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

Honorary Fellow

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	1^st General Meeting, August 1954
Lieut-Colonel John Cunningham CIE	England	1^st General Meeting, August 1954
Sir John Charles	England	4^th CM Australia, September 1960
Miss Margaret B Fulton	Scotland	4^th CM Australia, September 1960
Miss Helen S Willard	USA	6^th CM Israel, July 1964
Dr A Constance Owens	England	6^th CM Israel, July 1964
Countess Estele Bernadotte	France and Sweden	8^th CM Sweden, June 1968
Dr Helen P Le Vesconte	Canada	8^th CM Sweden, June 1968
Mrs Kamala V Nimbkar	India	8^th CM Sweden, June 1968
Miss Marjorie Fish	USA	8^th CM Sweden, June 1968
Mr Donald V Wilson	USA	8^th CM Sweden, June 1968
Miss Mary Switzer	USA	9^th CM Switzerland, May 1970
Miss Clare S Spackman	USA	9^th CM Switzerland, May 1970
Miss E M MacDonald	England	9^th CM Switzerland, May 1970
Dr Thelma Cardwell	Canada	10^th CM Norway August, 1972
Mrs Vona du Toit	South Africa	11^th CM Canada August, 1974
Dr Deogracias Tablan	Philippines	14^th CM SA August, 1980
Miss M Alicia Mendez	England	14^th CM SA August, 1980
Miss Barbara Pfenninger	Switzerland	15^thCM Netherlands, June 1982
Miss Betty Collins	England	15^thCM 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	21^st CM Scotland, April 1994
Ms Ingrid Pahlsson	Denmark	21st CM Scotland, April 1994
Prof Barbara Posthuma Sexton	Canada	22^nd 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	26^th CM South Africa, April 2004
Ms Johanna (Hanneke) van Bruggen	Netherlands, The	27^th CM Australia, July 2006
Mrs Inga-Britt Lindström	Sweden	28^th CM Slovenia, September 2008
Dr Rosemary Crouch	South Africa	29^th CM Chile, April 2010
Prof E Sharon Brintnell	Canada	31^st CM Japan, June 2014
Ms Marilyn Pattison	Australia	31^st CM Japan, June 2014
Prof Kathir Kamanathan Vytialingam	Malaysia	32^nd CM Colombia, March 2016
Dr Lena Haglund	Sweden	33^rd CM South Africa, May 2018
Prof Sue Baptiste	Canada	34^th CM online, January 2021
Mrs Margarita Gonzalez	Colombia	35^th CM France, August 2022
Mr Ritchard Ledgerd	United Kingdom	35^th CM France, August 2022

Merit

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	25^th CM Sweden, June 2002
Anne E Spencer	United States of America	25^th CM Sweden, June 2002
Rosemary Crouch	South Africa	25^th CM Sweden, June 2002
Clephane Hume	United Kingdom	25^th CM Sweden, June 2002
Gitten Hammerberg	Denmark	25^th CM Sweden, June 2002
Claire Valentin	Belgium	25^th CM Sweden, June 2002
Barbara Tyldesley	United Kingdom	26^th CM South Africa, April 2004
Clare Hocking	New Zealand	27^th CM Australia, July 2006
Nils Erik Ness	Norway	27^th CM Australia, July 2006
Kit Sinclair	Hong Kong	28^th CM Slovenia, September 2008
Claire Mentrup	Switzerland	28^th CM Slovenia, September 2008
Enrique Henny	Chile	28^th CM Slovenia, September 2008
Lena Haglund	Sweden	28^th CM Slovenia, September 2008
Julie Piergrossi	Italy	28^th CM Slovenia, September 2008
Nathan Vytialingam	Malaysia	28^th CM Slovenia, September 2008
Anne Carswell	Canada	30^thCM Taiwan, March 2012
Alfred Ramukumba	South Africa	30^thCM Taiwan, March 2012
E Sharon Brintnell	Canada	31^st CM Japan, June 2014
Suchada Sakornsation	Thailand	31^st CM Japan, June 2014
Nils Erik Ness	Norway	31^st CM Japan, June 2014
Beryl Steeden	United Kingdom	31^st CM Japan, June 2014
Claudia von Zweck	Canada	31^st CM Japan, June 2014
Victoria Amu	Nigeria	33^rd CM South Africa, May 2018
Sue Baptiste	Canada	33^rd CM South Africa, May 2018
Lyle Duque	Philippines	33^rd CM South Africa, May 2018
Athena Tsai	Taiwan ROC	33^rd CM South Africa, May 2018
Sandra Bressler	Canada	35^th CM France, August 2022
Liliana Alvarez Jaramillo	Colombia	35^th CM France, August 2022
Marilyn Pattison	Australia	35^th CM France, August 2022
Kit Sinclair	Hong Kong	36^th CM Bermuda, March 2024

Awards

Thelma Cardwell Foundation Award for Research

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	Canada	2024

Leadership and Innovation

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 America	36^th CM Bermuda, March 2024
Dr. Moses Ikiugu	United States of America	36^th CM Bermuda, March 2024