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.
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Honorary Fellow
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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
Sweden
28th CM Slovenia, September 2008
South Africa
29th CM Chile, April 2010
Canada
31st CM Japan, June 2014
Australia
31st CM Japan, June 2014
Malaysia
32nd CM Colombia, March 2016
Sweden
33rd CM South Africa, May 2018
Canada
34th CM online, January 2021
Colombia
35th CM France, August 2022
United Kingdom
35th CM France, August 2022
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Leadership and Innovation
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This Award is offered to acknowledge exceptional leadership and innovation in the application of evidence for quality in occupational therapy.
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Merit
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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
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
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Thelma Cardwell Foundation Award for Research
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This award is to provide funding for pilot projects or small-scale feasibility projects that can build and/or strengthen research capacity in occupational therapy.
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
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Past Presidents
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Roll of Honour
Miss Margaret B Fulton
United Kingdom
1952 – 1958
Miss Clare Spackman
United States of America
1958 – 1964
Miss Ingrid Pahlsson
Denmark
1964 – 1968
Mrs Thelma Cardwell
Canada
1968 – 1972
Miss M Alicia Mendez
United Kingdom
1972 – 1976
Miss Barbara Pfenninger
Switzerland
1976 – 1980
Dr Andrȇe Forget
Canada
1980 – 1986
Prof Jo Barker
Australia
1986 – 1990
Mrs Maria Schwarz
Switzerland
1990 – 1994
Mrs Barbara Tyldesley
United Kingdom
1994 – 1998
Mrs Carolyn Webster
Australia
1998 - 2002
Dr Kit Sinclair
Hong Kong
2002 - 2008
Prof E Sharon Brintnell
Canada
2008 - 2014
Ms Marilyn Pattison
Australia
2014 - 2021
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Lectureship (Historical Award)
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This award was for Individual Members of WFOT who had made an outstanding international contribution to the profession either through research, education and/or the practice of occupational therapy. This Award was discontinued in 2022.
Roll of Honour
Professor E Sharon Brintnell
Canada
2014