ACOTUP Fall 2014 Newsletter - Issue 22

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7University of Ottawa
September brings both a new cohort of stu-
dents and several changes to the Occupa-
tional Therapy Program. First, a new director
is in place. Indeed, Dr. Paulette Guitard started in the
position on September 1st. We would like to thank Dr.
Michèle Hébert from the bottom of our hearts for her
work and dedication over the past two years. Michèle
returns to a full teaching and research load.
We also said goodbye to our clinical education co-
ordinator, Marie-Claude Rouleau, who has accepted a
position at Algonquin College. We also thank her for
her work over the past years and wish her every success
in her new position. We have not had permission to
post this position but we do have a temporary replace-
ment. We are happy to welcome Dr. Tricia Morrison in
this position. Tricia has been involved with our program
in several capacities over the last years (part-time pro-
fessor, supervisor for students’ research project, part-
time professor representative …). She knows both our
program and our clinical community very well.
Despite all these changes, we were ready for a new
academic year and ready to celebrate OT month. We
had the great pleasure to invite our students and clinical
community to be inspired by our colleague Professor
Claire-Jehanne Dubouloz who generously agreed to re-
deliver her Muriel Driver Memorial Lectureship for the
occasion. This was a unique opportunity for those who
could not attend her speech at CAOT’s annual confer-
ence in Fredericton in May 2014. Our students also got
involved in the celebration and took on the COTF chal-
lenge. I am proud to report 100% of students donated
to COTF for a total of $250. They also held several ac-
tivities to promote the profession namely by attending
CAOT’s inspirational talks and our reenactment of the
2014 Muriel Driver Lectureship, hosting an Occupa-
tional Therapy Quiz during a bake sale, presenting on
OT in several high schools, reading You me and my OT
to their young family members. They certainly showed
their OT spirit and pride!
We would like to take this opportunity to congrat-
ulate our graduating class as convocation was held this
weekend (November 2nd). Best wishes for a long, fruit-
ful and rewarding career to all.
Join Occupational Therapists from across the globe
at these upcoming events or explore their websites:
Singapore
RehabTec Asia 2015 - Singapore, 26-28 March 2015
New Delhi
OTICON 2015 - The 52nd Annual National Conference of All India
Occupational Therapists' Association - New Delhi, 10-12 April 2015
Winnipeg, NB
CAOT 2015 Conference, Winnipeg, NB, May 27-30
Plan a TriP!