WFOT REPORT
WFOT update
Belong, be you, and appreciate our global impact Dr Emma George, WFOT 1st Alternative Delegate
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orld Occupational Therapy Day was celebrated on 27 October. I have no doubt that occupational therapists, their teams and students hosted events, discussed the wonderful depth and breadth of our work, and occupied their time in interesting and creative ways. I took some time to reflect on the theme “Belong. Be You” and what it means to belong to the World Federation of Occupational Therapists. I asked our WFOT delegate, Adam Lo, to share his thoughts on belonging to WFOT: “As a part of the WFOT family, I feel that as a profession we are making collective global impacts on the well-being of individuals, families, communities and society as a whole. It is also lovely to see how we apply occupational therapy in transcendent ways, intersecting across cultures, geography, languages and religion. The family ties through WFOT allow the sharing of knowledge, research, wisdom, resources and experiences for occupational therapists across the world from the past, the present and into the future.” Adam’s reflection reminded me of the many times that WFOT past president Marilyn Pattison has described WFOT as a family and place for all of us to belong. This connection to a WFOT family was echoed by second alternate delegate to WFOT Lynette Mackenzie when she said: “My time with WFOT has been so professionally and personally enriching. It is like a family. I have 12 otaus.com.au
Connecting with occupational therapists, 2021.
