Basak Yanar, PhD
Research Associate, Institute for Work and Health, Canda
Basak Yanar is a research associate at the Institute for Work and Health (IWH). She holds a PhD in organizational behaviour from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, where her research focused on labour market experiences of immigrant professionals in Canada. Basak's research examines safe work integration of newcomers, and how organizations can promote the physical and psychological wellbeing of their employees. With Dr. Peter Smith, she is currently leading a qualitative research project on the role of employers and settlement organizations in work integration of recent immigrants and refugees in Ontario and staying safe at work.