Celebrating our Fieldwork Educators!
Announcing the 2026 Fieldwork Educator Award Winners
Each year we take the opportunity to celebrate the wonderful fieldwork educators that guide, mentor and support our trainee OTs during their important fieldwork placements. Nominated by students, these awards offer a chance to highlight outstanding educators and reflect back student gratitude and appreciation.
>> See this year’s winners and read about why they were nominated
Welcome
We are OSOT at UBC – the Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy – building a vibrant community of learners, scholars, and practitioners.
We are proud to grow each new generation of occupational therapists. Whether you are starting your journey or looking for professional development or further research opportunities, explore our programs.
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Join our Vancouver, North or Fraser cohort, and become a life-changing occupational therapist with our two-year professional Master of Occupational Therapy program.
A place of learning
We respectfully acknowledge that our faculty, staff and students are located across the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh First Nation; Syilx Okanagan Nation; Coast Salish Peoples, including the Musqueam, Kwantlen, Semiahmoo, Tsawwassen, Katzie, Kwikwetlem, Qayqayt, and numerous Stó:lō First Nations; and Lheidli T’enneh (Dakelh (Carrier) First Nation) people.
Our latest news & events
- Event: MOT Info Sessions 2026 (Oct 16 and 27)
Hear about the content and structure of the program, as well as the admissions process, and ask your questions in an open Q&A session. - How to pack school lunches for picky eaters, with clinical instructor Dr. Lauren Hershfield
UBC clinical instructor and pediatric occupational therapist Dr. Lauren Hershfield offers tips for making school lunches less stressful for picky eaters…and parents. - Making Connections: Assistive Technology Experience Day
At the end of September, second year MOT students take part in an all-day interactive workshop on Assistive Technology (AT). See what they got up to and why it is important. - Dr. Laura Nimmon recognized for ‘Excellence in Education’ in 2026 Faculty of Medicine Awards
The award celebrates significant contributions to health education in the areas of leadership, innovation, and/or scholarship of education. - Meet Us at UBCO Grad Fair & Info Session (Sept 22)
Interested in becoming an occupational therapist? Come meet us at UBC Okanagan on Sept 22.
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