The University of Alberta is home to North America’s only freestanding Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine. Learn more about admission to our world-class graduate and professional programs:
Physical Therapy
Physical therapists (or physiotherapists) keep people of all ages moving and active in their daily lives.
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Occupational therapists help people get back to meaningful everyday activities.
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Speech-language pathologists work with language, speech, voice, fluency, cognitive and other disorders.
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Rehabilitation scientists conduct research designed to help people engage fully in their lives.
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Rehabilitation Medicine News
Speech-language pathology student highlight: Awatef (Tiff) Kabbara
2 May 2024
Awatef (Tiff) Kabbara wants to empower her patients to have a better quality of life.
Second-year MSc student in physical therapy has a plan to make physical therapy more accessible
1 May 2024
Erin Morgan wants to combine her interests in physical therapy and app technology to make a difference in people’s lives.
Saxion and Waterloo visit U of A’s rehabilitation medicine
18 April 2024
The Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine welcomed researchers from Saxion University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands and the University of Waterloo in early April — expanding on a collaboration between the partners aimed at advancing health technologies research.
U of A students’ campaign to address loneliness and social isolation
3 April 2024
Dr. David McConnell, says having pangs of loneliness is healthy, They’re a good thing and act as signals for individuals to attend to their relationships and connect with others.
U of A researcher finds meaning helping people hear
3 April 2024
Bill Hodgetts uses algorithms and AI to provide individualized treatment to patients with hearing loss who wear bone conduction devices.
Rehab Impact 2022
For our students, faculty, staff and alumni, the past year was marked by resilience and recovery — and further proof that rehabilitation professionals lead with purpose during the most challenging times. Learn more about our research, teaching and community impact in 2021-22.
Intersections in Rehabilitation
Virtual Speaker Series
This Virtual Speaker Series will bring perspectives stemming from Critical Race Theory to inform clinical practice, teaching and research in rehabilitation sciences. Specifically, the Speaker Series will provide Critical Theoretical frames and research to understand racism, equity, and social-justice in the context of rehabilitation sciences in Canada. Critical perspectives are needed to transform and reframe our understanding of health outcomes for all Canadians.
Meet our Researchers
Research Areas of Excellence
Brain and Mind
Researchers are leading discoveries in understanding, assessing, managing and preventing diseases and disorders of the brain and nervous system.
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Researchers are leading discoveries in understanding, assessing, managing and preventing long-term impacts related to chronic health conditions.
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Researchers are leading discoveries in understanding, assessing, managing and promoting health and wellness in children and their families.
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Our research chairs are on the leading edge of rehabilitation research in musculoskeletal recovery, spinal cord injury, stuttering, and the neuroscience of literacy.
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