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This year also marked the opening of Dr. Stefanie Blain-Moraes’ innovative, educational research project at the The exhibit is entitled, “Feelings Are More Than Skin Deep,” and aims to educate the public on how emotions and feelings are connected to physiological body changes. Dr. Blain-Moraes’ ultimate goal with this project is to develop a system that will be able to translate the emotions of an individual who has difficulty communicating (e.g. individuals with autism, dementia, and severe traumatic brain injury) for their family and caregivers. While visitors to the exhibit view a number of videos, physiological nervous system signals, such as skin temperature, heart rate and electronic changes on the skin’s surface are collected via a finger sensor. This information is then transformed using a technology that Dr. Blain-Moraes has developed called, ‘biomusic’ into the visitor’s own personal ‘emotional music.’ A similar exhibit in “The Body Electric” entitled “Biomusic: Sonification of the Body Electric” was also installed at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in Quebec City in October, 2017.

As of Spring 2017, Dr. Laurie Snider was named Interim Director for the School. Dr. Annette Majnemer

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Updates – (S. Marshall, M. Slanik, E. Douglas)

Education & Mentorship: a) Education: to optimize the teaching and learning environment for our students, and to enhance professional and Interprofessional education. b) Mentorship: to foster career success and satisfaction, through professional development by providing leadership and training opportunities for faculty and staff.

Updates – (Leads: L. Asseraf-Pasin, Sara Saunders)

Space: Assess our current and future space requirements, continue to optimize our current use of space, and identify opportunities for new spaces to in preparation for our ongoing and future needs.

Updates – (Leads: L. Snider, J. Soicher; [Bernadette Nedelec [on sabbatical], Isabelle Pearson: [on leave])

The current focus of Healthy SPOT is to promote a work/life balance for students and staff, and to establish and maintain collaborations with McGill’s WELL office. A survey was developed to assess the health attitudes and needs of everyone at SPOT. Based on the results of this anonymous survey, workshops or activities will be established to promote a healthy SPOT.

Community & Partnerships: To advance our educational contribution and social accountability to local and global communities. To support and further develop the six SPOT strategic initiatives currently in place: the Global Health Initiative, Strauss KT, UQAC PT program, online certificates (Driving and Pain), PT equivalency program, and Interprofessional Education (IPE). Strategic Plan Progress updates

The three areas of recommendation were space, communication/procedures with respect to administrative functions, and teaching/funding issues. These points are being addressed by the relevant strategic goal.

Space: one of our main strategic goals, encompassing two main issues: physical space, and the systemic use of space, e.g. the procedure for room bookings for which we have entered into a discussion with our colleagues in the Undergraduate Medical Education Program.

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Appointments, Reappointments & Promotions

School Leadership

•Dr. Bernadette Nedelec stepped down as Director of the Occupational Therapy program.

•Dr. Sara Saunders became the Director of the Occupational Therapy Program (June 2017).

• Ms. Marika Demers was hired as a part-time faculty lecturer and Associate Academic Coordinator of Clinical education for the OT Program.

• Dr. Marie Brossard-Racine was reappointed as a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor for a 3-year term.

•Prof. Marie-Ève Bolduc was promoted to Assistant Professor (Professional).

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Associate Member appointments

• Dr. Julie Cote & Dr. Michael Sullivan were reappointed as Associate Members of the School.

•Mrs. Nadina Paraschuk, administrative and student affairs coordinator for clinical education, was hired as a permanent employee, officially taking over the role previously held by Croce Filteau.

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•Dr. Sara Ahmed was awarded the Dr. Joe Stratford Award for the Study of Pain.

•Dr. Liliane Asseraf-Pasin and Prof. Hiba Zafran received McGill’s Award for Equity & Community Building (2017). This award recognizes the work of students, faculty and/or staff who are committed to advancing equity, inclusion and community engagement at McGill.

•Dr. Mindy Levin was awarded the Jonas Salk Research Grant Award by the March of Dimes for her work in acquired brain injuries and her important contributions in rehabilitation research and clinical practice.

•Dr. Annette Majnemer was awarded a CAOT Fellowship Award from the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists, for outstanding contributions and service over an extended period of time.

•Dr. Marc Roig obtained the Department of Health & Kinesiology Scholar Award, the highest honour from the department at Texas A&M University.

