2015 - 2016 Annual Report · 2015-2016 year, MSOT has engaged in a number of activities consistent with this priority. MSOT partnered with the Master of Occupational Therapy students

2015 - 2016 Annual Report

Table of Contents

About MSOT 1

Board of Directors & Key Positions 2

President’s Report 4

MSOT Committee & Coordinator Reports

Coordinator of Communications 6

Coordinator of Member Services 7

Current Affairs/Professional Advocacy Committee 8

Nominating and Awards Committee 9

Professional Development Committee 11

Special Events Committee 11

Public Relations Committee 12

MSOT Research Fund Committee 13

CAOT Update 14

Report from the Treasurer 14

Financial Statements 15

enabling ability by building the OT community

The Manitoba Society of Occupational Therapists (MSOT) plays a vital role in building, promoting & strengthening the OT profession while supporting individual growth & development of occupational therapists by providing:

Awareness MSOT actively promotes occupational therapy to the public, ensuring more people understand its value and essential role in health & wellness.

Advocacy MSOT is the advocate for Manitoba's occupational therapists, providing the strong voice essential to building positive work environments for today’s therapists and their clients.

Professional Development & Networking

MSOT is proud to enable the ability of its members by providing professional development and networking opportunities. Members have the unique advantage of sharing their diverse experiences and can benefit from exchanging new ideas, fresh insights and problem solving assistance.

1 MSOT Annual Report 2015-2016

Alana Maertins, President

Nadine Lam, Treasurer

Esther Hawn, Secretary

Juan Monterrosa, Coordinator of Communications

Randi Vandale, Coordinator of Member Services

Heidi Garcia, Current Affairs/Professional Advocacy Committee Chair

Jen Fisher & Robyn Bonnell, Nominating & Awards Committee Co-Chairs

Brad Snyder & Alix Tessler, Professional Development Committee Co-Chairs

Dayna Mascitelli, Public Relations Committee Chair

Lana Hochman & Robyn Taylor, Special Events Committee Co-Chairs

Michelle Horkoff & Amanda Pereira, MSOTRF Committee Co-Chairs

Rebecca Alley, MOT 1 Student Representative Gina Laliberte, Northern/Rural Connector

Lauren Casey, MOT 2 Student Representative Kayla Maubert, Newsletter Editor

Lisa Diamond-Burchuk, CAOT Board Member Jonathan Hall, Website Editor

2015 - 2016

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

& KEY POSITIONS


Vision Statement To be a valued health and wellness resource for Manitobans

Mission Statement Our Mission is to support the professional interests of

occupational therapists Mandate

Connect - Engaging through participation

Enable - Health and wellness through occupation

Grow - Success through continued learning


President’s Report

Awareness

One of our ongoing priorities for MSOT over the

past few years has been the redevelopment of

our strategic plan. Last fall we surveyed

membership for input and feedback regarding

our updated strategy. We are excited to share

our strategic priorities which will carry MSOT

forward until 2020.

A communication and marketing strategy to engage membership

Building links and advancing advocacy efforts

Development of a rural and northern OT strategy

Roll out of a “new OT” strategy Furthering evidence informed practice in

the province MSOT continues to have a large presence on social media including Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Be sure to engage with us through these channels!

Advocacy

Engaging in our communities through our Team

OT initiative has continued to be a priority for

MSOT over the past year. MSOT participated in

eight Team OT events this year and we look

forward to strengthening our presence in the

community this coming year. Be sure to let us

know if you are participating in any Team OT

events.

MSOT launched our Advocacy Toolkit this

spring. The kit includes letter templates that

members can use to advocate to local govern-

ment and employers for various advocacy issues

impacting occupational therapists. We hope

that you take advantage of this great resource

developed by our board and let us know what

advocacy activities you get involved with!

Professional Development &

Networking

Providing our members with opportunities to

engage in professional development and to

facilitate valuable networking opportunities

continues to be a priority for MSOT. Over the

2015-2016 year, MSOT has engaged in a number

of activities consistent with this priority.

MSOT partnered with the Master of

Occupational Therapy students at the College of

Rehabilitation Sciences this past fall for OT

Month celebrations, lecture series, Open House,

and Job Fair.

O ver the past year, the Manitoba

Society of Occupational Therapists

(MSOT) has worked with our

members and our communities to advocate for

the profession of occupational therapy within

Manitoba. Consistent with our mission and

vision, MSOT has worked to increase public

awareness of occupational therapy, advocate

for our members and the profession, and

facilitate professional development and net-

working opportunities. Here are some of our

key activities and accomplishments over the

2015 - 2016 year:


May 18, 2016 was MSOT’s OT Celebration

Night. As this year’s OT Celebration Night, we

presented numerous awards to members of

our OT community. Please see our website

for a list of the award winners.

MSOT was very excited to see a growing

number of OTs from across all sectors of

practice at this evening. We also welcomed

the class of 2016 into the occupational

therapy profession. Thank you to the generos-

ity of our sponsors for their support in making

this evening a success!

