CAOT-BC Advisory Committee: Emily Grant, UBC MOTI Representative

 

Emily Grant is a first year Occupational Therapy student at the University of British Columbia. She graduated in 2011 from the University of Victoria with a B.Sc in Psychology and a minor in Applied Ethics.

Emily was first introduced to the field of Occupational Therapy in 2006 while volunteering at the Queen Alexandra Center for Children’s Health (QACCH) as an assistant in a therapeutic drumming group run by two occupational therapists. At QACCH Emily discovered a passion for working with people with special needs and an appreciation for Occupational Therapy’s holistic and client-centered approach to healthcare.

Since that time Emily has worked as a Camp Leader at QACCH, a Respite Worker for Recreation Integration Victoria and an Inclusion Facilitator for Teen Community Connections. These positions fueled Emily’s passion for working with people and strengthened her resolve to become an Occupational Therapist.

Emily is very interested in leadership and in her spare time she enjoys traveling, doing yoga and engaging in various creative pursuits. In 2011 Emily’s love of yoga took her to India where she become a yoga instructor. One day she hopes to be able to incorporate the mental and physical aspects of yoga into her practice as an Occupational Therapist.

At the moment Emily is enjoying her studies at the University of British Columbia. She is excited to be entering such an interesting and diverse profession and she is looking forward to practicing some of her newly gained skills on her first fieldwork placement with the Early Childhood Intervention program at QACCH in the new year.