Originally a division within the School of Rehabilitation Sciences, the Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy emerged in July 2007. The department offers a wide array of educational and research opportunities, including an entry to practice graduate program: Master of Occupational Therapy, MOT; graduate research programs: MSc and PhD; and post-professional online: Master of rehabilitation science, MRSc and certificate programs.
Our mission is to “Create, inspire and uphold a scholarly community that contributes to the health of individuals and communities through research on occupation and education programs for occupational therapy students, health professionals, and scientists.” Through the continued support of our academic, clinical, student, and alumni community we hope to realize our vision of “health and participation for all.”
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Barbic, Skye | Occupational therapy; Rehabilitation medicine; assessment; community integration; health and well-being; Implementation Science; Individual Placement Support; measurement; Mental Health and Society; mental health; metrology; Occupational therapy; Patient Engagement; Rasch Measurement Theory; recovery; Supported Employment; youth; Assessment, Community integration, Health and well-being, Implementation Science, Individual Placement Support, Measurement, Mental Health and Society, Mental health, Metrology, Occupational therapy, Patient Engagement, Rasch Measurement Theory, Recovery, Supported Employment, Youth |
| Blain-Moraes, Stefanie | levels of and capacity for consciousness across altered states of consciousness, creating technologies to support arts-based interactions, Imaging & Computational Biology, human Interfacing Devices, consciousness, personhood, minimally communicative persons, interpersonal connection, electroencephalography, physiological signals |
| Forwell, Susan | Neurological conditions and their impact on chosen occupations |
| Glegg, Stephanie | Knowledge translation and implementation science in health; Sociology and related studies; Occupational therapy; Patient and citizen engagement research; Health and community services; Community child health; Addiction rehabilitation; Psychology, social and behavorial aspects; Child Development; Child & Family Health; Developmental Disabilities; Exercise for Children; Health services research; Substance Use and Addiction; rehabilitation; Translational Medical Research; Knowledge Translation/Mobilization; Social network analysis; Implementation Science; Health Services and Systems; Child Development, Child & Family Health, Developmental Disabilities, Exercise for Children, Health Services Research, Substance Use and Addiction, Rehabilitation, Translational Medical Research, Knowledge Translation/Mobilization, Social network analysis, Implementation Science, Health Services and Systems |
| Henderson, Julia | |
| Holsti, Liisa | Medical, health and life sciences; |
| Huot, Suzanne | Occupational therapy; Human geography; asylum seekers; bilingualism; community-engaged research; critical theory; francophone minority communities; francophones; french; Gender; immigration; intersectionality; Migration Studies; Migrations, Populations, Cultural Exchanges; occupational science; Qualitative research; refugees; social inclusion; social integration; Platform economy; Asylum seekers, Bilingualism, Community-engaged research, Critical theory, Francophone minority communities, Francophones, French, Gender, Immigration, Intersectionality, Migration studies, Migrations, Populations, Cultural Exchanges, Occupational science, Qualitative research, Refugees, Social inclusion, Social integration, Platform economy |
| Jarus, Tal | Occupational therapy; Rehabilitation medicine; Disciplinary education; art-based research; disabled practitioners;; Disabled students;; diversifying health and human service professions; Justice and equity in health professions; Art-based research, Disabled practitioners;, Disabled students;, Diversifying health and human service professions, Justice and equity in health professions |
| Miller, William | Occupational therapy; disabled people with respect to mobility (wheelchairs); influence of self-efficacy with respect to participation in daily activity, social activity and general quality of life especially among disabled adults and elderly; wheelchair prescription, performance and function; outcome measurement in health care, Use of power wheelchairs, fatigue, Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation |
| Mortenson, Ben | Occupational therapy; Rehabilitation medicine; Accessibility; Assistive technology; Caregiving; Mobility; Outcome measures; Quality of Life and Aging; rehabilitation; Robotics; Social Aspects of Aging; Social participation; Spinal cord injury; Accessibility, Assistive technology, Caregiving, Mobility, Outcome measures, Quality of Life and Aging, Rehabilitation, Robotics, Social Aspects of Aging, Social participation, Spinal cord injury |
| Nimmon, Laura | Health sciences; Qualitative research; medical education; Health Professions Education; Social network analysis; Human connection; Interdependence; Social theories; Social power; Palliative Care; Qualitative research, Medical education, Health professions education, Social network analysis, Human connection, Interdependence, Social theories, Social power, Palliative care |
| Sakakibara, Brodie | Clinical medicine; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy; Gerontology; rehabilitation; Physical Activity; Physical Rehabilitation; Stroke Rehabilitation; Chronic disease self-management and prevention; Telehealth in people with stroke and cardiovascular disease; Complex behavioural intervention development; Clinical trial methodologies; Participatory and patient-oriented research; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Gerontology, Rehabilitation, Physical Activity, Physical Rehabilitation, Stroke Rehabilitation, Chronic disease self-management and prevention, Telehealth in people with stroke and cardiovascular disease, Complex behavioural intervention development, Clinical trial methodologies, Participatory and patient-oriented research |
| Schmidt, Julia | Occupational therapy; Trauma / Injuries; cognition; Neurological diseases; Cognitive impairment; neuroscience; rehabilitation; Self-awareness; Self-identity; Traumatic Brain Injury; Trauma / Injuries, Cognition, Neurological Diseases, Cognitive impairment, Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Self-awareness, Self-identity, Traumatic brain injury |
| Zwicker, Jill | Occupational therapy; Rehabilitation medicine; Brain development; developmental coordination disorder; Infant / Child Development; Learning Disorders in Children; Motor System; neuroplasticity; Prematurity; rehabilitation; Brain development, Developmental coordination disorder, Infant / Child Development, Learning Disorders in Children, Motor System, Neuroplasticity, Prematurity, Rehabilitation |