This year we re-connected with the MSOT

Private Practice Group initiatives. We have

participated in a few meetings and look

forward to continuing our networking in the

next year.

We also continued to engage with the

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA)

OT Leadership Group, Master of Occupational

Therapy Program Committee, and the Alliance

of Canadian Occupational Therapy

Professional Associations.

All the achievements that MSOT has

recognized in the past year would not have

been possible without our wonderful, talent-

ed, and dedicated Board of Directors,

administrative professionals, and of course

without the support of our members. Thank

you for being MSOT members and allowing us

to do the work with love in advocating for the

profession within our province. Please

continue to engage with us in the coming

year, as we strive to meet the needs of our

members, and of our profession.

Respectfully submitted,

Alana Maertins, O.T. Reg. (MB)

MSOT President


MSOT Coordinators & Committee Reports

Coordinator of Communications

M SOT continues striving to connect occupational therapists across the province in an effort to strength, inform and advocate for our profession. In 2015-2016 the communications team:

Continued to learn and expand the use of the new MSOT website. This includes operationally launching the member’s only portal that offer member exclusive resources; and beginning discussions to delineate content filtering for members and non-members.

Continued the process of updating and standardizing our brand by updating select literature items. This year drafts for the updated “Understanding OT” and “Membership Benefits” were completed.

Published an online survey filled out by many of our stakeholders regarding the increases in membership fees. This data was analyzed by our board of directors and results communicated to the College of Occupational Therapists for review and consideration.

Discussions towards developing an opera-tional advertisement policy continue in an effort to provide unbiased and transparent communication of third-party information (e.g. services, products, professional development, research studies) in a way that is in line with MSOT’s mission, enrich-es MSOT member’s experience, and digital boundaries.

Utilization of Hootesuite by multiple team members in order to streamline and facilitate maintenance of digital outlets (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) by our volunteer content curators.

Continues to expand our digital presence, as noted with our Twitter profile growing from 547 to 614 followers, and Facebook profile growing from 428 to 474 followers. There has also been a positive trend of more posts having a better “reach”, as measured with shares and views of posts. This suggests that content published digitally is of relevance and of interest to our audience.

With a heavy heart, I will be concluding a two-year term as Coordinator of Communications. I extend my sincerest thank you to the communi-cations team, our board of directors, and our OT community for allowing me to be part of this rewarding journey. I celebrate MSOT’s dedication towards excellence in marketing and communications. It is a never ending quest to stay with and ahead of current trends that requires vision, resources and commitment. I am confident MSOT will continue the tradition of making strides connecting current and future occupational therapists, increasing the public profile of occupational therapy in Manitoba, and advocating for our profession. Respectfully, Juan Monterrosa, O.T. Reg. (MB) MSOT Coordinator of Communications


A

t the end of the 2015-2016 fiscal year, there were 282 members

registered with MSOT. This number represents 37% of individuals registered with COTM. Numbers as of May, 2016 are as follows:

Full Members: 273 Out of Province: 3 Life Members: 2 Retired Members: 4 Total: 282

These numbers demonstrate a decrease in the

total number of memberships from last year

(- 15 members). MSOT has been experiencing a

constant decline in membership percentages

over the last several years, which is consistent

with many provincial occupational therapy

associations across Canada. As COTM member-

ship fees continue to increase over time, it is

predictive that MSOT membership numbers will

continue to decrease due to increased cost

requirements. Therefore, as an organization we

would like to thank our members for their

commitment to MSOT over the last year, but

also realize our need to continue to increase our

visibility and accessibility to attract new

members.

For these reasons, I assisted in addressing issues

that arose over the 2015-2016 year. As the

Coordinator of Member Services, I assisted in

improving access for both new and existing

members regarding the members-only portal of

the website. This was done to help enhance

MSOT membership satisfaction and optimize

MSOT member benefits. I also became actively

involved in prepping and volunteering for the

annual OT Celebration Night, and continued to

support our renewal incentives and strong

presence at the College of Rehabilitation

Sciences Open House.

Additionally, in the 2015-2016 fiscal year, I

continued to attend monthly Board of Directors

meetings, and OT Celebration Night preparation

meetings. I was also involved in organizing an

education session regarding MSOT membership

and benefits for the new graduates of the

Masters of Occupational Therapy Program

students. The education session also helped to

promote MSOT and provide new graduates with

information to make an informed decision

regarding membership. Finally, I worked with

other MSOT board members to ensure timely

completion of specific coordinator tasks and was

available to address member, non-member, and

board queries. Your membership strengthens

the occupational therapy community within

Manitoba and provides a strong network of

therapists to advocate for our profession. As

Coordinator of Member Services, I would like to

thank you for your continued support and

membership with MSOT.


Randi Vandale, O.T. Reg. (MB)

MSOT Coordinator of Member Services

Coordinator of Member Services


Current Affairs/Professional Advocacy Committee

T his year we finished the hard work

of previous members of the

committee and published the MSOT Advocacy

Toolkit for our members, a step-by-step guide

we can all use to engage with our political

leaders, MLAs and administrators. It is located

in the “Members Only” area of the MSOT web-

site, and I hope you’ve had a chance to have a

look at this resource and use it! I’d love to hear

feedback about who you’ve met with and please

share your advocacy efforts!

