Sylvie Gravel, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Organization and Human Resources at l’Université de Québec à Montréal (UQAM), where she is director of the Health and Society PhD program. She is a member of UQAM’s l’Institut Santé et Société and is affiliated with the Economic and Labour Market Integration branch of the research consortium Quebec Metropolis Centre – Immigration and Metropolis (QMC-IM), focusing on Health and Social Services and on Social Inequalities in Health. She also has twenty years of experience working with the Public Health Department of Montreal, working in a team to ensure the cultural adaptation of public services to immigrant populations. Her research focuses on occupational health and safety of migrant workers and diversity.
As a co-investigator with On the Move Sylvie will be working in Quebec with the policy research component.
Selected publications:
Gravel, Sylvie, Francisco Villanueva, Stéphanie Berstein, Jill Hanley, Daniel Crespo, and Emmanuelle Ostiguy. 2014. ““Les mesures de santé et sécurité au travail auprès des travailleurs étrangers temporaires dans les entreprises saisonnières.” Pistes 16(2).
Gravel S, Rhéaume J, Legendre G. 2012. Les inégalités sociales des travailleurs immigrants au Québec victimes de lésions professionnelles. Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales, 28(2) : 57-80.
Gravel S, Rhéaume J, Legendre G. 2011. Formation et initiation à la tâche des travailleurs immigrants : absence de rituels en santé et sécurité au travail. PISTE, 13 (2).
Gravel S, Lortie M, Bilodeau H, Dubé J. 2012. Interaction entre la gestion des ressources humaines et la santé et la sécurité au travail: l’enseignement aux futurs gestionnaires. Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et sécurité au travail (IRSST). http://www.irsst.qc.ca/-publication-irsst-interaction-entre-la-gestion-des-ressources-humaines-et-la-sst-enseignement-aux-futurs-gestionnaires-r-730.html.
Gravel S, Rhéaume J, Legendre G. 2011. Strategies to develop and maintain occupational health and safety measures in small businesses employing immigrant workers in an urban area in Montreal. Journal of Workplace Health Management. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 4 (2):164 -178.
Related links:
Faculty page, UQAM
Contact:
Top ^Email: gravel.s@uqam.ca
