NEW WEB SITE
Protective gloves selection

The objective of this Web site is to provide necessary information for helping individuals and OH&S managers identify protective gloves corresponding to their needs. It will be progressively improved by the addition of other glove models and other properties. Even if it has been designed for an occupational use, this guide can also be useful in the case of personal- and leisure-type activities.

COLLABORATION WITH THE ILO
The IRSST becomes a CIS Collaborating Center

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has just welcomed the IRSST into its network of CIS Centres as a Collaborating Centre for Canaouida. The International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre (CIS) collects all relevant information published worldwide on occupational health and safety.

GINETTE TRUCHON
A prize-winning scientific article

At its annual general assembly, the Board of Directors of the IRSST adopted a motion of congratulations for the authors of a scientific article that has just been recognized as being the Article of the Year by the Society of Toxicology. Resulting from a research project funded by the IRSST and the Agence française de sécurité sanitaire de l'environnement (AFSSET), this article, published in 2009 in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, was written by Irene Sari-Minodier, Ginette Truchon (IRSST), Ginette Charest-Tardif, Anik Bérubé and Robert Tardif.

HATS OFF TO OUR SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS!
Results of the IRSST's 2010-2011 scholarship competition

Thirty-five students from eight Québec universities have been awarded scholarships by the Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST) for their research programs aimed at preventing work-related injuries or contributing to the rehabilitation of injured workers. They include eight master’s students, 22 doctoral students, and five postdoctoral fellows. The IRSST’S graduate studies scholarship and postdoctoral fellowship program is intended for applicants at the master’s, doctoral, and postdoctoral levels.

GUEST POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
For the 2011-2012 competition, several changes and improvements have been made to the IRSST’s Graduate Studies Scholarship Program. The new aspects include the possibility for researchers to do their postdoctoral research at the IRSST under the supervision of one of its researchers.

THE IRSST AND SOCIAL MEDIA
OHS Research News on the Social Web

For a few months already, you have been able to follow the latest research in occupational health and safety that IRSST broadcasts on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. You'll find not only the IRSST’s news in form of short stories, photos or videos, but also an overview of relevant OHS from around the world. Take advantage of these various platforms to send us your comments, suggestions, and reflections on our research or on general OHS issues.

     

 

The IRSST is making accessible, in blog form, the scientific information documented by its Strategic Watch Department. This scientific information comes from the daily monitoring of more than 650 Web pages dealing with occupational health and safety (OHS) and the information collected by its personnel during discussions, workshops, forums, colloquia, conferences or any other event addressing the major issues of OHS research.

DEADLINE : JUNE 28, 2010
IRSST PRIZE FOR THE BEST SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE
$10,000 to the best article

The IRSST will grant, in 2010, a $10,000 prize to reward the author or authors of the best scientific article published in the last five years in the occupational health and safety field. Researchers have until June 28, 2010, to apply. A jury made up of scientific experts from varied and complementary fields will evaluate these applications.

IRSST RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAMS
Next deadlines

Every year, the IRSST provides funding of $3.4 million for research projects and activities by external researchers. Funding is by project or activity, with follow-up mechanisms that promote interaction with the IRSST.

Application deadline for a Collaborative Research Grant or a Collaborative Activity Grant is August 10, 2010.

Jaime Lara, Daniel Drolet, Yves Cloutier, Bernard Caron, Marie-Ève Lamarche/ IRSST Richard Chahine / Institut de recherche sur l'hydrogène - UQTR André Dufresne / Université de Montréal Daniel Cossement / Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

André Plamondon, Denys Denis, Marie St-Vincent, Christian Larivière, Iuliana Nastasia, Erik Pena Salazar, Maud Gonella, Christian Larue; IRSST / Alain Delisle, Denis Gagnon;Université de Sherbrooke / Pierre Desjardins; Pierre Desjardins, consultant

Marie-José Durand, Patrick Loisel, Marie-Christine Richard; Université de Sherbrooke / Nicole Vézina; Université du Québec à Montréal

Alain Delisle, Denis Gagnon, François Michaud, Jean Rouat, Pierre Desjardins, Denis Choquet; Université de Sherbrooke / André Plamondon, Christian Larivière, Erik Pena Salazar, Christian Larue, Pierre Drouin; IRSST

Ali Bahloul; IRSST / Ted Stathopoulos; Université Concordia

Franck Sgard, Hugues Nélisse, Jérôme Boutin; IRSST / Frédéric Laville, Yvan Petit, Jérémie Voix, Cécile Le Cocq; École de technologie supérieure / Mike Stinson, Gilles Daigle; Conseil national de recherches Canada/

Simon Aubin, Jacques Lesage, Marielle Carrier; IRSST / Huu Van Tra, Amina Nechadi; Université du Québec à Montréal