•Dr. Shawn Robbins and his research team won the President’s Award for meritorious research at the American Society of Biomechanics Conference.

At the OEQ colloquium, our four groups of OT Masters students won "un mention spéciale" for their student posters, sweeping the poster awards competition in each of the four different conference themes.

Professor Susanne Mak received a three-year bursary for her doctoral studies from FRQSC. Prof. Mak also received a doctoral scholarship from the Canadian Occupational Therapy Foundation (COTF).

Selected Graduate Student Funding Awards

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New Endowments/Awards

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•Dr. Keiko Shikako-Thomas’s leisure activity app for children with disabilities, has been expanded with an updated version to support data collection on environmental factors related to participation, in order to inform new ways of thinking about mental health and health promotion strategies, including knowledge translation to policymaking. Dr. Shikako-Thomas also led the creation and implementation of a community of support for parents of children with disabilities through the Jooay App.

•Dr. Eva Kehayia and her team received confirmation for the renewal of CRIR. Its ranking (exceptional, exceptional and excellent) comes with an increased budget and a supplement, which is over and above the budget from FRQS. Special mention is also made in the document of Dr. Philippe Archambault and Dr. Aliki Thomas as Axis and Theme leaders.

•Dr. Bernadette Nedelec was elected to the prestigious American Occupational Therapy Foundation (AOTF) Academy of Research in Occupational Therapy.

•CIHR’s list of 150 featured Canadian Researchers to celebrate Canada 150 included Dr. Nancy Mayo for her Heel2Toe project, and Dr. Annette Majnemer for her work with CHILD-BRIGHT.

•Dr. Stephanie Blain-Moraes received a New Investigator Salary award from the Fonds de Recherche du Quebec – Nature et technologies.

•Dr. Marie-Hélène Boudrias has been awarded a 5 year grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for her project titled “Development of protocols to assess neuroplasticity events taking place in the brain motor networks.”

•Dr. Marc Roig (PI) was awarded a Collaborative Networking Grant from the Canadian Stroke Trials for Optimized Results (CaSTOR). “High Intensity Interval Training: An Opportunity to Promote Neurorecovery and Cardiovascular Health in Stroke Rehab,” and “Canadian Platform for Trials in Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation (CanStim)”

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•Dr. Tania Janaudis-Ferreria works as the Co-Director of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Integrated Care of Chronic Respiratory Disease Fellowship Program, as part of the McGill University Health Centre.

•Dr. Anouk Lamontagne serves as the chair of the Awards Committee of the International Society for Posture and Gait Research.

•Prof. Caroline Storr serves as the Director with rehabilitation expertise on the CIUSSS Ouest de l’ile’s board of Directors.

•Dr. Isabelle Gagnon was interviewed on the Global TV Morning show on the prevention of concussion in summer months. Dr. Gagnon was also featured in an article in Le Journal de Montreal and on CBC’s Daybreak speaking about the as a tool for treatment of concussion.

•Dr. Eva Kehayia serves as the Co-Chair for CRIR, for the Research Orientation Committee, the Site Coordination Committee, and the New Initiatives Scientific Evaluation Committee.

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•Professor Adriana Venturini is the Secretary for the National Association for Clinical Education in Physiotherapy.

•Professor Isabelle Pearson is a mentor for the Sport Physiotherapy Canada post-graduate credential program.

•Dr. André Bussières is the Project Lead of the Canadian Chiropractic Guideline Initiative (CCGI) and Co- chair of Guideline Development Group of the Canadian Chiropractic Guideline Initiative.

•Dr. Matthew Hunt is the Co-Chair of HumEthNet – the international Humanitarian Health Ethics Network.

•Dr. Judith Soicher served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Canadian Council of Physiotherapy University Programs.

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• Dr. Annette Majnemer, Co-Editor, Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics

• Dr. André Bussières, Associate Editor, Journal Canadian Chiropractic Association (JCCA)

• Dr. Isabelle Gélinas, Associate Editor, OT Journal of Research: Occupation, Participation and Health

• Dr. Keiko Shikako-Thomas, Associate editor - Knowledge Translation, Occupational Therapy Now

• Dr. Matthew Hunt, Guest co-editor of a special section entitled Ethics, national security and global health in

Vol 32, No 5 of the journal Medicine, Conflict and Survival.