Elizabeth Townsend
Biographic Data
| ID | 374686 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth Townsend |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Townsend |
| SIGNATURE | TOWNSEND E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dalhousie University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4957-6628 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 71 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 22 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Commentary on
This invited commentary offers a reflection on Steelman's proposal that the concept of occupational justice applies equally to non-human animals as to humans. As an author of the concept of occupational justice, I welcome the insights offered on justice and rights. It resonates with the work of other champions of animal rights, and is a timely addition to Kiepek's recent article, Occupation in the anthropocene and ethical relationality, published…
A Pledge to Mobilize Against Racism – Translated
The members of the Journal of Occupational Science issued a pledge to mobilize against racism in August 2020. Part of that pledge was an undertaking to “mentor and encourage authors and reviewers t
A Pledge to Mobilize Against Racism
Dear Colleagues, The murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, USA is yet another signifier of the persistent and systemic racism that pervades communities internationally. His death at police hands i
Celebrating Ann Wilcock
Dr. Ann Allart Wilcock (née Ellison) made outstanding contributions to occupational science, as a new discipline, and to the century old profession of occupational therapy. In celebrating that legacy, we are calling for action with research advancing three important ‘themes’ with global relevance that we see in Wilcock’s work. First, she was a world pioneer in expanding awareness and empirical knowledge of the occupational nature of humans, that …
Commentary on Decolonising occupational science education through learning activities based on a study from the Global South (Simaan, 2020)
(2020). Commentary on Decolonising occupational science education through learning activities based on a study from the Global South (Simaan, 2020) Journal of Occupational Science: Vol. 27, Special Issue: Illuminating occupations at the heart of social problems, pp. 443-444
The Utilization and Adaption of Photovoice With Rural Women Aged 85 and Older
Photovoice is a qualitative research method that can have very positive outcomes, including making marginalized populations visible. Yet we found that traditional Photovoice methods were not fully effective and needed to be adapted with women aged 85 and older in rural Prince Edward Island, Canada. Concerns that required adaptation were time constraints for the researcher and participants, taking appropriate photographs, balancing power between r…
Relaunching teaching occupation
Almost 3 years ago, Hocking (2016) introduced a special section on Teaching Occupation in the Journal of Occupational Science. As she noted, two of the main driving forces to include this section were Florence Clark’s (2006) advocacy, as a founder of occupational science in the USA, to actually teach occupation if we hope to fulfill the promise of this science and guard against its fragmentation and Ann Wilcock’s educational vision as founder of …
Th & 20 th century educational reforms arising in Europe, the United Kingdom, and the Americas
Global leaders have called on professionals and scientists in every field to make justice and human rights central to education and professional practice. With a commitment to respond to this call, we are asking: What could occupational scientists learn about justice and human rights from educational reformers? In response, we argue that the work of some 19th and 20th century educational reformers in Europe, the United Kingdom, and the Americas c…
Critical Occupational Literacy
Conversations about the anticipated costs and caregiving burden of an aging population are rampant in North America. The 2014 Dr. Ruth Zemke Lecture in Occupational Science redirects conversations on aging by introducing occupational literacy, especially critical occupational literacy as a way of learning to think, talk, write, make decisions, and otherwise make sense of occupational justice and ecological sustainability in everyday life. Illustr…
Tiny Publics
I wanted to review Tiny Publics because “Fine argues that the basic building blocks of society itself are forged within the boundaries of such small groups, the “tiny publics” necessary for a robus
Boundaries and Bridges to Adult Mental Health
There is general agreement that mental health is a foundation for living well. Unfortunately, approximately 20% of people around the world will experience a mental health issue at some point. Although bridges to adult mental health, such as community programming, exist in some settings, one routine boundary is exclusion from everyday occupations, using the occupational science and occupational therapy definition of occupations encompassing what p…
A community panel on occupations to consider economic opportunities outside major urban centres
The 4th Canadian Occupational Science Symposium included a new feature – a community panel on economic occupational opportunities outside major urban centres. The panel connected symposium participants with the local community to generate a dialogue on the broad concepts of occupation and place relevant to employment transitions in Northern Ontario. Presentations on occupational patterns in Northern Ontario, and on what counts as occupation provi…
Linking occupation and place in community health
