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Dr. Keiko Shikako-Thomas
was featured in “Perfect
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Parenting” episode on AMI-tv, during the summer.
The episode dealt with adapted TV for the visually
impaired. JOOAY and Leisurenet were highlighted.
Two members of
Dr. Melissa Park’s
research team
•
(
Orly Estein
and
Sarah Sandham
) did an interview
on Radio Moon about their CIHR-funded projects.
Radio Moon is a program on McGill’s CKUT cam-
pus radio station and is a project of Forward House,
dedicated to people living with mental health issues.
The CIHR-funded projects’ titles are; A mixed quali-
tative study on the ethics of transforming care: Ex-
amining the development and implementation of
Canada’s first mental health strategy, and Transform-
ing mental health services: A participatory mixed
methods study to promote and evaluate the imple-
mentation of recovery-oriented care. Other SPOT
members on these projects include
Dr. Raphael
Lencucha
,
Prof. Suzanne Rouleau
, and
Prof. Hiba
Zafran
.
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QUEEN’S OT STUDENTS TAKE ON OT MONTH
BY ALEXIS NIZZERO & CHARLOTTE LARRY, MSC(OT)
CLASS OF 2016 OT PROFESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES
T
his year the Queen’s MScOT classes of 2016 &
2017 had the goal of raising awareness about the
field of occupational therapy both on campus
and on social media. At the beginning of October, we
formed a small subcommittee to spearhead initiatives that
involved guerrilla marketing, photo contests, and charitable
donations. As future occupational therapists we were ex-
cited to help answer
the too-often-asked
question, “what is
OT?” as well as to
simply put OT on
the radar for stu-
dents who may
have been previ-
ously unaware of the field. The initiatives we carried out in-
cluded:
Chalking:
Students took sidewalk chalk to the pave-
•
ment around campus writing quotes, drawing pic-
tures and bringing attention to social media
hashtags, to increase awareness for OT among
Queen’s students.
“Super OT” T-shirt:
We designed a t-shirt with a Su-
•
perman/OT design on the front and a short message
describing OT on the back. T-shirts were sold to OT
students and faculty, with profits going to the Jack
Project (Queen’s Chapter) to support their efforts to
raise awareness about student mental health. A total
of $350 was donated!
Class Photos on the School of Rehabilitation Ther-
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apy Crest:
Both classes wore their OT Month shirts
or a Rehab
themed
t-
shirt for a
photo that
was submit-
ted to &
shared by
CAOT.
#31dayOTchallenge:
Taking part in the CAOT initia-
•
tive, the Queen’s Rehab Society posted a photo to
Twitter & Instagram every day of the month. Pictures
were representative of how OT can be the change
clients need to live well with disease, disability
and/or diagnosis. We got a mention fromCAOT for
being one of the top contributors to the campaign!
Queen’s OT Photo Challenge:
We had a photo
•
contest for students to submit pictures similar to
those of the #31dayOTchallenge, choosing a weekly
winner to be entered in a grand prize draw. Over
200 photos were submitted on Instagram and Face-
book with the contest hashtag (#queensOT) during
October.
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