The following illustrious guests have presented keynote speeches at the Thelma Cardwell Research Day lecture series:
2017 – Dr. Lisa Richardson
Faculty Co-Lead in Indigenous Medical Education and Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, U of T
Good Medicine: Lessons from Indigenous Health Education
2016 – Dr. Florence Clark
Mrs. T.H. Chan Professor of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
University of Southern California, USA
2015 – Dr. Mary Law
Associate Dean and Professor, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, McMaster University
Co-Director, CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research
2014 – Dr. Juliette (Archie) Cooper
Professor Emeritus, Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Medial Rehabilitation, University of Manitoba
2013 – Dr. Karen Whalley Hammell
Honorary Professor in the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at the University of British Columbia
Beyond deficits: Perspectives on well-being and occupational therapy
2012 – Norman Doidge, MD
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Research Faculty, Columbia University, Centre for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, New York
Neuroplasticity
2011 – Charles Christiansen
Executive Director, American Occupational Therapy Foundation
Health and The Unbearable Absence of Meaning
2010 – Todd Nicholson
Paralympic Athlete and Champion
Never give up on your dream
2009 – Jerome Bickenbach
Professor and Scholar at Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
Ethical, philosophical, and legal issues in disability policy
2008 – Margaret Trudeau
Celebrated Canadian & Mental Health Advocate
Making Tough Choices
2007 – Dr. Claire-Jehanne Dubouloz (Ph.D.)
Director, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa
Transformative Learning: Enabling Personal Change
2006 – Senator Michael J. L. Kirby (Ph.D.)
Chairman of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology
Out of the Shadows: The Way Forward in Mental Health Reform
2005 – Dr. Beatriz Abreu (Ph.D.)
University of Texas
Reflections on Direct Care and Research for Persons with Brain Injury
2004 – Dr. M. Csikszentmihalyi (Ph.D.)
Claremont University
Flow, Occupation and Quality of Life
2003 – Dr. Elizabeth Yerxa (Ph.D.)
FAOTA, University of Southern California
The Infinite Distance Between the ‘I’ and the ‘It’
2002 – Dr. William Mann (OTR., Ph.D.)
University of Florida
Applying Technology to Meet the Needs of the Frail Elderly
2001 – Dr. Elizabeth Townsend (Ph.D.)
FCAOT, Dalhousie University
Enabling Occupation: Location, Actions with Global Perspectives
2000 – Dr. Ann A. Wilcock (Ph.D.)
University of South Australia
Occupation for Health: Reactivating the ‘Regimina Sanitatis’
1999 – Dr. Ruth Zemke (Ph.D.)
FAOTA, University of Southern California
Health Promotion Through Occupation: Lessons from the Well-Elderly
1997 – Dr. Rachel Thibeault (Ph.D.)
FCAOT, University of Ottawa
Creating Spirituality