OSOT Lifetime Achievement Award

Members of the Ontario Society of Occupational Therapy (OSOT) have the opportunity to recognize and honour a colleague who has rendered distinguished and longstanding service to the profession of occupational therapy or to the Society with a designation of a Lifetime Membership. The Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded each year to one eligible individual who is a current or past member of OSOT.

Prior to 2026 this recognition was called the Honourary Life Membership Award.

Nomination Criteria

  • Individuals who are current or past members of OSOT.
  • A minimum of 3 nominators supporting each nomination. Each nominator must be a current member of the Ontario Society of Occupational Therapy.

Selection Process

Nominations will be reviewed by the Board of Directors in June. One Lifetime Achievement Award may be selected and will be notified by late June. Recognition will take place at the next Awards and Recognition Ceremony. Selections made by the Board of Directors are final and cannot be challenged.  
 

 

OSOT's Life Members include:

Listed alphabetically by last name

Sue Baptiste
April Belbeck
Christie Brenchley
Barbara Cawley
Marilyn Conibear
Jill Cruickshank
Rhona Feld-Stein
Judith Friedland
Anna Greenblatt
Debra Kennedy
Mary Law
Helene Polatajko
Barbara Quinn
Susan Rappolt
Karen Rucas
Debra Stewart
Anne Strickland
Thelma Sumsion
Barbara Szeliski-Scott New
Margaret Young

Pat Fisher, Debbie Hebert, Thelma Cardwell, Ethel Clark, Sheila Irvine, Helen Levesconte, Barbara Posthuma, Ann Richards, Isobel Robinson, and Helen Smith, are previous recipients now sadly missed.