WFOT Awards

WFOT Awards aim to recognise outstanding individual achievements and contributions that have significantly impacted on the occupational therapy community.

We celebrate excellence through the passion, knowledge, skills and leadership of dedicated occupational therapists.

Honorary Awards

This most prestigious award is to recognise and honour outstanding contributions and distinguished service to the organisation and the profession internationally.


Roll of Honour

Dr Elizabeth Casson OBE

England

1st General Meeting, August 1954

Lieut-Colonel John Cunningham CIE

England

1st General Meeting, August 1954

Sir John Charles

England

4th CM Australia, September 1960

Miss Margaret B Fulton

Scotland

4th CM Australia, September 1960

Miss Helen S Willard

USA

6th CM Israel, July 1964

Dr A Constance Owens

England

6th CM Israel, July 1964

Countess Estele Bernadotte

France and Sweden

8th CM Sweden, June 1968

Dr Helen P Le Vesconte

Canada

8th CM Sweden, June 1968

Mrs Kamala V Nimbkar

India

8th CM Sweden, June 1968

Miss Marjorie Fish

USA

8th CM Sweden, June 1968

Mr Donald V Wilson

USA

8th CM Sweden, June 1968

Miss Mary Switzer

USA

9th CM Switzerland, May 1970

Miss Clare S Spackman

USA

9th CM Switzerland, May 1970

Miss E M MacDonald

England

9th CM Switzerland, May 1970

Dr Thelma Cardwell

Canada

10th CM Norway August, 1972

Mrs Vona du Toit

South Africa

11th CM Canada August, 1974

Dr Deogracias Tablan

Philippines

14th CM SA August, 1980

Miss M Alicia Mendez

England

14th CM SA August, 1980

Miss Barbara Pfenninger

Switzerland

15th CM Netherlands, June 1982

Miss Betty Collins

England

15th CM Netherlands, June 1982

Miss Freda Jacob, OAM

Australia

15th CM Netherlands, June 1982

Dr Isobel Robinson

Canada

15th CM Netherlands, June 1982

Mr Gerhard Mortensen

Norway

16th CM New Zealand, August 1984

Miss Judith M Farrell

Australia

17th CM United Kingdom, July 1986

Dr Andree Forget

Canada

18th CM Portugal, October 1988

Prof Jo Barker

Australia

20th CM Hong Kong, September 1992

Ms Barbara Neuhaus

USA

21st CM Scotland, April 1994

Ms Ingrid Pahlsson

Denmark

21st CM Scotland, April 1994

Prof Barbara Posthuma Sexton

Canada

22nd CM Kenya, March 1996

Ms Maria Schwarz

Switzerland

22nd CM Kenya, March 1996

Ms Christine Henriksson

Sweden

23rd CM Canada, May 1998

Dr Satoru Izutsu

USA

23rd CM Canada, May 1998

Dr Kit Sinclair

Hong Kong

23rd CM Canada, May 1998

Mrs Herma Grossman

Tanzania

26th CM South Africa, April 2004

Prof Tsuyoshi Sato

Japan

26th CM South Africa, April 2004

Ms Johanna (Hanneke) van Bruggen

Netherlands, The

27th CM Australia, July 2006

Mrs Inga-Britt Lindström

Sweden

28th CM Slovenia, September 2008

Dr Rosemary Crouch

South Africa

29th CM Chile, April 2010

Prof E Sharon Brintnell

Canada

31st CM Japan, June 2014

Ms Marilyn Pattison

Australia

31st CM Japan, June 2014

Prof Kathir Kamanathan Vytialingam

Malaysia

32nd CM Colombia, March 2016

Dr Lena Haglund

Sweden

33rd CM South Africa, May 2018

Prof Sue Baptiste

Canada

34th CM online, January 2021

Mrs Margarita Gonzalez

Colombia

35th CM France, August 2022

Mr Ritchard Ledgerd

United Kingdom

35th CM France, August 2022


This prestigious award is to acknowledge significant contributions to WFOT by Executive Members, Programme Coordinators, and contributors to significant projects.


Roll of Honour

Carolyn Webster

Australia

25th CM Sweden, June 2002

Anne E Spencer

United States of America

25th CM Sweden, June 2002

Rosemary Crouch

South Africa

25th CM Sweden, June 2002

Clephane Hume

United Kingdom

25th CM Sweden, June 2002

Gitten Hammerberg

Denmark

25th CM Sweden, June 2002

Claire Valentin

Belgium

25th CM Sweden, June 2002

Barbara Tyldesley

United Kingdom

26th CM South Africa, April 2004

Clare Hocking

New Zealand

27th CM Australia, July 2006

Nils Erik Ness

Norway

27th CM Australia, July 2006

Kit Sinclair

Hong Kong

28th CM Slovenia, September 2008

Claire Mentrup

Switzerland

28th CM Slovenia, September 2008

Enrique Henny

Chile

28th CM Slovenia, September 2008

Lena Haglund

Sweden

28th CM Slovenia, September 2008

Julie Piergrossi

Italy

28th CM Slovenia, September 2008

Nathan Vytialingam

Malaysia

28th CM Slovenia, September 2008

Anne Carswell

Canada

30th CM Taiwan, March 2012

Alfred Ramukumba

South Africa

30th CM Taiwan, March 2012

E Sharon Brintnell

Canada

31st CM Japan, June 2014

Suchada Sakornsation

Thailand

31st CM Japan, June 2014

Nils Erik Ness

Norway

31st CM Japan, June 2014

Beryl Steeden

United Kingdom

31st CM Japan, June 2014

Claudia von Zweck

Canada

31st CM Japan, June 2014

Victoria Amu

Nigeria

33rd CM South Africa, May 2018

Sue BaptisteCanada33rd CM South Africa, May 2018
Lyle DuquePhilippines33rd CM South Africa, May 2018
Athena TsaiTaiwan ROC33rd CM South Africa, May 2018

Sandra Bressler

Canada

35th CM France, August 2022

Liliana Alvarez Jaramillo

Colombia

35th CM France, August 2022

Marilyn Pattison

Australia

35th CM France, August 2022

Kit Sinclair Hong Kong36th CM Bermuda, March 2024


Awards

WFOT is pleased to announce the awardees of the Thelma Cardwell Foundation Award for Research 2024. They are: Victoria Armineh Babikian, Yani Hamdani, Janet Parsons and Garry Aslanyan for the project ‘Leave No One Behind: Centering People with Disabilities in Armenian Occupational Therapy Development’, awarded $5,500.00.

This year WFOT received 36 applications from around the world, representing a wealth of knowledge, methodologies and forms of inquiry of great importance to our profession. Thank you to everyone who applied.

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Roll of Honour

Mr Osikoya

Nigeria

1996

Professor M Paterson

Canada

1998

Dr Mei Hui Tseng, Dr Ted Brown and

Dr Rachel McDonald

Taiwan, Australia and

United Kingdom

2006

R Lyle Duque

Philippines

2010

Clare Hubbard

South Africa

2012

Dr Katherine Wimpenny

United Kingdom

2014

Dr Marc Kovic

United States of America

2018

Dr Ahmad Zamir Che Daud

Malaysia

2018

Dr Patty Coker-Bolt

United States of America

2020

Dr Agostina Ciampa

Argentina

2022

V. Armineh Babikian Toronto2024

This Award is offered to acknowledge exceptional leadership and innovation in the application of evidence for quality in occupational therapy.

Roll of Honour

Dr. Jana Cason United States of America36th CM Bermuda, March 2024
Dr. Moses Ikiugu United States of America36th CM Bermuda, March 2024