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WSIB Continuing Award in Occupational Therapy

Value: 2 at $7,500, awarded annually, continuing for 2 years ($15,000 per student)

Effective Date: May 2024 to April 2030 inclusive (final new recipients selected in May 2028 to April 2029)

Criteria:

Awarded to full-time graduate students entering Year 1 of the MSc Occupational Therapy graduate program in the Faculty of Health Sciences based on academic achievement and their career interest in Occupational Therapy. Candidates must be Canadian citizens or eligible to work in Canada. The award will continue in Year 2 provided that recipients maintain a 70% average in the MSc Occupational Therapy graduate program. If a recipient does not qualify to maintain the award, a replacement recipient in the same year will be selected. Recipients will have an opportunity to interview for a work term or internship with WSIB. Students are not guaranteed a work term or internship with WSIB. An offer of full-time employment with WSIB may also be extended pending successful completion of the program and work term, at WSIB’s sole discretion. A recipient is not obligated to participate in the work term or accept employment with WSIB following graduation to receive or retain the award.

Application:

Students must complete an application form in accordance with the deadline announced annually by the Faculty of Health Sciences (approx. September 30). A limited number of applicants will be chosen to participate in an interview.

Selection:

A selection committee in the School of Occupational Therapy will short list applicants for the award. Short-listed candidates will be interviewed by a representative from WSIB, the Dean of Health Sciences, and the Director of the School of Occupational Therapy or their designates. Final selection of recipients will be made by the selection committee in the School of Occupational Therapy. At least one representative of the committee must hold membership in the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.

Important Dates

 

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