Anne Lang-Étienne Memorial Lecture
Join the uOttawa occupational therapy learning, teaching and clinical supervision community for the Anne Lang-Étienne Memorial Lecture, which will be delivered at the end of the annual symposium featuring presentations of our master’s research papers.
2024 lecture
Marie-Josée Drolet, OT. Ph.D.
Date, time and place: July 26, 1 p.m. to 2.15 p.m., Lees Hall, room 142
Marie-Josée Drolet, OT, Ph.D., is a Full Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières and holds the 2021-2024 Excellence in Teaching Chair at this university. Her career as a clinical occupational therapist led her to develop an interest in philosophy, where she completed her master's and doctoral degrees, before focusing on research in ethics. In recent years, she has dedicated a significant portion of her research to eco-responsibility in occupational therapy, the topic of her presentation. She is also the co-founder of the Communauté ergothérapique engagée pour l’équité et l’environnement (C4E), which provides resources for clinicians and students committed to practicing in an eco-responsible manner.
Previous lectures
Hiba Zafran
Hiba Zafran, PhD, is a queer, introverted multiple migrant, whose cultural roots are in the Levant. She acknowledges that she lives on the unceded territory of the Kanien'kehá:ka people, in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal). During her lecture “Finding the words, discerning the light: The occupation of storytelling injustice”, Dr. Zafran has presented narratives, stories, and illustrations of people who have experienced injustice and inequity. She proposed avenues for reflection on the ways to tell and hear these stories as an occupational therapist. It was a very inspiring conference for students, occupational therapists and professors.
Dr. Gayle Restall
Gayle Restall is a retired professor and a researcher in the Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, at the University of Manitoba. In the 2022 Anne Lang-Étienne Memorial Lecture, she inspired students, occupational therapists and other program members with her presentation, “The Ethical and Moral Imperatives of Relationship Building in Occupational Therapy.” She proposed areas to consider and strategies to move towards a collaboration-based occupational therapy practices.
Dr. Barry Trentham
Barry Trentam is an assistant professor in the Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy at the University of Toronto and academic coordinator, Mississauga campus (UTM). He gave the second Anne Lang-Étienne lecture by videoconference August 6, 2021. The presentation was titled “Crafting Spaces for Advocacy and Allyship Through Critical Intersectional Peer Dialogue,” a topic which resonated considerably with the audience.
Dr. Rachel Thibault
Rachel Thibault, a retired occupational therapy professor at the University of Ottawa, was the guest of honour for the first Anne Lang-Étienne lecture, which took place by videoconference July 31, 2020. In her presentation, “L’activité intentionnelle eudémonique et la relation d’aide,” she addressed resilience as well as the five transformative activities that bring meaning and wellness. The event allowed the occupational therapy community at uOttawa to gather and pay tribute to Anne Lang-Étienne’s values and vision. The event was a great success.
