Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists

CAOT Professional Issue Forums (PIFs)

Each year at the CAOT Conference, Professional Issue Forums are presented to address priority health and social issues, and emerging practice areas in occupational therapy.  The PIFS allow CAOT to consult with occupational therapists and stakeholders to inform the development of a CAOT position statement in a particular subject area. CAOT strives for a broad stakeholder involvement in the PIFs, which include professional groups, consumers, governments and non-government organizations. 

Professional Issue Forum reports describe the objectives, presentations and roundtable discussions. CAOT Position Statements are developed from the reports, which are published in the Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy each spring and are posted on this website.

Rising Tide of Dementia in Canada (2012)

Workplace Safety and Injury Prevention (2012)

Cancer Survivorship and Occupational Therapy (2011)

Pain Management and Occupational Therapy (2011)

Knowledge Translation Strategies on Enhancing use of Enabling Occupation II (2010)

Advanced Practice (2009) (2010)

Workforce Retention in Occupational Therapy (2009)

Obesity and Healthy Occupation (2008)

First Nations and Inuit Health (2008)

Access to Occupational Therapy (2007)

Dysphagia (2006)

Research Without Borders: Overcoming Barriers to Collaborative Research (2006)

Clinical Practice Guidelines  (2005)

Occupation and Mental Health Care (2004)

Occupation and End-of-Life Care (2004)

Disability Management (2003)

Workplace Health (2003)

Growing through Occupation and Active Living (2002)

Universal Design and Growing through Occupation (2002)