A5075613230- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Digital Economy and Work Transformation
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Labor Movements and Unions
- Value Engineering and Management
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Public-Private Partnership Projects
- Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
University of Waterloo
2021-2024
Introduction The issue of communications in the public space, and particular, workplace, became critical early stages SARS-CoV-2 pandemic was exacerbated by stress drastic transformation organization work, speed with which new information being made available, constant fear infected or developing a more severe even fatal form disease. Although effective communication is key to fighting pandemic, some business sectors were vulnerable affected than others, individuals particular...
The COVID-19 pandemic increased demand for app-based platform-based couriers, creating job opportunities individuals who have lost income because of COVID-19. Through various stages lockdown, courier workers (e.g., delivering Uber Eats, Amazon Flex, and Lyft) provide an essential service. At the same time, this form work poses risks exposure to SARS-CoV-2 virus as these are highly mobile in contact with many individuals.To explore how couriers discuss associated their during periods high...
As they deliver food, packages, and people across cities, digital platform drivers (gig workers) are in a key position to become infected with COVID-19 transmit it many others. The aim of this study is identify perceived exposure job risks faced by workers document the measures place protect their health, how responded these measures.
BACKGROUND: During the COVID-19 pandemic, low-wage public-facing frontline workers (FLWs), such as grocery store clerks, were required to monitor retail customers and enforce protocols. OBJECTIVE: This analysis aimed examine FLWs experiences of enforcing pandemic measures. METHODS: Between September 2020 March 2021, in Ontario Quebec (Canada), we conducted in-depth interviews about customer-related work health risks with who interacted public (n = 40) their supervisors 16). Using a lens...
This study examined how public health (PH) and occupational (OH) sectors worked together separately, in four different Canadian provinces to address COVID-19 as it affected at-risk workers. In-depth interviews were conducted with 18 OH PH experts between June December 2021. Responses about across disciplines protect workers analyzed.We a qualitative analysis identify Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities Threats (SWOT) multisectoral collaboration, implications for prevention approaches.We found...