ACOTUP - Newsletter - Issue 27 - 2016

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in the area of mobility for persons with disabilities, due
to her significant role in the Driving Rehabilitation
dossier at SPOT, and for her contributions to clinical
practice, teaching and research.
Dr. Raphael Lencucha , Assistant Professor at SPOT, in- •
vites all to two upcoming Global Health events. On Fri-
day March 11, attend “From social theory to global
policy: Reflections on disability, human rights and
global health” with Dr. Jerome Bickenbach, followed
the next day Saturday March 12 with the conference,
“Moving forward together: Advancing rehabilitation in
a global context”. See SPOT’s GH pages for details:
Dr. Anita Menon, Assistant Professor at SPOT, is •
thrilled to invite all academics, clinicians and students
to the 1st National Knowledge Translation Conference
in Rehabilitation: Knowing, Sharing, Doing on May 4
& 5, 2016. See SPOT’s website KT pages for more de-
tails:
Dr. Heather Lambert, Faculty Lecturer at SPOT, is co- •
chair of the 2016 edition of the Rehabilitation Research
Colloquium. This event is hosted alternately by McGill
and Queen’s Universities, and highlights the research
efforts of graduate students in rehabilitation across
Canada and the Northern States. This year’s event is
Friday May 6th. See SPOT’s website pages for more
details:
Associate Director of SPOT, Dr. Laurie Snider invites •
all McGill Alumni(ae) to the McGill Alumni Reception
at this year’s CAOT Conference, in Banff, Alberta. The
Reception will be held on Thursday evening, April 21
2016. Look for signage and come on by to say hello
and catch up with friends and classmates, and talk with
this year’s Muriel Driver speaker, SPOT’s own Dr. Is-
abelle Gélinas!
The project ‘Adoptez une école’ aims to improve
success rates and school perseverance among
primary and high school students. The project
rests on the development of partnerships between schools
and colleges, universities, private organisations and the
community that will support the creation of large intiative
contributing to the academic success of students.
The OT program joined the project in 2015 through the
establishment of a 3-year partnership with the school board
and two primary schools. To date, 60 students involved in
the master’s course in Advanced paediatrics were provided
a concrete environment to support the development of spe-
cific skills and attitudes aligned with the content taught dur-
ing their master’s course. Students had the opportunity to
observe children while in class and to participate with
school teachers in the elaboration and follow up of inter-
vention plans. The timely aspect and ‘ecological’ environ-
ment undoubtedly adds value to the teaching at the
master’s level but most importantly, through this project,
the OT program played an active role within the Montreal
community in addressing some needs of an undeserved
population.
L’UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL PARTNERS WITH
TWO PRIMARY SCHOOLS AS PART OF THE
MONTREAL INITIATIVE ‘ADOPTEZ UNE ÉCOLE’
(ADOPT A SCHOOL)