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CSHT Executive Request
The current CSHT Executive will be ending their three year term May 2014. At this time we request that any expressions of interest for the next term be forwarded to any members of the executive by June 15, 2013. You contact us here.
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2013 AGM Minutes
The minutes from the 2013 CSHT AGM are now available on the Documents page of the Members section. Log in is required.
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New Member Documents Available
Please login to find the following documents: CSHT Annual Report 2012-2013, CSHT Cash Report.
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Save the Date - 4th Annual Hand and Upper Limb Symposium
It is my pleasure to invite you to attend the 4th Annual Hand and Upper Limb Symposium. The symposium will take place on October 4th and 5th, 2013 at St. Joseph's Health Care in London, Ontario, Canada. Read more...
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January 2013 In Hand Newsletter
Check out the January 2013 In Hand newsletter, now available in the Members section.
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About us
CSHT Executive Committee
The executive committee of CSHT is a voluntary group of 6 members as listed above. The committee is based regionally and changes location every 3 years. The executive meets approximately once per month (or as needed) to review ongoing society issues and prepare for newsletter publications (three times per year). We are open to your comments and feedback and look forward to further developing and strengthening of CSHT. The term of the current executive runs from 2011-2014.
Karen Landry: President
Karen Landry, CHT, is a graduate of Dalhousie University (BScOT’85 and MSc - Rehabilitation Research’10) and a licensed Occupational Therapist in Nova Scotia. She and her husband Mike have a private practice, Empower Physical Rehabilitation, where Karen offers hand and upper extremity rehabilitation. Karen is also a faculty member at the Dalhousie University School of Occupational Therapy, and a frequent guest lecturer in the School of Physiotherapy. Life-long learning is Karen’s philosophy, whether it is for her clinical practice, her role as an educator, or, in raising her two teenaged children, Mallory, 16, and Daniel, 15! She is excited to take on the role of CSHT President and invites regular feedback and active participation from the membership.
Heather Griffiths: Vice President
Heather graduated with a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy from the University of Western Ontario in 2000. She has held a variety of inpatient and outpatient occupational therapy positions in Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia before finally settling in Moncton, NB. She has worked full-time in Outpatient Hand Therapy at The Moncton Hospital since 2005 and achieved the Certified Hand Therapist designation in May 2010. Heather is a busy mother of 3 young children, is an avid runner and enjoys golfing and watching basketball in her free time.
Amanda Higgins: Secretary
For the past 8 years, Amanda Higgins has been working in the area of hand rehabilitation with the plastic surgery department at the Saint John Regional Hospital in Saint John, New Brunswick. Amanda attended Mount Allison University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry in 1999. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy from Dalhousie University in 2002. Her top favourite five diagnoses to work with are: flexor tendon repairs, boutonnière deformities, saggital band tears, mallet deformities, and de Quervain’s tenosynovitis. Amanda enjoys spending time with her husband Shayne and their 19 month old daughter Ellie. On her own time, she participates in yoga, ballet dancing, and musical theatre.
Sue Kean: Treasurer
Susan (Sue) Kean graduated with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy degree from Dalhousie University in 1992. She has been working in the area of hand rehabilitation at the Saint John Regional Hospital since 1994 and became a certified hand therapist in 2002. Her top five diagnoses to treat include hand fractures, wrist injuries, nerve compressions, volar plate injuries and thumb CMC joint arthritis. In her spare time, Sue enjoys spending time with her husband Bill and their 2 children Sara and Gregory, running and practicing yoga.
Kelly Ross: Newsletter Editor
Kelly graduated from MacMaster University in 1996, with a Bachelor of Health Science in Occupational Therapy. She has held various positions in both Southern Ontario and Nova Scotia, including burns, plastics, orthopedics, and school care. She developed an interested in hand therapy while working in Oakville, Ontario in 2000 where she assisted in developing a sub-acute hand program. She moved back home to Nova Scotia with her family in 2004 and currently works in Kentville at Valley Regional Hospital where she specializes in hand therapy and chronic pain. She enjoys spending time with her husband and two boys, and feels very lucky to be able to live and work in the beautiful Annapolis Valley.
Marie Eason Klatt: CSHT Delegate for IFSHT
Marie Eason Klatt graduated from the University of Toronto with a B.Sc. (O.T.) in 1983 and holds a current registration to practice in the Province of Ontario as an Occupational Therapist. She has been a Certified Hand Therapist since 1998. Marie served as a Council Member with the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario from 2004 to 2010. Currently she holds a status appointment with the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at the University of Toronto as a lecturer. In addition to her work in private practice, Marie is employed at St. Joseph’s Health Centre, (Toronto), as the Advanced Practice Clinician – Hand Therapy and the Professional Practice Leader in Occupational Therapy. Marie has presented both nationally and internationally at peer reviewed conferences in the areas of hand and upper limb rehabilitation, and, health practitioner education. Her clinical practice primarily focuses on the rehabilitation of individuals of all ages who have functional impairments of the hand and upper limb. Marie recently graduated with a Masters of Science in Community Health in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto focusing on health practitioner education.
CSHT Regional Representatives
The CSHT regional representatives are the extension of the CSHT executive across the country. The executive communicates with them regarding updates on courses, jobs and interesting happenings in their region. They are also contacted for submissions to the newsletter to highlight their centre or give insight to hand therapy across the country. View the regional representative duties.
You can contact them as listed below:
| Province | City | Representative |
| British Columbia | Victoria | Christina Smith otxena@hotmail.com |
| Vancouver | Trevor Fraser trevortfraser@gmail.com |
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| Alberta | Calgary | Desiree Kadelbach Desiree.kadelbach@calgaryhealthregion.ca |
| Edmonton | Harper Singh Harper.Singh@albertahealthservices.ca |
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| Saskatchewan | Saskatoon | Michelle Street Michelle.Street@saskatoonhealthregion.ca |
| Manitoba | Winnipeg | Carol Zimmerman czimmerman@exchange.hsc.mb.ca |
| Ontario | Ottawa | Dominique Beelen dbeelen@ottawahospital.on.ca |
| London | Joey Pipicelli Joey.Pipicelli@hotmail.com |
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| Toronto | Marie Eason Klatt m.eason.klatt@rogers.com |
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| Kingston | Juliana Larocerie jularocerie@hotmail.com |
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| Hamilton/Niagra | Pam Ball ball@hhsc.ca |
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| Quebec | Montreal | Jean-Francois Ouellet ouelletjeanfrancois@hotmail.com |
| New Brunswick | Northern New Brunswick | Annie Robichaud Annie.Robichaud@vitalitenb.ca |
| Nova Scotia, PEI | Halifax | Lisa Rand lisarand@ns.sympatico.ca |
| Newfoundland & Labrador | St. John's | Lori Collins lori.collins@easternhealth.ca |
| Yukon, NW Territories, Nunavut | Whitehorse | Lauren McClintock Lauren.McClintock@wgh.yk.ca |