Baril-Gingras, G., Bornstein, S., Boucher, N., Breslin, C., Calvert, J., Cooke, G., Côté, P., Coutu, M.F., Dawe, D., de Boer, C., Dewa, C., Durand, M.J., Facey, M., Gewurtz, R., Grignon, M., Hanes, R., Heymann, J., Holness, L., Jennissen, T., Koehoorn, M., Laberge, M., Latimer, E., McLeod, C., Montreuil, S., Neis, B., Noël, A., O’Campo, P., Ostry, A., Premji, S., Provencher, Y., Rioux, M., Saunders, R., Scott-Marshall, H., Shaw, L., Small, S., White, M., Zeytinoglu, I.
Collaborators: Bernier, J., Finkler, E., Franche, R.L., Helfand, N., Ison, T., King, A., Lippel, K., Loisel, P., MacAhonic, P., Mendelson, M., Stapleton, J., Torjman, S.
$2,760,782 2013- 2020
Efficacy and effectiveness of occupational interventions in enhancing return to work: experimental and quasi-experimental studies
Academy of Finland
Viikari-Juntura, E. (PI), Solovieva, S., Martimo, K.P., Kivekäs, T., Kausto, J., Virta, L., Laaksonen, M., Burdorf, A., MacEachen, E.
$615,000 2013-2015
Systematic review of implementation of occupational health and safety regulatory levers
Ontario Ministry of Labour
MacEachen, E. (PI), Tompa, E., Kosny, A., Stahl, C., O’Hagan, F.
$52,500 2013-2014
Understanding the occupational health and safety inspection process in a changing labour market
Ontario Ministry of Labour
MacEachen, E. (PI), Saunders, R., Lippel, K., Tompa, E.
$96,538 2013-2014
Systematic review of the effectiveness of occupational health and safety legislation and regulatory enforcement
Ontario Ministry of Labour
Tompa, C. (PI), MacEachen, E., McLeod, C., Foley, M., Hogg-Johnson, S., Irvin, E., Mahood, Q.
$70,108 2013-2014
Parent’s views of 12 to 14 year olds working project
Ontario Ministry of Labour
Breslin, C. (PI), MacEachen E, Koehoorn M, Laberge L, Ledoux E, Runyan C, Smith P, Laberge M.
$61,500 2013- 2014
Testing a socially-enhanced workplace rehabilitation intervention
University of New England 2013 University Research Seed Grants
Dunstan, D. (PI), MacEachen, E., Kosny, A.
$15,800 2013-2014
Effects of temporary work modifications on work disability related to musculoskeletal pain and depressive symptoms
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (Finnish Work Environment Fund)
Viikari-Juntura, E. (PI), Solovieva, S., Martimo, K.P., Kivekäs, T., Kausto, J., Virta, L., Laaksonen, M., Burdorf, A., MacEachen, E.
$300,000 2013
Networks of Centres of Excellence-Knowledge Mobilization (NCE-KM) Letter of Intent
Mobilizing Work Ability and Health/Mobiliser Les Connaissances Pour Travailler En Santé
Co-investigator: Loisel, P. (PI), MacEachen, E., Tompa, E., Côté, P., Kube, D., Alter, D., Anema, J., Bültmann, U., Cassidy, D., Cooper, J., Dewa, C., Franche, R.L., Feuerstein, M., Gross, D., Hung, L.K., Koehoorn, M., Kristman, V., O’Hagan, F., Pransky, G., White, M. (Co-investigators)
$15,000 (to develop grant request of $1.2M) 2013
Évaluation de l’utilisation d’outils d’apprentissage visant le développement de compétences liées à la SST
Éducation, Loisir et Sport Québec (Projet de recherche-action visant l’expérimentation d’interventions novatrices)
Laberge, M. (PI), MacEachen, E., Vezina, N., Barette-Brisson, P.
$75,000 2012-2014
Manager’s perspectives on the role of co-workers in workplace reintegration processes
School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences, University of New England Staff Seeding Grant Scheme
Dunstan, D. (PI), MacEachen, E.
$8,815 2012-2013
Challenges of workplace injury prevention through financial incentives in a global economy
CIHR Dissemination Event
Tompa, E. (PI), MacEachen, E.
