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A collective narrative of care and complex mental illness
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Caring is a fundamental concept in healthcare, yet it is fraught with challenges for people living with complex mental illnesses (CMI). Many scholars theorize relationality and interdependence in their definitions of care, however, ther...
Publication · January 23, 2026
Diagnosing the body in physiotherapy: the passage from discipline to control.
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The concept of the body as a biomechanical machine was central to legitimizing physiotherapy and defining its professional identity. As society transitioned from Michel Foucault's disciplinary formation to Gilles Deleuze's control socie...
Publication · January 23, 2026
Doing Healthcare Research Differently: An Introduction to SocioHealthLab's Special Video Series, Part 2
Publication · January 23, 2026
Doing Healthcare Research Differently: An Introduction to SocioHealthLab’s Special Video Series, Part 1
Publication · January 23, 2026
Rethinking posthumanism in rehabilitation science: Lessons from Indigenous, Black, and decolonial thought.
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Posthumanism is a theoretical paradigm in Western continental philosophy with emerging significance and popularity in the health disciplines. Rehabilitation science scholars in fields like occupational therapy and physical therapy have ...
Publication · January 23, 2026
Navigating Reconciliation in Occupational Therapy: Alberta Practitioners' Experiences and Insights.
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Background. The 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada issued Calls to Action, urging Canadians, including health-care providers, to address colonial harms and pursue reconciliation. Occupational therapists, guided by the Ca...
Publication · January 23, 2026
Shame – Rupture – Becoming: Resisting complicity in oppression in occupational science
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ABSTRACT Shame, a deeply unsettling affect, influences many aspects of daily life and occupations. In this paper, we propose that shame can drive socially transformative scholarship in occupational science. We use Deleuze and Guattari’s...
Publication · January 23, 2026
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