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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:
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Physical Therapy
Physical therapists (or physiotherapists) keep people of all ages moving and active in their daily lives.
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Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapists help people get back to meaningful everyday activities.
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Speech-Language Pathology
Speech-language pathologists work with language, speech, voice, fluency, cognitive and other disorders.
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Rehabilitation Science
Rehabilitation scientists conduct research designed to help people engage fully in their lives.
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Rehabilitation Medicine News
Rehab Impact 2024
In this year’s issue of Rehab Impact, we celebrate as always the incredible dedication of members of the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine in education, scholarship and research, and service.
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Sitting less, moving more helps stroke patients recover mobility
24 July 2024
Spending more time walking each day may lead to improvements in both functional mobility and gait speed after stroke, research shows.
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Why being bilingual could help keep your mind sharp as you age
22 July 2024
Knowing more than one language — or learning a new one — may give you a cognitive advantage, says U of A neuroscientist Dr. Tanya Dash
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HiMARC researcher advocates to increase compensation for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars
9 July 2024
Michèle L. Hébert is a strong supporter of equity and fair access to resources — for military families, children and graduate students/postdoctoral scholars.
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Six things to know about primary progressive aphasia
26 June 2024
The condition’s correct name is frontotemporal degeneration. It’s one of the underlying disease processes that can cause primary progressive aphasia (PPA), says Dr. Esther Kim.
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From lecture halls to lab coats
3 June 2024
Sami Al Sufi Mohammed talks about his research and his journey to graduation with a MSc in rehabilitation science.
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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
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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.
E. Sharon Brintnell lectureship award in advancing occupational therapy: Recognizing meaningful living
Katie Lewis is an occupational therapist studying the developments of occupational therapy through a historical lens: providing insights on how past practices influence our future health and well-being.
Dr. Elizabeth Townsend is an adult educator, occupational scientist, and occupational therapist. Dr. Townsend was one of four founding faculty who started the only school of Occupational Therapy in Atlantic Canada at Dalhousie University in 1982.
Meet our Researchers
Research Areas of Excellence
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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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Living Well
Researchers are leading discoveries in understanding, assessing, managing and preventing long-term impacts related to chronic health conditions.
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Early Years
Researchers are leading discoveries in understanding, assessing, managing and promoting health and wellness in children and their families.
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Research Chairs
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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