UBC Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy

03/25/2026

Upcoming PIE-OT Info Sessions
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These sessions are for internationally-educated OTs (IEOTs) and those who support them.

>March 26 (9pm-10pm PDT)
>April 14 (10am-11am PDT)

Register to attend: https://bit.ly/ubc_pie-ot

Join us to learn about:
- the SEAS process
- the PIE-OT structure and content
- eligibility and application process
- how the PIE-OT supports preparation for the competency assessment in Canada

Have your questions answered by the team in a live Q&A at the end of the session.

06/24/2025

Are you an undergraduate student interested in learning about human occupations? OSOT 301: Introduction to Human Occupation, our undergraduate-level course, is now open for registration for the 2025 W1 term. It will run on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30-11:00 AM on the UBC Vancouver campus.

https://osot.ubc.ca/2025/06/24/osot-301-registration-w1-2025/

Registration is now open for OSOT 301, which gives undergraduate students the chance to learn about fundamental concepts in occupational science and occupational therapy.

06/10/2025

Last week, our MOT2 students learned about the interplay between OT and climate change when Clinical Assistant Professor and OT Climate Action Network (OT-CAN) co-founder Giovanna Boniface taught the class "Occupational Therapy Practice on a Changing Planet: Climate Change, Planetary, Ecological and Human Health and the role of Occupational Therapy"

You can learn more about OT-CAN or join the network here: https://ot4climate.com/

05/29/2025

An important part of our strategic plan is our commitment to supporting Truth and Reconciliation. Last month, we took an important step toward this goal when we held the OSOT UBC Indigenous Strategic Plan Self-Assessment and Action Planning Retreat
https://osot.ubc.ca/2025/05/29/isp-retreat-2025/

As part of our commitment to Truth and Reconciliation, we held the OSOT Indigenous Strategic Plan Self-Assessment and Action Planning Retreat this spring.

05/29/2025

Dr. Brodie Sakakibara empowers stroke survivors with self-management support and tech-powered solutions.

05/27/2025

Get to know postdoctoral fellow Dr. Kenneth Noguchi! Dr. Noguchi, whose research is co-supervised by OSOT Associate Professor Dr. Brodie Sakakibara, was recently featured in a profile by Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA), in which he talked about his academic beginnings, the aims of his research, the particularities of latent class analysis, and the importance of free access to CLSA's data to trainees' research
https://www.clsa-elcv.ca/trainee-spotlight-qa-with-dr-kenny-noguchi/

Tell us about yourself in a paragraph or two: What is your name, and what are you studying? Where are you from? What was your dream job as a kid? What’s your favourite thing to do outside of school/work? My name is Kenny Noguchi, I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of British [.....

05/27/2025

Want to learn how our fieldwork team secures placements for our MOT students? Go behind the scenes with them as they build connections with clinicians at Building Bridges and hold the first in-person preceptor education workshop post-COVID https://osot.ubc.ca/2025/05/27/building-bridges-2025/

For the second straight year, the Department of OSOT took part in Building Bridges (Bridges), an annual event to connect OTs from Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health for a day of education and research. Bridges, which has been running since 1998, is an important opportunity for our department...

05/23/2025

Earlier this week, four RHSC students supervised by OSOT faculty officially graduated from UBC:

Anne-Cécile Delaisse, PhD
Xiaoxu Ding, PhD
Keyara Brody, MSc
Olatioluwase Olatona, MSc

Congratulations, everybody!

05/23/2025

On Tuesday, June 10, Associate Professor of Teaching Katie Lee Bunting will be presenting on "Pedagogies of Love" and jointly leading a panel discussion at Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia REDI’s Fourth Annual Symposium, titled "Building a More Welcoming Movement Toward a Just Culture"
https://redi.med.ubc.ca/building-a-more-welcoming-movement-toward-a-just-culture/

What motivates real cultural change? How can we create movements that feel hopeful and actionable? Join REDI's Fourth Annual Symposium on Tuesday, June 10th, 2025, from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm, to learn about evidence-based approaches in psychology, social change, and transformative education as we expl...

05/22/2025

On May 30, Associate Academic Fieldwork Coordinator Jeff Boniface and our MOT students will be visiting Tsleil-Waututh Nation səlilwətaɬ to engage in meaningful dialogue with Tsleil-Waututh Nation members about health, occupation, and occupational justice