Although the links between occupation and health have been studied historically for some time, little attention has been paid to the links between occupation and place. This article examines links between occupation and place: we argue that to promote inclusive social participation in all occupations, not limited to work, communities need to organize health services with a policy mandate and funding for addressing what people do and the social de…
Students with disabilities participating in mainstream schools
This paper examines participatory arrangements for students with physical disabilities in mainstream education, cooperation between teachers and therapists to ensure that these arrangements are efficient and the organizational prerequisites for such cooperation. The study comprises data obtained from 14 ‘groups’, with each group consisting of a student with physical disabilities aged 9–19 years, their main teacher and the relevant therapists from…
Occupationaljustice and Client-Centred Practice
Background. This paper describes an ongoing, international dialogue about the relationship between occupation, justice, and client-centred practice, prompted by the question: How do occupational therapists work for justice? Methods. The authors critically reflect on their own dialogue and culturally situated interests, dialogues with workshop participants, and a literature review. Results. Four cases of occupational injustice are proposed: occupa…
Occupation Disrupted
Agriculture has been recognized as one of the most dangerous industries in Canada and the United States. Yet, the impacts of injuries on Canadian farmers and farm families, from the perspective of those affected, have not been investigated. This article highlights findings from a study initiated by the Canadian Farmers with Disabilities Registry (CFDR). An occupational framework, in this case the Model of Human Occupation, is used to examine the …
International Developments in Occupational Science
(2001). International Developments in Occupational Science. Journal of Occupational Science: Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 42-43
Occupational terminology interactive dialogue
(2000). Occupational terminology interactive dialogue. Journal of Occupational Science: Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 84-86
Good Intentions Overruled
The Mobilization of Intellect
Occupation
The author takes the broad view that occupation is the active process of living, not limited to categories of work. Drawing on her two recent ethnographic studies of occupational therapy in mental health day programmes, she poses three questions: 1. What are the key features of the active process of occupation? 2. How does the social organization of occupation confer power on some occupations, but not on others? 3. How might (ought?) occupation b…
Criteria Mapping
Criteria mapping is a method of quality assessment developed in the 1970s and used to judge the quality of care in hospitals. It is based on retrospective chart audit using prespecified explicit criteria arranged in algorithms. Because it considers only the criteria that are relevant to the case, it yields a better measure of quality than the criteria list method of explicit chart review. Criteria mapping lends itself readily to the program evalu…
Occupation
The author takes the broad view that occupation is the active process of living, not limited to categories of work. Drawing on her two recent ethnographic studies of occupational therapy in mental health day programmes, she poses three questions: 1. What are the key features of the active process of occupation? 2. How does the social organization of occupation confer power on some occupations, but not on others? 3. How might (ought?) occupation b…
Occupational terminology interactive dialogue
(2000). Occupational terminology interactive dialogue. Journal of Occupational Science: Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 84-86
The Utilization and Adaption of Photovoice With Rural Women Aged 85 and Older
Photovoice is a qualitative research method that can have very positive outcomes, including making marginalized populations visible. Yet we found that traditional Photovoice methods were not fully effective and needed to be adapted with women aged 85 and older in rural Prince Edward Island, Canada. Concerns that required adaptation were time constraints for the researcher and participants, taking appropriate photographs, balancing power between r…
Boundaries and Bridges to Adult Mental Health
There is general agreement that mental health is a foundation for living well. Unfortunately, approximately 20% of people around the world will experience a mental health issue at some point. Although bridges to adult mental health, such as community programming, exist in some settings, one routine boundary is exclusion from everyday occupations, using the occupational science and occupational therapy definition of occupations encompassing what p…
Students with disabilities participating in mainstream schools
This paper examines participatory arrangements for students with physical disabilities in mainstream education, cooperation between teachers and therapists to ensure that these arrangements are efficient and the organizational prerequisites for such cooperation. The study comprises data obtained from 14 ‘groups’, with each group consisting of a student with physical disabilities aged 9–19 years, their main teacher and the relevant therapists from…
Critical Occupational Literacy
Conversations about the anticipated costs and caregiving burden of an aging population are rampant in North America. The 2014 Dr. Ruth Zemke Lecture in Occupational Science redirects conversations on aging by introducing occupational literacy, especially critical occupational literacy as a way of learning to think, talk, write, make decisions, and otherwise make sense of occupational justice and ecological sustainability in everyday life. Illustr…
