Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream

Jane Davis

Research Interests
Mental Health, Substance Use Disorder, Occupational Health and Safety

Professor Jane Davis is a registered occupational therapist with the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario and the NBCOT (USA). She received a BSc (Psych) from McGill University, Montreal, and a BScOT and MSc from the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. Professor Davis has received five departmental awards, two Certificates of Appreciation from the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists for her work as co-editor of the Sense of Doing column in OT Now and as a co-author for Enabling Occupation II. She was also Associate Editor, Qualitative and Executive Editor of the Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy from 2011 to 2019.

Areas of Research / Educational Scholarship

As an occupational therapist, Professor Davis has worked with individuals from 3 months to 104 years with diverse occupational goals within various practice settings, including inpatient acute general medicine; orthopaedic and neurology rehabilitation; mental health and substance use disorders; outpatient paediatrics; and in the community with older adults.