Photo of Judith FriedlandJudith FriedlandProfessor Emerita

Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
(416) 946-7664
judith.friedland@utoronto.ca

Cross Appointments

  • Institute of Medical Sciences
  • Department of Human Development and Applied Psychology (OISE/UT)
  • Department of Psychiatry
  • Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science

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Biosketch

Although officially retired in 2004, I continue as an active member of the university community. I chair the Health Sciences Research Ethics Board for the University of Toronto and am a member of the Research Ethics Policy and Advisory Committee and the Research Ethics Policy and Advisory Executive. I continue my involvement with the PT/OT Alumni and help primarily with fundraising. I have an ongoing research interest in mental health issues of university students and continue to co-supervise student projects in this area. My current and major area of research is the early development of occupational therapy in Canada. My book on this topic, entitled “Restoring the Spirit: the beginnings of occupational therapy in Canada, 1890-1930”, will be published by McGill-Queen’s University Press in September 2011. My eight grandchildren and travelling with my husband provide strong competition for all of the above.

Selected Recent Publications

  1. J. Friedland., & D. Laliberte Rudman. (2009). From confrontation to collaboration: making a place for dialogue on seniors’ driving. Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation, 12(1), 12-23.
  2. J. Friedland and J. Silva. (2008). Evolving identities: TB Kidner and Occupational Therapy in the US. American Journal of Occupational Therapy,, 62(3), 349-360.
  3. M. Bettazzoni, J. Friedland, R. Zipursky, and G. Devins. (2008). Illness Intrusiveness and subjective well-being in schizophrenia.  Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases, 196, 798-805.
  4. J. Friedland. (2007). Thomas Bessell Kidner and the development of occupational therapy in the United Kingdom: Establishing the links. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 70(7), 292-300.
  5. J. Friedland, D. Rudman, M. Chipman, and A. Steen. (2006) Reluctant regulators: family physicians perspectives on monitoring their patients’ driving. Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation, 22, 53-60.
  6. J. Friedland. (2005). "Occupational Therapy and rehabilitation: an awkward alliance". In R. Cottrell (Ed.), Perspectives for occupation-based practice: Foundation and Future in Occupational Therapy, AOTA Publications.

Recent Thesis/Projects Supervised

Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science

  • Co-supervision: Amanda Marsella, 2009 “The week-end home visit program during inpatient rehabilitation.”
  • Supervision: Joanne Maxwell,  2006. Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science. “Psychosocial impact of traumatic loss of the hand”.

Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

  • Co-supervision: Colleen Webber, 2008-9. Mental health issues of university students.
  • Co-supervision: Marni Salkovitch, 2009-10. Mental health issues of university students in health professions.
  • Co-supervision: Nancy Van Lonen, 2009-10. Research Ethics Board approvals for rehabilitation researchers at the University of Toronto
  • Co-supervision: Katrina Snider and Shauna Orphus, 2010-11. How undergraduates with mental health issues manage their student roles.

Research Interests

Psychosocial Adjustment to Physical Illness and Injury (e.g., CVA, AIDS, MVA); Ethics in Health Research; Post-secondary Students’ Health Issues; Seniors' Driving Safety; Early History of Occupational Therapy (circa 1900).

Special Lectures / Keynote Speeches

  1. Health Sciences Research Ethics Board: Issues and Concerns. Faculty Council, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, March 9, 2009.
  2. PT/OT Alumni Association, Annual Reunion. The early history of occupational therapy in Canada. Toronto, May 30, 2009.
  3. Homewood and the early history of occupational therapy: Growing up together. Grand Rounds, Homewood Health Centre, Guelph, Ontario, October 8, 2008. 

 

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