Relaunching teaching occupation
Almost 3 years ago, Hocking (2016) introduced a special section on Teaching Occupation in the Journal of Occupational Science. As she noted, two of the main driving forces to include this section were Florence Clark’s (2006) advocacy, as a founder of occupational science in the USA, to actually teach occupation if we hope to fulfill the promise of this science and guard against its fragmentation and Ann Wilcock’s educational vision as founder of …
Th & 20 th century educational reforms arising in Europe, the United Kingdom, and the Americas
Global leaders have called on professionals and scientists in every field to make justice and human rights central to education and professional practice. With a commitment to respond to this call, we are asking: What could occupational scientists learn about justice and human rights from educational reformers? In response, we argue that the work of some 19th and 20th century educational reformers in Europe, the United Kingdom, and the Americas c…
Occupation Disrupted
Agriculture has been recognized as one of the most dangerous industries in Canada and the United States. Yet, the impacts of injuries on Canadian farmers and farm families, from the perspective of those affected, have not been investigated. This article highlights findings from a study initiated by the Canadian Farmers with Disabilities Registry (CFDR). An occupational framework, in this case the Model of Human Occupation, is used to examine the …
Commentary on Decolonising occupational science education through learning activities based on a study from the Global South (Simaan, 2020)
(2020). Commentary on Decolonising occupational science education through learning activities based on a study from the Global South (Simaan, 2020) Journal of Occupational Science: Vol. 27, Special Issue: Illuminating occupations at the heart of social problems, pp. 443-444
Tiny Publics
I wanted to review Tiny Publics because “Fine argues that the basic building blocks of society itself are forged within the boundaries of such small groups, the “tiny publics” necessary for a robus
Celebrating Ann Wilcock
Dr. Ann Allart Wilcock (née Ellison) made outstanding contributions to occupational science, as a new discipline, and to the century old profession of occupational therapy. In celebrating that legacy, we are calling for action with research advancing three important ‘themes’ with global relevance that we see in Wilcock’s work. First, she was a world pioneer in expanding awareness and empirical knowledge of the occupational nature of humans, that …
Good Intentions Overruled
Criteria Mapping
Criteria mapping is a method of quality assessment developed in the 1970s and used to judge the quality of care in hospitals. It is based on retrospective chart audit using prespecified explicit criteria arranged in algorithms. Because it considers only the criteria that are relevant to the case, it yields a better measure of quality than the criteria list method of explicit chart review. Criteria mapping lends itself readily to the program evalu…
The Mobilization of Intellect
Occupation
The author takes the broad view that occupation is the active process of living, not limited to categories of work. Drawing on her two recent ethnographic studies of occupational therapy in mental health day programmes, she poses three questions: 1. What are the key features of the active process of occupation? 2. How does the social organization of occupation confer power on some occupations, but not on others? 3. How might (ought?) occupation b…
Good Intentions Overruled
Occupational terminology interactive dialogue
(2000). Occupational terminology interactive dialogue. Journal of Occupational Science: Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 84-86
International Developments in Occupational Science
(2001). International Developments in Occupational Science. Journal of Occupational Science: Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 42-43
Occupation Disrupted
Agriculture has been recognized as one of the most dangerous industries in Canada and the United States. Yet, the impacts of injuries on Canadian farmers and farm families, from the perspective of those affected, have not been investigated. This article highlights findings from a study initiated by the Canadian Farmers with Disabilities Registry (CFDR). An occupational framework, in this case the Model of Human Occupation, is used to examine the …
Occupationaljustice and Client-Centred Practice
Background. This paper describes an ongoing, international dialogue about the relationship between occupation, justice, and client-centred practice, prompted by the question: How do occupational therapists work for justice? Methods. The authors critically reflect on their own dialogue and culturally situated interests, dialogues with workshop participants, and a literature review. Results. Four cases of occupational injustice are proposed: occupa…
Students with disabilities participating in mainstream schools
This paper examines participatory arrangements for students with physical disabilities in mainstream education, cooperation between teachers and therapists to ensure that these arrangements are efficient and the organizational prerequisites for such cooperation. The study comprises data obtained from 14 ‘groups’, with each group consisting of a student with physical disabilities aged 9–19 years, their main teacher and the relevant therapists from…
A community panel on occupations to consider economic opportunities outside major urban centres
