Your month at a glance: October

    

Upcoming CAOT-BC Meetings:

Dysphagia Community of Practice 

Date: October 5th, 12:00-1:00pm PST

Location: Microsoft Teams 

Visit the webpage to view the communities of practice open to new members. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see them listed. 

If there is a practice network or community of practice you would like to join, please email hreid@caot.ca

Events:

It's OT Month! Visit the OT month webpage to learn about the events, education, workshops and more taking place.

October Open Houses: 

Four practice networks have open houses this month to invite new members to join. Each one will be approximately 40 minutes with an opportunity to hear about the mission, vision, values and operations of the network. You can read more about each open house in this month's OTalk newsletter.

Occupation in Practice Network
October 6, 2021, 4:30pm PST
Register by October 6th

CAOT-Quebec: Changement [Change Agency]
October 13, 2021, 4:30pm PST
Register by October 13th

Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Practice Network
October 20, 2021, 4:00pm PST
Register by October 20th

Northern Practice Network
October 27, 2021, 4:30pm PST
Register by October 27th

Find out more about all of CAOT’s Practice Networks.

OPPORTUNITIES 

Virtual Forum: Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research (CIMVHR)

This virtual forum taking place in October is an opportunity to Engage existing academic research resources, facilitate new research, increase research capacity and foster knowledge translation. Click here to register and learn more.

Interdisciplinary Pain Education Day

Join Providence Health Care and Pain BC for an incredible day of learning about back pain, on October 22, 2021. Highlights include as six concurrent workshops to learn about chronic back pain and apply practical skills to your practice, keynote speakers, and a stories from those with lived experience. Visit the webpage to learn more and register! 

Participate in the Aging in Place Challenge

With concerns about the aging population becoming more central to healthcare conversations, the Aging in Place Challenge is in need of occupational therapists to participate to ensure our voices are heard and considered. There will be a range of ways to be involved in the coming year(s) with this challenge. Complete the survey to provide more information about yourself and in what capacity you would like to be involved. Learn more here.

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