Biography Katrine Sauvé-Schenk is a registered Occupational Therapist since 2003. In this role, she has had the opportunity to gain experience working with clients in both the public and private practice settings, in acute care, rehabilitation and community services. Katrine obtained her master’s in public health from the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany) in 2009, her PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences ...
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Biography Pier-Luc Turcotte is an occupational therapist specializing in community health. Pier-Luc’s doctoral research dealt with community occupational therapy practices among people from low-income neighbourhoods living with various disabilities and relying on community services to support their social participation. The thesis findings highlighted the institutional mechanisms that dehumanize and exclude users ...
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Biography Recently retired, Chantal Laroche was a full professor in the Audiology/Speech-Language Pathology Program at the University of Ottawa from 2002 to 2022. She obtained a Ph.D. in the field of biomedical sciences (Audiology) from the University of Montreal in 1989. After completion of her studies, she became President of her own consulting firm, Sonométric Inc., from 1990 to 1993. She is a recipient of one ...
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