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The imperative to dismantle white benevolence as we advance Truth and Reconciliation in occupational therapy #CAOT2023

"Patterns of whiteness in OT are alive and well....we need to make space for people who don't think the same way" -Angie Phenix #CAOT2023

Congratulations to Gayle Restall, recipient of the 2023 CAOT Muriel Driver Award 🎉 #CAOT2023

So pleased to see (drumroll) Gayle Restall announced as recipient of Muriel Driver Memorial Award #CAOT2023 Looking forward to her lecture next year in Halifax #CAOT2024 It will be thought provoking and amazing. (No pressure!) CAOT_ACE

Addressing racism and white supremacy in occupational therapy with Angela Bhatia and Leanne Leclair #CAOT2023

"White supremacy is the well-believed myth of the inherent superiority of white people, white culture, white ways of being and doing...It’s providing care through a white-dominant lens, using white-normed assessments, and white-standard interventions." #DisruptOT #CAOT2023

#DisruptOT meet up at #CAOT2023 in Saskatoon with Angie Phenix @KJVal1 Tara Pride, PhD @PierLucTurcotte and more disruptor friends!

I often get asked the question, “why is everyone so sick on reserves?” I turn it around. I ask “why are people healthier in other areas?” This shifts the conversation from “why are they broken” to “why is the system broken?”

Has anyone checked this book out yet??

"In none of the writers who make up the usual canon of modern social theory is there a discussion of race as central to the social structures of modernity. We trace this absence to a failure to account for the centrality of colonialism & empire within the modern world.

Knowledge and the power to define what counts as real knowledge lie at the epistemic core of colonialism. —Linda Tuhiwai Smith

“Polycrisis” is a word I’m seeing pop up lots this year, “the simultaneous occurrence of several catastrophic events.” In the midst of Polycrisis, we must ensure the survivability of core social programs like healthcare in 🇨🇦. Do you agree or disagree? cascadeinstitute.org/polycrisis/

I’ve decided to stop working for Colonial systems. It’s false to think you can “change things from the inside,” because they are founded in violence/erasure of Indigenous Peoples. Participating in them is soul sucking. I will only uplift & rebuild our own systems, with allies 👊🏽

Meet Angie Phenix; she will be speaking at the DisruptOT Unconference session on Friday, March 22nd at 4pm PDT. This event has translated auto-captions available in 35 languages so that most language speakers can participate. ✅ Free Registration: disruptot.org/unconference

New Zealand’s capital prepares for huge Maori protests bbc.in/40TybzI

📢📢New paper in the Open Journal of OT from some Dalhousie OT faculty: "Openness to Critique is Essential". Claims of universality in the OT profession must end. Indigenous folks must be supported in advocacy efforts for Indigenous created tools & models. scholarworks.wmich.edu/cgi/viewconten…

📢A first from my PhD work! The perceived superiority of western worldviews in OT education: the experiences of Indigenous occupational therapists published in the Brazilian Journal of OT today🥳🥳 Check it out below! scielo.br/j/cadbto/a/S33…

I am incredibly honoured to work with amazing Indigenous OTs across the country. As we continue to advance to work of the Indigenous OT Collective of Canada - we hope to enact meaningful change in education, research, and clinical practice to better support Indigenous peoples!

Angie Phenix is our President - she is a mother, Métis woman, scholar, educator, & occupational therapist. She has several years of clinical experience & has co-chaired national networks in OT to enact meaningful change to better support Indigenous peoples and communities.