Do What You Love Anna Braunizer & Emily Polovick-Moulds

In our final episode, we are joined by Tanelle Bolt, found of RAD Recreation Adapted Society, Soulfly Experiences, and Pro Tips for Paras. Sustaining a spinal cord injury when adventuring with friends in Port Renfrew, Tanelle found limited options in the community for adventuring and recreating, so she decided to start up RAD Recreation Adapted Society. On a mission to establish gear boxes across Canada and map out resources, places to find adventure toys, and programs where everyone ca...

In our latest episode, we chat with Jeanne Eichler about music, the arts community, and thoughts on community and connection during and beyond COVID.

In today's episode, Dr. Rosalie Wang, an occupational therapist at the University of Toronto, joins me for a fun chat about technology, design, participation, and belonging in our communities. We talk about how technology can be both a bridge and a divider. What occupational therapists can do in the tech arena, how tech could be made accessible and inclusive, and how it's important to include disabled people and older adults at the table when we're designing technology so that we can all use ...

Join Anna and Emily as we have a conversation with Gretchen Kingma about her role as an occupational therapist and realtor.Gretchen Kingma, OTR, CAPS, ECHM, and REALTOR©️, is an occupational therapist in Missouri, USA who has gone into real estate full time and has successfully carved out a market niche serving individuals with accessibility-specific and aging-in-place needs. In this episode, we talk about:What a Realtor OT (trademark pending) is and how Gretchen brought occupational th...

Today, Anna chats with Emma Smith, PhD., about some of our favourite things: assistive technology, policies, and interdependence. We discuss:everyone using assistive technologies every dayaccess to assistive technologiesinterdependence and its relation to assistive technology and communitycommunity mobility and accessibility - things to consider to design community spaces that everyone can useTo learn more about Emma and her research and projects, check out: https://emmamariasmith.ca/

In this episode, Isabel Fryszberg, a leader in arts-based occupational therapy in Canada, chats with Anna about how she has used the arts to co-create community, build belonging, promote occupational justice, and facilitate wellbeing. We discuss the privilege that is often associated with the arts and the importance of breaking down barriers to accessing the arts. Coming into occupational therapy with a visual arts background and inspired by the Living Museum, Isabel lead the creation of the ...