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occupational therapy, 1920s. Craft-based activities were central to early occupational therapy practice, reflecting the profession's founding belief in the healing power of meaningful occupation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/2328e7ef-ec9d-4beb-8521-e5fb1c7d4deb/1930class_1UofT.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey The graduating OT class of 1930 included Rita Harland who taught Anatomy to OT students and Mabel McNeill MacRae who helped establish the OT department at the Astley Ainslie Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/07809ec6-244c-4d83-8372-a2cd8cdf1d16/1940s+OTs+military+training.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey Unidentified OT military trainees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/b79231bd-3922-4f18-9572-00436bce8d55/1950s+Basket+Weaving.JPG In Pictures: Our Journey OTs and the therapeutic use of crafts at this time likely to enhance upper extremity and fine motor functioning rather than as a creative activity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/042162fc-155c-4c8a-b173-93738d7743ce/1968+Thelma+Cardwell.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey Thelma Cardwell was elected as CAOT’s President in 1966, marking a major milestone since she was the first occupational therapist, first woman, and first non-physician to hold this position. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/b7290470-fce8-40fe-a49a-2732f72655ca/1975+Joy+Bassett.png In Pictures: Our Journey Joy Bassett was the first recipient of the Muriel Driver Memorial Lectureship in 1975. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/44961cd2-a56f-4034-af2d-be9ee0be0964/COPM+Celebration.JPG In Pictures: Our Journey Developers of the COPM from the left: Nancy Pollock, Mary Ann McColl, Helene Polatajko, Sue Baptiste, Mary Law. Missing-Anne Carswell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/07361532-001b-4c53-9f04-02edd7e22c1f/1992+CAOT+Conference+Newfoundland.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey Attendees gather at the CAOT Conference, St. John's, Newfoundland, 1992. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/7ef66aaa-1b21-4444-9b68-335c73aa1e0c/2018+CAOT+Conference+Heather+Colquhoun+COTF+auction.jpeg In Pictures: Our Journey U of T's Dr Heather Colquhoun modeling the COTF Auction item that everyone wants at the 2018 CAOT Conference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/9fad09ab-b421-496b-bd25-5ed53509a6d4/2022_CAOT_Conference_Whistler_Backman_Charchun.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey Catherine Backman and Sarabjeet Charchun present at the CAOT Conference, Whistler, BC, in 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/d28da4c8-933b-41f1-900b-de1f036abda2/1910s+Aide+with+client.JPG In Pictures: Our Journey Graduate of Ward Aides Course working with a soldier injured in WWI. "SCR" on her lapel pocket stands for the Department of Soldier's Civil Re-establishment which oversaw the training program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/a5991a4b-db1e-40ba-abf7-9fc571aa3c9b/1920s+Mary+Black.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey Mary Black, from Nova Scotia, was one of the first Canadians OTs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/c4d4b964-6a98-4191-a912-76b85e4c336c/1930s+Cnd+Nat+Exhibition+TO.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey Occupational therapists demonstrating treatment approaches to various orthopaedic and neurological conditions at the Canadian National Exhibition in the 1930s (exact date unknown). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/b1b2ee94-c841-49f2-992b-1a4a239c22a1/1940s+Patient+painting.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey Occupational therapist enabling painting skills with an amputee patient 1940s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/61fec3c3-0940-4c25-87e0-df052be9e2c3/1954+WFOT-Kongress.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey CAOT member and U of T Director Helen LeVesconte seated third from the left at this 1954 WFOT Congress in Edinburgh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/20af340e-7518-4bd6-88df-4ce8769fa01e/CJOT+velcro+ad+1966.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey Advertisement from the Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 1966. Velcro became a widely used adaptive tool in occupational therapy practice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/1b86688a-737f-4a29-9c08-9019c3d5b11e/CJOT+Contents+1972.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey Table of contents from the Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 1972. CJOT has been a cornerstone of occupational therapy scholarship and professional knowledge-sharing in Canada since 1933. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/82818080-ce9e-46a1-97f0-37f0614dbe14/Diffidence+funeral+1985+CAOT+Conference.png In Pictures: Our Journey Mock funeral of the "Diffident Profession" at the 1985 CAOT conference, in response to the 1977 Maxwell Report that called on OTs to become more assertive and to claim their important role in health and rehabilitation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/d07929cb-d735-4863-9ebe-bf58b1c4baf9/2018+CAOT-conference+Lori+Letts+COTF+zebra+auction.jpeg In Pictures: Our Journey McMaster U's Dr Lori Letts modeling the highly sought after COTF Auction item- the zebra purse and hat (donated by Sharon Brintnell) at the CAOT 2018 conference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/a195599e-d79b-4a3e-8bfc-e2aad43f7b7a/2022_WFOT_Congress_Paris_Canadian_OTs.