IRSST

The Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST), established in Québec since 1980, is a scientific research organization well known for the expertise of its personnel and the quality of its work. The IRSST is a non-profit organization with a Board of Directors composed of an equal number of employer and worker representatives. The Commission des normes, de l'équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST) provides most of the Institute's funding directly from the assessments paid by employers. The Institute has also been a registered charity since 1982... The IRSST team is composed of some 150 individuals, including a scientific corps of more than 80 expert researchers and technicians from various disciplines: ergonomics, industrial hygiene, chemistry, physics, biology, microbiology, kinanthropology, engineering, sociology, anthropology, demography, psychology and economics... The IRSST conducts and funds research activities aimed at..

Primary location: Montréal