$25,000 2012
Income Security and Labour-Market Engagement: Envisioning the Future of Disability Policy in Canada
SSHRC Partnership Grant Letter of Intent. Awarded for proposal development
Tompa, E. & MacEachen (Co-Directors) with Banting, K., Baril-Gingras, G., Bornstein, S., Boucher, N., Calvert, J., Cooke, G., Côté, P., Dawe, D., de Boer, C., Dewa, C., Facey, M., Gewurtz, R., Gold, D., Grignon, M., Heymann, J., Holness, L., Koehoorn, M., Laberge, M., Latimer, E., Loisel, P., McLeod, C., Montreuil, S., Neis, B., Noël, A., Ostry, A., Premji, S., Provencher, Y., Rioux, M., Saunders, R., Shaw, L., Small, S., Zeytinoglu, I.; (Collaborators, in alphabetical order) Bernier, J., Finkler, E., Ison, T., King, A., Lippel, K., MacAhonic, P., Mendelson, M., Stapleton, J., Torjman, S.; (Total of 41 co-investigators and collaborators and 24 partner organizations).
$20,000 2012
Understanding the impact of the decline in unionisation and in union bargaining power on workplace health
Workplace Safety & Insurance Board Research Advisory Council (WSIB RAC)
Facey, M. (PI), MacEachen, E., Verma, A.
$100,092.96 2011-2012
A Critical Review of Literature on Experience-Rating in Workers’ Compensation Systems
Community-University Research Alliance Grant (noncompetitive), Social Science and Humanities Research Council.
MacEachen, E., Tompa, E., & Endicott, M. (Co-PIs)
$59,998 2010-2012
Knowledge synthesis on the core elements of intervention and implementation to foster the utilization of evidence-based RTW interventions for workers presenting with disability from musculoskeletal disorders
Canadian Institutes for Health Research Knowledge Synthesis Grant
Loisel, P. (PI), Geary, J.A., Keen, D., Kidd, C., Lovick, M.K., Pearson, B., Bültmann, U., Fassier, J.B., Franche, R.L., Gehanno, J.F., MacEachen, E., Van Oostrom, S.
$100,000 2010-2011
Skills for the job of recovery: Testing the feasibility of an online program for developing self-efficacy and the skills needed for the job of returning to optimal work.
Workplace Safety & Insurance Board Research Advisory Council (WSIB RAC)
Beaton, D. (PI), Smith, P.M., Van Eerd, D., Kennedy, C., Tang, K., Steenstra, I., Amick III, B.C., McDermid, J.C., Richards, P.R., MacEachen, E., Gnam, W., MacRitchie, I., Lorig, K.R., Van der Velde, G.
$58,168.60 2010-2011
“Red Flags/Green Lights: A Guide to Identifying and Managing Return-To-Work Problems”: How Is It Useful to Different Stakeholders?
Workplace Safety & Insurance Board Research Advisory Council (WSIB RAC).
MacEachen, E. (PI), Kosny, A., Mansfield, L., Keown, K.
$39, 960.25 2010-2011
CIHR Strategic Training Program in Work Disability Prevention
Canadian Institutes for Health Research.
Loisel, P. and (in alphabetical order) Anema, J.R., Baril, R., Breslin, C., Bültmann, U., Cassidy, J.D., Cooper, J.E., Corbiere, M., Côté, P., Coutu, M.F., Dewa, C., Dionne, C., Durand, M.J., Feuerstein, M., Franche, R.L., Gagnon, D., Guzmán, J., Hogg-Johnson, S., Koehoorn, M., Krause, N., Lambert, C., Lippel, K., MacEachen, E., Mairiaux, P., Pransky, G., Ranville, P., Shaw, W., Tompa, E., Vézina, N., Scardamalia, M.
$1,950,000 2009-2015
Understanding the Management of Prevention and Return to Work in Temporary Work Agencies.
Workplace Safety & Insurance Board Research Advisory Council (WSIB RAC).
MacEachen, E. (PI), Kosny, A., Lippel, K., Saunders, R.
$208,941 2009-2012
Knowledge Exchange Forum on Immigration, Work and Health in British Columbia
Canadian Institutes for Health Research
Kosny, A. (PI), MacEachen, E., Smith, P., Shields, J.
$24,870 2009
Immigrant workers’ experiences after work-related injury in British Columbia: Identifying key questions and building research capacity
WorkSafe BC Development Grant
Kosny, A. (PI), Smith, P., MacEachen, E.
