Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists

Our initiatives

Occupational therapy plays a vital role in enabling the health and well-being of Canadians.
CAOT works on various initiatives to advance our vision that all people in Canada will value and have access to occupational therapy. Current initiatives include:

• Represent occupational therapy on national coalitions and task forces to promote understanding of the role of occupational therapy and to advocate for change in relevant public policy.
• Promote the role of occupational therapy within the Canadian Forces and Veterans Affairs Canada.
• Promote the role of occupational therapy within the federal government departments including Corrections Canada, Health Canada, Canada Border services, Citizenship and Immigration, Human Resource Service Development, and Public service unions.
• Lobby for extended health care coverage of occupational therapy services by insurance companies.
• Health human resources and work force planning.
• Internationally Education Occupational Therapist Initiatives.
• Promote occupational therapy specifically dealing with older drivers, elder abuse, Alzheimer's disease and dementia, obesity and healthy occupations, and chronic disease management.