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📖Sustainable occupational therapy playbook – CASCADES (Mar 2024)
📖Du J, Bird A, Boniface G, Boniface J, Mortenson WB. The Perceived Role of Occupational Therapists in Climate Change. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy. 2024;0(0). doi:10.1177/00084174241259304
👂OT-CAN Audio Magazine- Issue 1 (Apr 2026)
📖Boniface G, Boniface J, Du J, Schaan N. Low Carbon Occupational Therapy: Sustainable Choices for a Greener Practice. Occupational Therapy Now (Feb 2026)
✏️Green OT Commitment Card (Oct 2025)
✏️Sustainable Adaptive Equipment Prescription Checklist (Oct 2025)
📖Du J, Boniface G, Boniface J, Schaan N. When Disaster Strikes Twice: The Role of Occupational Therapy in the Housing and Climate Crises. Occupational Therapy Now (Jul 2025)
📖Boniface G, Teng M. A powerful ally or a sustainability dilemma? AI and occupational therapy. Occupational Therapy Now (Apr 2025)
📖B. Mortenson and A Bird. ‘There’s no occupational beings without the planet’: Climate Change and Occupational Therapy. Sage perspectives (Oct 2024)
📖OT-CAN founder Giovanna Boniface advocates for sustainable occupation therapy with the Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care (Oct 2024)
📖Du J, Bird A, Boniface G, Boniface J, Mortenson WB. The Perceived Role of Occupational Therapists in Climate Change. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy. 2024;0(0). doi:10.1177/00084174241259304
📖CAOT’s practice document on Planetary Health (2024).
📖Boniface, G and Boniface J. (2024). Climate Literacy and Occupational Therapy: A primer for action. Occupational Therapy Now Vol 27.3 (26-28).
📖 Sustainability Matters: Guiding Principles for Sustainability – WFOT (2018)
📖Sustainable occupational therapy playbook – CASCADES (Mar 2024)
📖Greening Placements and Practice: Occupational Therapists’ Guide to Reducing Plastic Use– UBC OT Fieldwork Education Blog (February 2024)
📖Schaan N. (2024). Eco-anxiety and Occupational Therapy. Occupational Therapy Now Vol 21.1 (25-27).
👂OT Potential Podcast- OT Education for Planetary Health (July 2023)
📖Climate Action Embedded into OT Practice: Thoughts for your OT Students – UBC OT Fieldwork Education Blog (April 2023)
👂CAOT Conversations that Matter- Episode 22: Planetary Health: What role do we play? (May 2023)
🎥UBC Faculty of Medicine- Pathways- Future-Proofing Health in a Changing
📖Green Office Toolkit: For Clinicians and Office Managers (2023 Edition)– Published by the Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care.