Internships
CROSH works to:
- provide OHS training to the students who will be our future OHS professionals.
- Help workplaces access skilled people and equipment to solve their OHS issues.
We therefore fund student interns to partner with workplaces and help them with an OHS problem.
Internship Placement
Since 2018, CROSH has placed over 70 students in paid, occupational health and safety internships.
Our students are in a variety of academic programs, including: School of Kinesiology and Health Science Programs, Computer Science, Engineering, Biomedical Biology, Psychology, Social Work, Indigenous Social Work, Sociology, Nursing, Indigenous Relations, Biology, Science Communication, Interdisciplinary Health, Rural and Northern Health, and more.
Examples of Past Student Internships
| Project | Organization | Student’s Program |
|---|---|---|
| Modified Bow-Tie Analysis of OMA COVID-19 Controls | Ontario Mining Association and MIRARCO (Mining Innovation Rehabilitation and Applied Research Corporation) | Undergraduate, Health Promotion |
| WSIB Excellence Program Review | Laurentian University, OHS | Master’s in Human Kinetics student |
| Health, Safety & Training Data Analysis | Torex Gold Inc | Doctoral student in Human Kinetics |
| COVID-19 Management in the Workplace: Swabbing to Result Management of Essential Workers | NEOMO | Doctoral student in Human Kinetics in Biomolecular Science |
| Working at Home Ergonomics/Panbio Antigen COVID-19 Rapid Testing 8-Week Pilot Project | Laurentian University, OHS | Undergraduate, Health Promotion |
| Various OHS Projects including development of Courses and Training | NORCAT | Master’s in Human Kinetics student |
| Health Promotion; Influenza Campaign; Workplace Violence Prevention | Health Sciences North OHS Department | Master’s of Nursing student |
| Using models from safety theory to explore historical accident data from the mineral exploration field | Avalon Advanced Materials | Master’s in Human Kinetics student |
| Reliability of thermal detection equipment to detect human body temperatures | Provix and Glencore | Undergraduate, Kinesiology |
| COVID-19 controls within the Ontario Mining Association and the International Council on Mining and Metals | MIRARCO and Ontario Mining Association | Undergraduate, Kinesiology |
| Analysis of return-to-sport protocols amidst the COVID-19 pandemic | CROSH | Master’s in Human Kinetics student |
| Leadership Diversity and COVID-19 Risk Management in NCAA Division I Football | Divergent Lab (University of Guelph) | Lance Warwick, Master’s Student |
| Measuring whole body vibration on heavy duty machinery mine operators within the New Gold Rainy River Mine | New Gold Inc., Rainy River | Masters in Kinesiology students |
| CMHA Cochrane Timiskaming – Safety of health care clinicians performing house visits | CMHA (Canadian Mental Health Association) – Cochrane Timiskaming Branch | Master’s in Human Kinetics student |
| Field evaluation of the ergonomic conditions and physiological effects of using a loop-wire carrying backpack | Vale | Undergraduate, Kinesiology |
| Virtual training for healthcare workers in rural & northern communities | Laurentian University | Master’s in Human Kinetics students and Undergraduate student, Kinesiology |
| Nutrition Knowledge Translation Exchange (KTE) | AFFES (Aviation Forest Fires and Emergency Services) | Doctoral student in Human Kinetics |
| Fatigue Knowledge Translation Exchange (KTE) | AFFES (Aviation Forest Fires and Emergency Services) | Undergraduate, Kinesiology |
| WCB disability training | Dexterra Group | Undergraduate, Kinesiology |
| NORCAT | Doctoral student in Human Kinetics | |
| Analysis of NORCAT Common Core Training Data: Simulator Training and Underground Training Performance | NORCAT | Undergraduate, Kinesiology |
| Various OHS-related internal NORCAT projects, mining / construction client projects) | NORCAT | Undergraduate, Psychologie du sport |
| Health Research and Worker WSIB Claims | USW Local 6500 | Master’s in Human Kinetics student |