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ACOTUP/ACPUE is a national organization

that promotes and develops occupational therapy

education and research with an understanding

of issues in a global context.

NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 29 – 2016

T

he Queen’s University Occupational Therapy Pro-

gram announces the retirement of Dr. Wendy Pent-

land on July 31, 2016. Wendy joined the faculty at

Queen’s in 1984 as a lecturer and proceeded to move up the

ranks. During her 32 year career at Queen’s, she focused her

scholarly efforts on understanding the relationships between

occupational balance, values and meaning and the application

of these concepts to health promotion and the enablement of

people to live personally meaningful, healthy and fulfilling lives.

Her work also addressed the social participation of people with

disabilities, including time use, aging and issues specific to

women with disabilities. Her teaching over the years included

courses on the Environmental Determinants of Occupation and

System-Level Communication, and supervision of many critical

enquiry projects. She also taught courses in Aging, and Disabil-

ity and Wellness in the Community for our Rehabilitation Sci-

ence (RHBS) program, and served as thesis supervisor for

students in the MSc and PhD programs. She recently com-

D

alhousie School of Occupational Therapy is

pleased to introduce and welcome Dr. Lynn Shaw

as our fourth Director. Her five year term is effec-

tive from August 15, 2016.

Dr. Shaw graduated from the University of Western On-

tario’s Department of Occupational Therapy with her

B.Sc.

in

1984 and her

M.Sc.

in 1998. She earned her Ph.D. from their

Department of Rehabilitation Science in 2005.

Dr. Shaw was most recently Vice-President Academic at

the Pacific Coast University for Work Place Health Science.

She has held faculty positions at the University of Western On-

tario in the Department of Occupational Therapy and at Mc-

Master University in the Department of Rehabilitation. She

currently holds adjunct faculty appointments with the Univer-

sity of Western Ontario and Vancouver Island University.

Throughout her career, Dr. Shaw has held various clinical

and leadership roles in occupational therapy practice that fo-

cused on work assessment and rehabilitation, orthopaedics,

mental health, home care, occupational rehabilitation and re-

turn to work in a variety of settings including the position of

Senior Specialist at Cami Automotive. She has held manage-

ment positions at Com-

care Health Services and

at the London Health

Sciences Centre.

Dr. Shaw also served

two terms as President

and one as Vice-Presi-

dent of the Canadian So-

ciety of Occupational

Scientists.

We look forward to

Dr. Shaw’s leadership in

our School.

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DALHOUSIE SCHOOL OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

WELCOMES DR. LYNN SHAW AS NEW DIRECTOR

DR. WENDY PENTLAND RETIRES FROM QUEEN’S