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
OT Placement Student Spotlight: Maxine Oco
22 October 2024
Second-year occupational therapy student is passionate about helping people regain their independence.
OT Placement Student Spotlight: Tara Kapoor
21 October 2024
Rural placement gives a glimpse into a rewarding career helping others while maintaining self-care and a work-life balance.
OT placement student spotlight: Emily Kabat
18 October 2024
Second-year occupational therapy student looks forward to working with older persons and improving their quality of life and dignity in death.
For people with Parkinson’s, moving is a mental challenge as well as a physical one
16 October 2024
Focusing on cognition and targeted rehabilitation could help balance deficits in motor imagery, explains Kathryn Lambert
OT placement student spotlight: Candace Robertson
15 October 2024
Second-year student is excited to explore a broad range of possibilities for her career in occupational therapy.
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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