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 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 2023
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.
Hard work, perseverance bring great rewards in speech and in sport, says ISTAR client Ken M’Pindou
September 15, 2023
As an ISTAR ambassador and Olympic Games hopeful, Team Canada bobsledder Ken M’Pindou wants to inspire young people with speech impediments like his.
Rehabilitation graduate student Kathryn Lambert receives Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship
September 12, 2023
Prestigious award recognizes her research into understanding how neurological disease affects imagined movement.
Esther Kim believes instilling confidence is a key factor in helping people with communication disorders
September 08, 2023
Associate professor in communication sciences and disorders advocates for persons with aphasia and co-founded the Alberta Aphasia Camp.
Sarah Joly inducted into the Sports Wall of Fame
September 07, 2023
The only Panda to ever be named the top Female Academic All-Canadian three times, Joly was also named the national Player of the Year in 1998. Now an anesthesiologist and assistant clinical professor at the U of A, Joly also competed for Canada at the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
Dianna MacDonald receives an Alumni Honour Award
September 07, 2023
After about 20 years working as a physical therapist, MacDonald helped start a pelvic floor clinic at the Royal Alexandra Hospital to provide assessment, treatment and educational tools
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.
On September 29 and 30, U of A community members are called upon to wear orange to honour the experiences of children who were stolen from their families and placed in Indian Residential Schools.
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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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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