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Restoring the Spirit : The Beginnings of Occupational Therapy in Canada, 1890-1930
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Restoring the Spirit : The Beginnings of Occupational Therapy in Canada, 1890-1930
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| Abstract |
When injured soldiers returned from the First World War and needed to convalesce from severe injuries and trauma, a group of women were ready to help. Then known as "ward aides," these women - many of whom were artists or teachers - used simple craft activities to raise morale, build self-esteem, and teach skills. The author examines the origins of occupational therapy in Canada and shows how the profession became an indispensable part of modern health care. Among the early ward aides examined by the author is Montrealer Cybel Wilkes Lighthall (1869-1958), a founding member of the Canadian Handicraft Guild and the Women's Art Society of Montreal. A teacher by training, in 1917 Lighthall volunteered as a "ward Occupation aide" at the Drummond Military Home in Montreal. and in 1919 she became the "Lady in Charge of Ward Occupation" at the Ste. Anne-de-Bellvue Military Hospital. The author also describes the introduction of teaching occupational therapy at McGill University in 1919.
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Montreal and Kingston
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McGill-Queen's University Press
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2011
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xxi-304p.
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en
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978-0-7735-3922-8
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| Citation |
Friedland, Judith. Restoring the Spirit : The Beginnings of Occupational Therapy in Canada, 1890-1930. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2011.
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