Prix d'excellence du REPAR - Isabelle Gagnon
Isabelle J. Gagnon, PT, PhD has been awarded le Prix d’excellence du REPAR (Reseau provincial de recherche en adaptation-readaptation)!
Outstanding OT of the Year - Caroline Storr
Caroline Storr, erg., OT, MBA has been named Quebec’s Outstanding OT of the Year by CAOT-Qc! This award honours CAOT members living in Quebec who have made an outstanding contribution to the profession throughout their career. As a most deserving recipient for this honour, the CAOT Board of Directors is very pleased to acknowledge Ms. Storr's exceptional contributions to occupational therapy.
Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure!
Congratulations from the faculty and staff at SPOT for the promotion to Associate Professor with tenure, of Tania Janaudis-Ferreira, PhD!
Faculty Teaching Innovation Award
Dr. Stefanie Blain-Moraes: Working alongside people with disabilities to develop assistive technology
by Matthew Brett
Aliki Thomas, PhD awarded 2021 Certificate of Merit
Aliki Thomas, erg., PhD has been awarded the 2021 CAME Certificate of Merit Award. Dr. Thomas is an Associate Professor in the Occupational Therapy Program at SPOT. The objectives of the Canadian Association of Medical Education are to promote, recognize and reward faculty committed to medical education in Canada. Aliki will be honoured at an upcoming CAME Conference on Medical Education.
Marie Brossard-Racine, erg., PhD named Canada Research Chair
Marie Brossard-Racine, erg., PhD has been awarded a five-year CIHR CRC Tier 2: Canada Research Chair in Brain and Child Development as part of the 2019-2 (Fall 2020) competition! The program recognizes that diversity is indispensable to research excellence - among the Canada Research Chair recipients 51% are women. Brava, Marie!
Nadina Paraschuk wins Ovation Award!
Congratulations to Nadina Paraschuk on being the recipient of the 2020 McGill Faculty of Medicine Pam Chase Ovations Award!
SPOT Researchers Funded for Stroke Recovery
Joyce Fung, PhD, Marc Roig, PhD and Laurie Snider, erg., PhD are co-investigators and JRH site investigators of CANSTIM - Canadian Platform for Research in Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation (NIBS).
Zachary Boychuck awarded a McGill Medstar Award
Zachary Boychuck, erg., PhD Faculty Lecturer in the OT Program at SPOT, was recently awarded a McGill MedStar Award by McGill’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences for his publication, "International expert recommendations of clinical features to prompt referral for diagnostic assessment of cerebral palsy," in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. The publication also features several SPOT co-authors from the PROMPT group.
Global Health Awardee: Matthew Hunt, PT, PhD
The Canadian Physiotherapy Association's Global Health Award serves to:•Increase the awareness of global health;•Recognize outstanding contributions made by a physiotherapist to promote the profession internationally through educational ventures, program and/or policy development, practice or research collaborations;•Promote the development of global health activities within the profession and CPA.
Promotions to Associate Professor with Tenure!
Congratulations from the faculty and staff at SPOT for the following promotions to Associate Professor with tenure:
