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Top-Ten-Announcement

Occupational Therapist: a Top Ten Job!

  Occupational Therapy and other health professions share the #9 spot in a list of the hottest jobs in Canada. http://www.canadianliving.com/life/work/canadas_10_hottest_job_industries_finance_construction_nursing_pharmacy_and_more_2.php  Among the top ten high-demand health care jobs, OT ranks #9.    http://www.universities-colleges-schools.com/top-ten-healthcare-jobs-in-canada-by-demand  

Hood-Save-Date

Margaret Hood’s Centenary Celebration

Join us on September 25, 2013 at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum to celebrate the life and legacy of our founding member, Margaret Hood. What do you remember about Miss Hood? Every anecdote, every passing thought, even one-liner memories of the time and place can be gathered together into full-on reminisences.  Please contact Heather Swallow with your tales of [...]

Donna Drynan, Tal Jarus and Michael Lee receive TLEF Grants

TLEF Awards for OT Faculty

  Donna Drynan, Tal Jarus and Michael Lee receive TLEF Grants Congratulations to Donna Drynan, Tal Jarus and Mike Lee, who recently learned that their TLEF projects were funded!  Donna Drynan’s project, titled “Bridging the gap between theory and practice: Implementation of T-RES for occupational therapy fieldwork placements,” will design, pilot and evaluate a web-based [...]

Cafe-Save-Date

Cafe Scientifique

Save the Date for the next OSOT Cafe Scientifique Date:  May 9, 2013 Where:  Juliet’s Café Time:  7-9 pm (Doors open 6:45 pm) Title:  Bolstering Resilience in Youth Coping with Stigma Moderator:  Dr. Melinda Suto Speakers:  Shalini Lal, Dr. Elizabeth Saewyc, Dr. Yuko Homma

gOT Spirit

UBC’s MOT students create popular video

‘Because of OT… I can’ now has over 60 thousand views on YouTube!  This informative video created by members of our class of 2013 took the prize at 2012′s gOT Spirit student challenge! Click to watch…

Dr. Tal Jarus Welcomes Local and International Delegates to Collaborative Workshop on Student with Disabilities and University Transitions

Dr. Tal Jarus Welcomes Local and International Delegates to Collaborative Workshop on Student with Disabilities and University Transitions

This week, Dr. Jarus welcomes a team of international researchers in the health and human service professions, from the UK, Norway, Ireland, Sweden, Israel and Canada, to meet and exchange ideas and innovative research in order to better understand and evaluate the process of transitioning into and out of university for students with disabilities. The [...]

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