Become a Student Member

CROSH welcomes all students with an interest in occupational health and safety. Membership is open to students in undergraduate, master’s, and PhD programs.

Looking for a supervisor for grad school? Learn about our Faculty Research Members.

Want to learn about the kind of research our members do? Check out our many health and safety research projects.

Click here for our membership application form.

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Here are six great reasons to consider becoming a student member of CROSH:

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    Research Opportunities. Check out some of our research projects to see what inspires you.

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    Awards and Funding. Since 2018, we’ve awarded $124,000 in student scholarships. Learn more about awards and funding.

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    Internships. In the past five years, our student members have done 75 paid student internships. Learn more about student internships.

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    Mentorship from our more experienced graduate students.

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    Professional Development and Networking, including attending conferences, doing health and safety outreach, and meeting professional health and safety specialists.

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    Student space and community. Our graduate student members can request a desk in our Home Lab in the Ben Avery Building.

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As a student member, you can also attend CRafés (CROSH Cafés) in which researchers, students, visiting scholars, and guest speakers give engaging presentations over coffee and treats.

Student Spotlight

CROSH student member explaining how vibration affects the human body

CROSH student member Taryn Thompson spent several days at Glencore’s Fraser Mine sharing the latest CROSH research with workers.

CROSH student members Marie-Eve Morin, Mani Cuza, and Parastou Zerang did CROSH-funded internships with NORCAT. Several CROSH student alumni now work at NORCAT as health and safety professionals.

three CROSH student members in full PPE in a mine environment
one CROSH student member demonstrating a virtual reality set-up
virtual reality image of a building under construction

Graduate students Erfan Arbab, Mehdi Tavafi, and Pranil G C had CROSH-funded internships doing virtual reality-related research with Dr. Alison Godwin.

CROSH student members on a winter hike around Laurentian University’s beautiful campus.

crosh student members on a winter hike around Laurentian University's campus

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New publication for CROSH member Dr Caroline Dignard! You can find this article in the October edition of Mining Engineering, published by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration.

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Taylor Lloyd will be presenting her masters thesis proposal on October 31st at 9:45am titled “A heat stress evaluation amongst underground mine workers” Join us in Ben Avery room 216 on zoom https://laurentian.zoom.us/j/99197741700?pwd=iQWL536V4b97NaSAFzZfHfOL2nHcFu.1

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We’re looking for participants this October to volunteer in a study exploring hand-arm and foot transmitted vibration affects the body. Interested in joining our study? Reach out to croshtech@laurentian.ca

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As summer comes to a close, we say goodbye (for now!) to our amazing summer student researchers. ☀️📚 Their hard work, curiosity, and fresh ideas have made an impact on our projects this season. Thank you for all your contributions! 👷🦺🔬

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Congratulations to CROSH student members Kailey Beggs, Elizabeth Saraiva and Caden Caputo on being recipients of the 2025 NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award to work on their own research projects throughout the summer. 🎉 Kailey is working under the supervision of Dr Alison Godwin and Dr Katie Goggins exploring how seat adjustment training affects seat-to-head vibration transmissibility during seated vibration exposure. This research can contribute to new understandings around how vibration can impact health and how even small postural changes can impact how vibration is transmitted through the body. Elizabeth has been working with Dr Katie Goggins focusing on vibration research involving signal alignment and analysis to improve worker health and safety. She has also been working with Brent Lievers using a 3D image processing software (Dragonfly) to implement techniques of identifying the components of the trabecular bone and train an AI model to trace components of the bone. The purpose of this research is to find an efficient way to find volume of bone structure units to better understand bone health especially targeting postmenopausal women. Under the supervision of Dr. Sandra Dorman and Dr. Alison Godwin, Caden conducted a study examining lactate levels during specific exercise conditions to better understand how physical workloads contribute to worker fatigue, while also testing reliable methods of lactate testing. He additionally worked with Dr. Katie Goggins on projects investigating workplace vibration exposures, contributing to the development of mitigation strategies aimed at reducing health risks for vibration-exposed workers

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Join Dr Katie Goggins on August 19th for a FREE webinar to learn how CROSH and other safety system partners are focused on risk management when it comes to hand arm vibrations. Register now at https://shop.wsps.ca/collections/advancing-vibration-risk-management-mlitsd-northern-region-on-mining-initiative-on-hav

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Student members can be from any number of programs, including:

Student members can be from any number of programs, including:

Graduate Student Members

Any graduate student at a recognized post-secondary institution may apply for Graduate Student membership if they agree to:

  • contribute positively to CROSH’s mission;
  • participate in the promotion of CROSH by acknowledging CROSH in research publications and presentations which benefited from CROSH support and partnerships;
  • seek opportunities to collaborate with CROSH researchers including other graduate students;
  • follow the rules governing the use of the CROSH laboratory;
  • accept CROSH’s financial guidelines;
  • attend General Membership meetings; and
  • complete the Annual Renewal and Reporting Form.

How to become a graduate student at Laurentian University

Laurentian University has dozens of world-class graduate programs. Of note, the Human Kinetics PhD and the Masters in Human Kinetics (MHK) have an OHS stream

Undergraduate Student Members

Any undergraduate student at a recognized post-secondary institution may apply for Undergraduate Student membership if they agree to:

  • contribute positively to CROSH’s mission;
  • participate in the promotion of CROSH by acknowledging CROSH in research publications and presentations which benefited from CROSH support and partnerships;
  • seek opportunities to collaborate with CROSH researchers including other students;
  • follow the rules governing the use of the CROSH laboratory;
  • accept CROSH’s financial guidelines; 
  • attend General Membership meetings; and 
  • complete the Annual Renewal and Reporting Form.

Questions?

If you have any questions about student members, email croshtech@laurentian.ca