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Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

Bonnie Kirsh

Professor Emeritus/Emerita

Areas of Expertise

  • Advocacy
  • Housing and Homelessness
  • Stigma Reduction
  • Student mental health
  • Workplace mental health

Office: 416-978-4647
Website
Email: bonnie.kirsh@utoronto.ca
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Deirdre R. Dawson

Professor Emeritus/Emerita

Areas of Expertise

  • Acquired brain injury, cognition and everyday life
  • Aging; cognition & daily life
  • Cognitive rehabilitation
  • Multiple Errands Test

Office: (416) 785-2500 Ext. 2136
Website
Email: d.dawson@utoronto.ca
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Janet Parsons

Associate Professor

Areas of Expertise

  • Arts-Based Research
  • Critical Social Science
  • Health and Social Equity
  • Qualitative methodology

Office: N/A
Website
Email: j.parsons@utoronto.ca

Jill Cameron

Professor

Areas of Expertise

  • Early childhood education
  • Early literacy
  • Parenting

Office: N/A
Website
Email: jill.cameron@utoronto.ca

Kevin Reel

Assistant Professor

Areas of Expertise

  • Disability
  • End-of-life care
  • Family perspectives on assisted dying
  • OT roles in advance care planning
  • OT roles in assisted dying
  • Parental perspectives on dating and relationship supports for neurodiverse individuals
  • Professionalization of healthcare ethics practice
  • Sensitivity of the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS) to diverse gender identities
  • Sexuality and sexual expression

Office: 416-480-6100 Ext. 87105
Website
Email: kevin.reel@utoronto.ca
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Linna Tam-Seto

Assistant Professor

Areas of Expertise

  • Cultural Competency
  • Family Mental Health
  • Mentorship
  • Military
  • Veterans

Office: (416) 946-4004
Website
Email: linna.tamseto@utoronto.ca

Lynn Cockburn

Adjunct Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine

Areas of Expertise

  • Disability inclusive development
  • Meaningful engagement and transitions in the daily lives of older adults
  • Occupational therapy and poverty
  • Occupational therapy history
  • Restoring peace in Cameroon advocacy
  • Social inclusion, mental health and disability in Cameroon

Office: N/A
Email: l.cockburn@utoronto.ca
Preferred method of contact: Email
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Pat McKee

Associate Professor Emeritus/Emerita

Areas of Expertise

  • Arthritis
  • Cumulative trauma
  • Ergonomics
  • Hand therapy
  • Orthotics; splinting
  • Repetitive strain injuries
  • splinting

Office: 416-978-1817
Mobile: 416-895-8430
Website
Email: pat.mckee@utoronto.ca
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