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CAOT Copyright Policies

Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy/ Occupational Therapy Now*

Copyright is held by the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists. Permission must be obtained in writing from CAOT to reproduce or reprint any material published in the Journal/Magazine. There is a $50 per figure/table or per page charge for commercial use.

All reproduce/reprint requests can be forwarded to:
Fax: 613 523-2552
Send request by e-mail

All photocopy requests can be forwarded to:
AccessCopyright 
(800) 893-5777
(416) 868-1620
(416) 868-1621 (fax)
Send request by e-mail

* Exceptions for CJOT: CAOT or ACOTUP members have permission to photocopy up to 100 copies of an article if such copies are distributed without charge for educational purposes.

* Exceptions for OTNow: CAOT or ACOTUP members have permission to photocopy up to 100 copies of an article if such copies are distributed without charge for educational or consumer information purposes.

Referencing
When referencing any article please use APA style.

CAOT Publications
Copyright is held by the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists. Permission must be obtained in writing from CAOT to reproduce or reprint any material published in any of the CAOT publications with the exception of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (see below). There is a $50 per figure/table or per page charge for commercial use.

All reproduce/reprint requests can be forwarded to:
Fax: 613 523-2552
Send request by e-mail

The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM)
Copyright for this publication is held by the COPM authors. For all copyright requests please contact them directly at lawm@mcmaster.ca

CAOT Web site content
Copyright is held by the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists. Personal copies may be printed. Permission must be obtained in writing from CAOT to reproduce or reprint any material published on the site that go beyond personal use.

All requests can be forwarded to:
Fax: 613 523-2552
Send request by e-mail

Otworks Web site
Copyright is held by the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists.

Please feel free to use whatever information from www.otworks.ca that you need. CAOT only asks that you do one of the following:

1. If you use the information as is, i.e. just photocopy pages from the web site, then please add "Source: The Canadian Occupational Therapy Resource Site at www.otworks.ca operated by the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists.

2. If you adapt the information then please add:
Adapted from: The Canadian Occupational Therapy Resource Site at www.otworks.ca operated by the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists.

Please use the sun images and the slogan Occupational Therapy — Skills for the Job of Living freely; this is the brand and the more it's seen the better! It is also helpful to refer people to www.otworks.ca for further information.

Good luck in your marketing and promotional efforts. If you have any suggestions for information that you would like to see on the OT Works web site, please let us know.

For questions about copyright, please feel free to ask us.