Occupational therapist, professor emeritus. Seeking balance, grace, joy. 🌻

Joined October 2012
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Catherine Backman retweeted
The 2025 ARThritis Soirée features delicious hors d’oeuvres, along with our legendary Oyster and Caviar Bars hosted by @FannyBayOysters & @canadiancaviar. A memorable evening awaits. Join us with your support for #ArthritisResearch. Tickets: ow.ly/SNmq50VxSwJ
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Catherine Backman retweeted
10 Apr 2025
Do you live with Arthritis? Do you have any creative life hacks, innovative adaptive strategies or devices or personal accommodations that help your daily function? We want to hear from you! Visit this link buff.ly/mAVEwgB to learn more and participate.
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Catherine Backman retweeted
In #CRArthritis 13, we feature recent #occupationaltherapy retiree @cath_back. She shares tips on finding the right splints and assisted devices for your #arthritis. Watch now: youtu.be/PjmfCd8Sq68 #ASM25 @ACEJointHealth @CAOT_ACE @PhysioCan @Arthritis_ARC @Arthritis_UBC
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Catherine Backman retweeted
30 Dec 2024
Write an article for @OTNow_AE magazine! buff.ly/3FAGTGE 👉 To learn more and submit your article, contact Liz at otnoweditor@caot.ca
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Congratulations Marie @WestbyPT !! Have been keeping the secret so long waiting for the announcement I almost forgot 😉 Fabulous that your long history in rheumatology education is formally recognized
Congratulations to Marie Westby, PT, PhD, recipient of the 2024 ARP Distinguished Educator Award! @WestbyPT @VCHArthritis @VCHhealthcare #ACR24 #ARPRheum
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The minute I arrived to take photo it started to rain again! Happy #WorldOccupationalTherapyDay, BC Place & Science World lit blue to celebrate #WorldOTDay Occupation, what you do everyday, matters to health & wellbeing, #AskForOT @CAOT_ACE @thewfot
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Catherine Backman retweeted
I’m thrilled to speak at the Autoimmune Community Summit (@AutoimmuneAssoc) , Oct 17-18! It’s virtual, FREE, and packed with the latest info, insights, and practical tools. Register today and be sure to attend Shared Decision Making, where I’ll discuss what is shared decision making and why is it important to patients with autoimmune diseases from a patient perspective (me) and a rheumatologist perspective! 👉 Register: go.autoimmune.org/Summit2024 Designed for autoimmune patients, care partners and advocates, the Autoimmune Community Summit will offer educational and empowering sessions on the most pressing topics impacting the autoimmune community, including: ✅Shared decision making ✅Knowing your rights ✅Clinical trials ✅Combatting pain and fatigue ✅Realistic wellness and stress management ✅Nutrition ✅The role of climate change and trauma on autoimmune disease ✅The role of artificial intelligence (AI) in diagnosis and treatments ✅Raising awareness ✅Understanding research ✅Policy updates ✅Patient stories ✅Autoimmune Association initiatives #AiCommSummit
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Catherine Backman retweeted
A small contribution from us: 3rd tweet #OTHistory in Canada We've updated/expanded the Wikipedia entry about the Canadian Journal @CJOT_RCE. It's the longest running #OccupationalTherapy journal with the same title. First published in September 1933 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cana…
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Catherine Backman retweeted
Did you know that most women with #arthritis can have safe, successful pregnancies? Learn more about arthritis and pregnancy at: arthritisaustralia.com.au/ma… #WomensHealthWeek #ArthritisAndPregnancy #GrowYourKnowledge #ArthritisAustralia
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Digital exhibit available - ⁦@HistoryOt⁩ might like it 😊 ICH Blog: Stories of Early Occupational Therapy in Newfoundland and Labrador. #OT365 ichblog.ca/2024/08/stories-o…

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Arts and crafts give greater life satisfaction than work, survey suggests Interesting, rationale suggested people entered “flow state” with arts and crafts of their choice, unlike employment ➡️ “do what you love” #OT365 theguardian.com/society/arti…
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Catherine Backman retweeted
📢 Last 2 weeks to share views on your rehab experience after hip/knee replacement! Can my 🇨🇦 PT colleagues help out by promoting with patients as they are discharged from rehab? @ArthritisSoc @PhysioCan @jwhittak_physio @PhysioKTBroker @billgood_news @ACEJointHealth
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Catherine Backman retweeted
Congratulations to @Arthritis_ARC Senior Scientist Dr. @jwhittak_physio for receiving the @UBC Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award for her Overall Excellence – Mid-Career. Learn More: ow.ly/AsQ050Spl6l
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We made the headlines, @UBCOSOT @mortensonlab
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Catherine Backman retweeted
1/7 CPN is thrilled to share this exciting patient-driven study on Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) pain @uOttawa led by CPN-affiliated researcher Dr. Karine Toupin-April (@toupinak). Read more about how you can help test the #JIAOptionMap 👇
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Catherine Backman retweeted
7 Jun 2024
Meet the Speakers for our upcoming webinar on Parenting and Arthritis! Introducing one of our three panellists: Catherine Backman! You can learn more about her and register for the one-hour webinar on June 8th using this link buff.ly/4auFezP @Arthritis_ARC @cath_back
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Catherine Backman retweeted
6 Jun 2024
We've got 3 new blog posts! Read various perspectives on parenting with arthritis from the panellists from our upcoming webinar on June 8th on the same topic. Register here buff.ly/3UPCl6I or by using the link in our bio Read the posts here buff.ly/4aDDCUw
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