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey Canadian OTs gather at the World Federation of Occupational Therapy Congress, in Paris, France in 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/71d4730c-8cbd-4e61-afb4-1c695ff84a19/1910s+Clients+weaving+and+painting.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey volunteer ward aides working with injured soldiers of WWI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/c9e63daa-7f96-4dbc-87bb-71502979997f/1926+Dr_G_Howland_First+CAOT+President+1926-1948.png In Pictures: Our Journey Dr Goldwin Howland, CAOT's first president. He served from its inception in 1926 to 1948. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/2dac9aab-991b-47a6-be83-52969a1a13aa/CAOT+Convention+Montre%CC%81al+1938.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey 1938 CAOT Convention in Montréal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/35241a54-40d7-46d7-bcc5-6066d7652f74/1940s+Thelma+Cardwell.JPG In Pictures: Our Journey Thelma Cardwell was the first OT to become the president of the CAOT (1966-68) and was president of WFOT from 1967-72. She was a founder of COTF, a professor at U of T, and the recipient of an honorary doctorate from Dalhousie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/ce813512-160a-4143-8f03-9e08864bdecd/CJOT+1955+Table+of+Contents.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey What were OTs reading about in 1955? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/7b3ea4fe-a1f1-464f-be48-a96838c14181/UMOT1961.png In Pictures: Our Journey University of Manitoba students experiencing the power of therapeutic activities to enhance functioning. Pictured here: Josephine Forbes (Director of OT Program) and Rita Brooks (OT student). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/6ac2337b-0c08-4efb-ab20-b1cf87343985/2018+WFOT+Congress+Dubouloz+Wilner+Taylor+Brintnell.jpeg In Pictures: Our Journey Muriel Driver Lecturer and U of Ottawa OT Director Claire-Jehanne Dubouloz-Wilner with CAOT Past Presidents (from left), Elizabeth Taylor and Sharon Brintnell at the 2018 WFOT Congress, Cape Town, South Africa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/57a619ca-e817-483d-a668-8a275932e970/Atlantic+Conference+Helene2.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey CAOT CEO Hélène Sabourin joined an attendee at the 2023 OT Atlantic Conference, the first in 10 years, in October 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/fb480611-8eb6-4413-b341-a16f4874aa66/1910s+Early+Canadian+OTs+S.C.R.+Ward+Aide+Training+Group%2C+Montreal%2C+June+%E2%80%93+September%2C+1919.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey Graduates of the 1919 Ward Aides Course at Divinity Hall, McGill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/0dc1ffba-3dba-4a69-8abe-33874dd09e27/FirstCJOT+TofC+copy.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey First issue of CJOT was published in 1933. The first page listed the members of its Honorary Advisory Council which included some powerful and well-known individuals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/60bec2ce-dfd1-4f5a-b44e-923e3aa697c3/Margaret+Hood+WWII.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey OT Margaret Hood was awarded the Royal Red Cross Medal for her active-duty service overseas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/6111188e-ed00-4c30-8259-a1a2b3a82bca/OT+workshop+upper+extremity.JPG In Pictures: Our Journey An OT guides a client through upper extremity strengthening exercises in a workshop, 1950s. Workshop-based rehabilitation was a hallmark of occupational therapy practice through much of the 20th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/4a0de0f0-cd6c-4d45-9510-e8bbb32c5c59/UMFirst+Graduates962.png In Pictures: Our Journey Uof Manitoba 1962 first graduates: From L to R, Rita Brooks, Mary Pflueger, Sharon Wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/52ecf50b-b76e-4aa4-bc63-25ab1966c402/UofT+1st+grad+class+1928.png In Pictures: Our Journey First graduates of the diploma program at the University of Toronto, 1928. Helen LeVesconte (bottom right) became the program's director from 1933-1967. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/b0b40472-9884-44cd-bdc2-fd31b29a854d/Award+Ceremony+Halifax+Conference+2024.JPG In Pictures: Our Journey Merit Award Recipient Corinne Clyne with CAOT Vice Chair & Awards Committee Chair Lisa Diamond-Burchuk at the 2024 Awards Ceremony in Halifax. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/fdcd1152-3366-452a-a7e6-580a96431a83/1910s+May+Hamilton+Camp+Hill+Veteran%27s+Hospital.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey 1910s May Hamilton Camp Hill Veteran's Hospital https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/ddaad611-0bb7-467b-837c-7637f96038eb/Montre%CC%81al+Convention+1938.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey CAOT 1938 Convention in Montréal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/ed73383f-656f-4ce9-b90f-5164e007d3e1/May+Hamilton+Circa+1944.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey May Hamilton served CAOT in numerous roles and was seen as a leader in the profession – Dr. Gustave Gingras referred to her as “The Grande Dame of Occupational Therapy”. She served in the Canadian army and set up the first OT school in Venezuela. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/c1c8b773-5618-4bef-b08e-6208f9cac9fd/OTA+trainees+Kingston.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey Canada's first OTA training program, Kingston Psychiatric Hospital, Ontario. Established under the Department of Health to meet growing demand for occupational therapy services in psychiatry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/115a8890-adfb-494a-afc7-eaf5356dd52d/COTF+Auction+Zebra+Hat+and+Purse+Whistler+Conference+2022.JPG In Pictures: Our Journey Gayle Restall, Jeff Boniface, and Mary Egan with the COTF Auction zebra hat and purse at the CAOT 2022 Conference in Whistler, BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/a1444bcd-cae4-4a70-93f6-af2dafee92d1/1910s+Reed+loom.