Construct definition:

Employment is a critical social and economic determinant to health and quality of life of Canadians with spinal cord injury (SCI), and can be an important outcome. Employment is defined as the performance of activities that enable involvement in vocational roles and are related to the generation of income or other benefits. Characteristics of the individual and their injury, as well as their work, family, sociocultural and political context can determine their ability to participate in employment.

Progress:

National experts team:

• Dr. Cathy Craven
• Dr. Mark Bayley
• Dr. Sander Hitzig
• Heather Flett
• Farnoosh Farahani
• Dr. Mohammad Alavinia
• Dr. Matheus Joner Wiest
• Maryam Omidvar
• Dr. Arif Jetha
• Dr. Gary Linassi
• Diana McCauley
• Dr. Vanessa Noonan
• Dr. Francois Routhier
• Dr. Dalton Wolfe