Grant: CIHR Café Scientifique Program

With the intent of hosting an educational and informal discussion on how gender informs work and health, recognizing that governments, regulatory agencies and workers' organizations play key roles in fostering healthy work environments, this Café will better inform the general public, workers/employees, employers, human resource professionals and unions, as well as those with an interest in or working in workplace health. The audience (present, in person, and present virtually) members will be encouraged to ask questions related to gender, work and health in order to stimulate discussion on how these three concepts interface to foster healthy work environments. The proposed Café will be held at and by McMaster University (Hamilton, ON). Panelists include two McMaster Faculty who are IGH Chairs in Gender, Work and Health (Allison Williams and Joy MacDermid), together with senior scholar, Dr. Janet Fast, from the University of Alberta, and a representative from the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), the partner organization affiliated with the IGH CIHR Chairs in Gender, Work and Health Program.