$30,042 2008-2009
Immigrant workers’ experiences after work-related injury in British Columbia: identifying key questions and building research capacity
WorkSafe BC Research Awards
Kosny, A. (PI), MacEachen, E., Smith, P., Shields, J.
$30,000 2008-2009
CIHR Strategic Training Program in Work Disability Prevention
CIHR Strategic Training Initiative in Health Research
Loisel, P. (PI) and (in alphabetical order), Anema, H., Baril, R., Breslin, C., Bültmann, U., Cassidy, D., Cooper, J., Corbiere, M., Côté, P., Coutu, M.F., Dewa, C., Dionne, C., Durand, M.J., Feuerstein, M., Franche, M.F., Gagnon, D., Guzmán, J., Hogg-Johnson, S., Koehoorn, M., Krause, N., Lambert, C., Lippel, K., MacEachen, E., Mairiaux, P., Pransky, G., Rainville, P., Shaw, W., Tompa, E., Vézina, N.
$30,000 2008
Development of a green light and red flag toolkit for persistent claims
Workplace Safety & Insurance Board Research Advisory Council (WSIB RAC)
MacEachen, E. (PI), Kosny, A.
$39,916.55 2007-2008
Groundwork for an Injured Worker and Mental Health Intervention Study
Centre of Research Expertise in Improved Disability Outcomes (CREIDO) Pilot Project Grant
MacEachen, E. (PI), Franche, R.L.
$9,573 2007-2009
Immigrant workers’ experiences after work-related injury and illness
Workplace Safety & Insurance Board Research Advisory Council (WSIB RAC)
Kosny, A. (PI), MacEachen, E., Smith, P., Shields, J.
$108,881 2007-2009
A systematic review of work and health in small businesses
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board Prevention Reviews Initiative.
MacEachen, E. (PI), Breslin, C., Kyle, N., Irvin, E., Kosny, A., Bigelow, P., Mahood, Q., Scott-Dixon, K., Morassaei, S., Facey, M., Chambers, L., Couban, R., Shannon, H., Cullen, K., Amick, B.
$91,292 2007-2008
An Ethnographic Study of Process and Experience with Labour Market Re-Entry
Workplace Safety & Insurance Board Research Advisory Council (WSIB RAC)
MacEachen, E. (PI), Kosny, A., Lippel, K., Franche, R.L.
$140,605 2007-2009
Community-University Research Alliance on Workers’ Compensation and the Consequences of Work Injury
Social Science and Humanities Research Council
Tompa, E. (PI), Ballantyne, P., Beatty, H., Boolis, B., Buonastella, O., DeWolff, A., Vienneau, P., Eakin, J., Endicott, M., Evans, B., Franche, R.L., Furrie, A., Gildiner, A., Guzmán, J., Kirsh, B., Kramer, D., Lippel, K., MacEachen, E., Mantis, S., O’Regan, R., Pacini, S., Stone, S.D., Storey, R., Tucker, E.
$989,100 2006-2012
An Ethnographic Study of Injured Workers’ Claims Experiences: A Focus on Mental Health and Substance Use Issues
Community-University Research Alliance Grant, Social Science and Humanities Research Council
MacEachen, E. (PI), Chambers, L.
$30,000 2006-2008
An Ethnographic Study of Injured Workers’ Complex Claims Experiences
Workplace Safety & Insurance Board Research Advisory Council (WSIB RAC)
MacEachen, E. (PI), Ferrier, S., Cole, D.
$97,671 2005-2007
Work disability management and mental health: Building front-line capacity
CIHR Strategic Initiative “Mental health in the workplace: Delivering Evidence for action.”
Franche, R.L. (PI), Clarke, A., Cole, D., Côté P, Gibson, J., Gnam, W., Kirsh, B., Koehoorn, M., MacEachen, E., Mustard, C., Myette, T.L.
$7,500 2005-2006
Work injuries among adolescents: toward a gendered conceptual framework
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Breslin, F.C. (PI), MacEachen, E., Morrongiello, B., Shannon, H.
$48,024 2005-2006
The logic of practice: An ethnographic study of front-line service work with small businesses in Ontario’s workplace health insurance agency
Workplace Safety & Insurance Board Research Advisory Council (WSIB RAC)
Eakin, J.M. (PI), MacEachen, E., Clarke, J.
$52,691 2004-06