CAOT-North Advisory Committee
The CAOT-North Advisory Committee:
- provides consultation, advice, and support to CAOT with respect to provincial issues related to occupational therapy, to advance excellence in the profession, and
- promotes information sharing and coordinated planning on provincial issues related to occupational therapy to further the development of the profession.
Advisory Committee:
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Katherine Williams (acting Chair) |
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Heidi Croucher Heidi is a former member of the Alberta Association of Occupational Therapists, the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Occupational Therapists and the Yukon Association of Occupational Therapists. She looks forward to collaborating with occupational therapists from across the North to further promote and advocate for the profession of occupational therapy as a member of the CAOT-North advisory committee. |
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Darlene de Leon
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Kaitlynn Dewhirst Kaitlynn graduated from Queen’s University with an MSc OT in 2011. Since then she has enjoyed broad practice experience including inpatient acute, community health, outpatients, hand therapy, residential care and a private practice (medical legal, return to work, case management and school health.) Her passion throughout has been mental health, as it touches all people across practice settings. Kaitlynn moved to Yellowknife in 2015 and worked at Stanton Territorial Hospital as both an inpatient and outpatient therapist. Prior to transitioning to the DHSS she was the inpatient psychiatry and community mental health OT. Looking forward, Kaitlynn is excited to be a part of this new CAOT chapter. Therapists in NT and Nunavut have not had the benefit of a formal association for some time and she looks forward to connecting with colleagues across the North (in all three territories!) |
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Linsey Doucette Linsey graduated with a MSc Occupational Therapy degree from Dalhousie University and a BSc degree in Kinesiology from the University of New Brunswick. She moved to Yellowknife in 2009 from Prince Edward Island and has been trying to figure out how to make the two places closer together ever since. |
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Arielle Meynen-Boyd Arielle completed her masters at Dalhousie and worked in Halifax for a year in private practice, but then the mountains called her back home to the Yukon. Working in the north at a general hospital has given Arielle the opportunity to work in a broad variety of practice areas and cultivate a diverse skillset. She is still very passionate about neuro and takes every opportunity to continue her education in order to better assist clients with stroke, brain injuries and other neurological conditions. Outside of work, Arielle’s interests are also very “generalist”. She loves dabbling in all the outdoor activities the Yukon has to offer and most recently, sharing the incredible outdoors with her brand new daughter. |
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Ruth O'Beirne |