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey Convalescing soldier using a specially designed "bed loom." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/c5e08132-e6c4-4e62-9029-2756c0f19280/OT+in+pottery+room+with+military+client.png In Pictures: Our Journey An OT works with a serviceman, subjects unknown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/cef624dd-13e8-4b19-997f-4a70eb237857/SPOT+McGill+class_in_1951.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey McGill University School of Physical & Occupational Therapy students, 1951. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/fbbe97f4-a3ea-4724-ac82-97fc5022e3f4/Keynote+Speaker+Edmonton+Conference+2025.png In Pictures: Our Journey Sukaina Dada, the Closing Ceremony Keynote Speaker at the CAOT 2025 Conference in Edmonton, Alberta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/887723d3-4e7d-49c5-bf46-9f1ef2b24777/1910s+WWI_retraining.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey Veteran with upper limb amputation re-learning farming skills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/3d7d07f4-8f2e-435f-ac29-6a0e8f430edb/OTsEnlistedinWWII.png In Pictures: Our Journey OTs heading off to World War II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/6a3c88be-fa53-4303-9dab-b1f74f3255ed/WFOT+early+meeting.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey Canadian OT leaders Isabel Robinson (first left) and Helen LeVesconte (3rd from left) at an early WFOT Congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/c0134179-5440-4acf-90d1-a0e9b41db99a/2022_CAOT_Conference_2022_Whistler_COTF_Silver_Spoons.JPG In Pictures: Our Journey Silver spoons on auction at the Canadian Occupational Therapy Foundation fundraiser, CAOT Conference, Whistler, BC, in 2022. The annual COTF auction has long been a beloved conference tradition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/64add60f-149e-4c37-9daa-9b785f929954/1917+Kidner+founder+NSPOT+.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey Founders of the National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy (1917) included the Canadian, Thomas Kidner (instrumental in developing Canadian occupational therapy) standing on the far right above Eleanor Clarke Slagle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/acf2636a-b623-4fda-bb8f-55bfb20d6572/WWII+OTs.png In Pictures: Our Journey OTs stationed at the British War Office during WWII. From left to right: Dorothy Grant, Amy De Brisay, Josephine Forks, Mary Clarke Ray https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/b37df7b6-4e0e-4a57-8e6a-1d4f40f93bb0/Angie+Phenix+Sessions+Edmonton+Conference+2025.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey Angie Phenix presents during the sessions at the 2025 CAOT Conference in Edmonton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/32ea22c2-db79-4455-bd87-7b5b9e29e107/1918+Ward+Aides+UofT.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey Students in the first Ward Aides Course, learning to do carpentry in the Mining Building at U of T https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/7d4b501c-505d-4795-a645-877816937ac9/Award+Ceremony+Whistler+Conference+2022.JPG In Pictures: Our Journey Jill Zwicker, CAOT-BC Outstanding Occupational Therapist of the Year, with Tanya Fawkes, CAOT-BC Regional Director, at the 2022 Awards Ceremony in Whistler, BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/369c1d0e-f181-47af-950a-39c184af8803/Doris_Stupart_Grad_Photo.png In Pictures: Our Journey Doris Stupart, grad of first ward aides course at U of T, was the supervisor of the ward aides at the College Street Military Hospital in Toronto and the first president of the Ontario Society of Occupational Therapy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/264a0cc2-754f-4818-b72d-f64b5095a771/Keynote+Speaker+Halifax+Conference+2024.JPG In Pictures: Our Journey Lisa Boivin, Keynote Speaker, at the CAOT 2024 Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/0c48208b-75db-4fb5-8af3-7f465ca93c8a/UofT+Ward+Aides+Moosejaw+Hospital.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey Some graduates of the U of T Ward Aides working at a hospital in Moosejaw, Saskatchewan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/1253d51b-96d7-4c70-847a-d5f6ffe364f3/Launch+of+POP+Book+Authors+Whistler+Conference+2022.JPG In Pictures: Our Journey Launch of the Promoting Occupational Participation textbook with its editors and chapter authors at the CAOT Conference, Whistler, British Columbia, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/1928d84b-101f-4eb1-8f8b-f1bee5fcb103/Launch+of+POP+Book+Whistler+Conference+2022.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey Launch of the Promoting Occupational Participation textbook with its editors, CAOT Board President Giovanna Boniface, CAOT CEO Helene Sabouin and staff at the CAOT Conference, Whistler, British Columbia, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/2ddb6541-5685-46eb-b4bb-e5929e420c39/Moira+Pena+Saskatoon+Conference+2023.jpg In Pictures: Our Journey Moira Pena, Keynote Speaker at the Closing Ceremony of the CAOT 2023 Conference in Saskatoon, SK. https://www.caot-ace100.ca/upcoming-events daily 0.75 2026-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/fdc893af-75f9-4874-924a-a1aaf66e86db/CAOT+Conference+2026.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684044381b596a136fd02ba5/fe7b72e5-3895-4945-ab19-613d76159164/100+member+benefits.png