The 4th Canadian Occupational Science Symposium included a new feature – a community panel on economic occupational opportunities outside major urban centres. The panel connected symposium participants with the local community to generate a dialogue on the broad concepts of occupation and place relevant to employment transitions in Northern Ontario. Presentations on occupational patterns in Northern Ontario, and on what counts as occupation provi…
Linking occupation and place in community health
Although the links between occupation and health have been studied historically for some time, little attention has been paid to the links between occupation and place. This article examines links between occupation and place: we argue that to promote inclusive social participation in all occupations, not limited to work, communities need to organize health services with a policy mandate and funding for addressing what people do and the social de…
Boundaries and Bridges to Adult Mental Health
There is general agreement that mental health is a foundation for living well. Unfortunately, approximately 20% of people around the world will experience a mental health issue at some point. Although bridges to adult mental health, such as community programming, exist in some settings, one routine boundary is exclusion from everyday occupations, using the occupational science and occupational therapy definition of occupations encompassing what p…
Tiny Publics
I wanted to review Tiny Publics because “Fine argues that the basic building blocks of society itself are forged within the boundaries of such small groups, the “tiny publics” necessary for a robus
Critical Occupational Literacy
Conversations about the anticipated costs and caregiving burden of an aging population are rampant in North America. The 2014 Dr. Ruth Zemke Lecture in Occupational Science redirects conversations on aging by introducing occupational literacy, especially critical occupational literacy as a way of learning to think, talk, write, make decisions, and otherwise make sense of occupational justice and ecological sustainability in everyday life. Illustr…
Th & 20 th century educational reforms arising in Europe, the United Kingdom, and the Americas
Global leaders have called on professionals and scientists in every field to make justice and human rights central to education and professional practice. With a commitment to respond to this call, we are asking: What could occupational scientists learn about justice and human rights from educational reformers? In response, we argue that the work of some 19th and 20th century educational reformers in Europe, the United Kingdom, and the Americas c…
Relaunching teaching occupation
Almost 3 years ago, Hocking (2016) introduced a special section on Teaching Occupation in the Journal of Occupational Science. As she noted, two of the main driving forces to include this section were Florence Clark’s (2006) advocacy, as a founder of occupational science in the USA, to actually teach occupation if we hope to fulfill the promise of this science and guard against its fragmentation and Ann Wilcock’s educational vision as founder of …
The Utilization and Adaption of Photovoice With Rural Women Aged 85 and Older
Photovoice is a qualitative research method that can have very positive outcomes, including making marginalized populations visible. Yet we found that traditional Photovoice methods were not fully effective and needed to be adapted with women aged 85 and older in rural Prince Edward Island, Canada. Concerns that required adaptation were time constraints for the researcher and participants, taking appropriate photographs, balancing power between r…
A Pledge to Mobilize Against Racism
Dear Colleagues, The murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, USA is yet another signifier of the persistent and systemic racism that pervades communities internationally. His death at police hands i
Celebrating Ann Wilcock
Dr. Ann Allart Wilcock (née Ellison) made outstanding contributions to occupational science, as a new discipline, and to the century old profession of occupational therapy. In celebrating that legacy, we are calling for action with research advancing three important ‘themes’ with global relevance that we see in Wilcock’s work. First, she was a world pioneer in expanding awareness and empirical knowledge of the occupational nature of humans, that …
Commentary on Decolonising occupational science education through learning activities based on a study from the Global South (Simaan, 2020)
(2020). Commentary on Decolonising occupational science education through learning activities based on a study from the Global South (Simaan, 2020) Journal of Occupational Science: Vol. 27, Special Issue: Illuminating occupations at the heart of social problems, pp. 443-444
A Pledge to Mobilize Against Racism – Translated
The members of the Journal of Occupational Science issued a pledge to mobilize against racism in August 2020. Part of that pledge was an undertaking to “mentor and encourage authors and reviewers t
Commentary on
This invited commentary offers a reflection on Steelman's proposal that the concept of occupational justice applies equally to non-human animals as to humans. As an author of the concept of occupational justice, I welcome the insights offered on justice and rights. It resonates with the work of other champions of animal rights, and is a timely addition to Kiepek's recent article, Occupation in the anthropocene and ethical relationality, published…
Sociology (19 works) · Psychology (17 works) · Political science (16 works) · Occupational Therapy Practice and Research (14 works) · Occupational science (13 works) · Occupational Therapy (12 works) · Law (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Public relations (7 works) · Medicine (6 works)