| Present | Faculty Member, Western University ‐ Global Health Equity | |
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| Present | Associate Director, Western University ‐ School of Occupational Therapy | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Contemporary structuring and negotiation of retirement and later life work, Critical social theory and occupational science, Critical gerontology, Shaping of occupation in later life, and interconnections between occupation, identity, participation, and well-being, Negotiation of chronic disability (e.g. low vision) and other transitions (e.g. migration) in later life, Disparities in occupational possibilities created through socio-political conditions and forces (e.g. post-secondary education and First Nations youth, employment, unemployment and ‘at risk’ collectives), and Social transformation through occupation
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2019 - Present | Executive Committee Member, Centre for Research on Health Equity and Social Inclusion | 2017 - Present | Member, International Editorial Board, Brazilian Journal of Occupational Therapy | 2017 - Present | Associate Editor, Journal of Occupational Science | 2016 - Present | Organizing group member, International Social Transformation through Occupation Network | 2014 - 2020 | Item generation co-ordinator, National Occupational Therapy Certification Examination Committee |
Honors and Awards
- Muriel Driver Lectureship, Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists, October 2020
- Keynote lecture, Danish Occupational Therapy Educators, August 2019
- Keynote lecture, Japanese Society for the Study of Occupation, Dec. 2018
- Keynote lecture, The OTther Symposium, South Africa, May 2018
- Keynote lecture, Occupational Science Europe, Sept. 2017
- Keynote lecture, University of Sao Paulo, 11th Occupational Therapy Symposium, May 2017
- Caroline Thompson Memorial Lecture, University of Madison-Wisconsin, Sept. 2016
- Nicole Ebacher Memorial Lecture, Université Laval, May 2016
Courses
- Occupational inequities
- Critical social theory
- Occupational Science
- Scholarly practice in Occupational Therapy
- Qualitative methodologies
| MSc, Western University | ||
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| PhD, University of Toronto | ||
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| BScOT, University of Toronto | ||
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