We are also re-working a brochure

“Understanding OT / What is OT” and plan to

have this available for the AGM for you to start

using and sharing. We can also use it when we

have booths to promote Occupational Therapy.

In an effort to continue to advocate for OT, we

sent emails about the provincial election, shared

an online petition for OT on extended health

benefit plans and sent a survey which we share

with COTM, a voice for you in trying to help

members understand and have their questions

answered by COTM with the fee increases.

Through bi-monthly newsletter submissions in

an “Advocacy Corner”.

This was my first year on the MSOT board as

Chair for Current Affairs and Professional

Advocacy along with Thea Toews (until May

2016) and I know that the scope of this role is

vast. There are MANY possible areas to focus in

the area of current affairs and professional

advocacy, so I need your help, the help of every

OT in Manitoba!

What areas are your priority for advocacy?

What current issues or successes are you

seeing? Please share your stories, questions,

concerns. I’d love to hear from you, support

your advocacy efforts or concerns and connect

those with similar interests!

Please email me:

[email protected]

We all have a role to play in the advocacy of OT

and so please engage, interact and let’s all work

together to continue to promote OT, so more

people know what we do and we all feel

supported and valued in our roles.


Heidi Garcia, O.T. Reg. (MB)

Current Affairs and Professional Advocacy

Committee Chair

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed

citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing

that ever has."

-Margaret Mead


Nominations & Awards Committee

N OMINATIONS:

In the fall of 2015, we welcomed the following individuals to the 2015 - 2016 MSOT

Board of Directors:

President: Alana Hosegood

Current Affairs and Professional Advocacy Co-Chair: Heidi Garcia and Thea Toews

Coordinator of Member Services: Randi Vandale

Special Events Co-Chairs: Robyn Taylor and Lana Hochman

Awards and Nominations Co-Chair: Robyn Bonnell

Public Relations Chair: Dayna Mascitelli

Professional Development: Alix Tessler

MSOTRF Co-Chair: Amanda Pereira

MOT 2 Student Representative: Lauren Casey

MOT 1 Student Representative: Rebecca Alley

We are currently recruiting for the following positions for the upcoming term:

Current Affairs/Professional Advocacy Co-Chair

Professional Development Co-Chair

Coordinator of Communications

Website Editor

Update Editor

Public Relations Chair

Secretary

Consider joining the Board of Directors for this upcoming term! It is a great way to get involved with the OT community in Manitoba, meet other OTs and colleagues and ensure your voice is heard. MSOT created a volunteer tracking form this year that can be updated and used by the entire board of directors to fill board positions or other volunteer opportunities. It is essential the board of director’s positions are filled in order to enable MSOT to meet its annual objectives and goals. Information about each position, time commitments/ involvement and questions can be directed to: [email protected].


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A WARDS:

Following is a summary of the awards

distributed by MSOT & MSOTRF for

2015-2016:

2015 Outstanding OT Award: Katie Kitchen

Mary Judd Research Award: Jacquie Ripat

MSOTRF Presentation Award: Katie Kitchen

and Cara Brown

MSOT 25 year members: Susan Hales

CAOT Citation Award: The Department of

Family Medicine of the U of M

Fieldwork Roster of Honour:

Alana Zenert

Bronwyn Fontaine

Eleanor Stelmack

Glen Grey

Jordan Friesen

Kelly Mark

Adriana Moreno

Elizabth Stoesz

Corey Chambers

Annaka Vermeylen

Chandra Rossnagel

Lynn Jersak

Stephanie Warren

Josée Meunier-Baillargeon

Tressa Carritt

Dayna Yurkiw

Ashley Kreml

Alisia Roos

Jessica Kiryluik

Monique Cloutier

Diane Nicholson

Jane Lawler

Marla Booth Lulashnyk

National Fieldwork Educator Award of

Excellence:

Carolyn Klassen(Bergen) (2015 recipient) Danielle Harling (2016 recipient )

Award for Professional Excellence in

Fieldwork: Angela Wischnewski

TEAM OT MVP Award: Lauren Casey Professional Development Fund Bursary:

Brenda Semenko

OT Celebration Night 2016

This annual event was held on May 17, 2016 at the Winnipeg Convention Centre. This year MSOT celebrated 52 years of MSOT in Manitoba. Approxi-mately 115 OTs, students and family attended the event. Attendance was stronger this year as many more Fieldwork educators, family and MOT1 students came to the event. This event is one of the only evenings OTs from across Manitoba come together to celebrate our profession. It is also a great opportunity to meet with new and old colleagues, recognize the outstanding work and efforts made by OTs and congratulate our new graduates and soon to be colleagues. This year we were fortunate to have Ace Burpee as return as our Emcee. He was entertaining and hosted with warmth and excitement. We would like to thank Rebecca Alley MOT1 Representative for encouraging other MOT1 students to attend the Celebration Night. We would also like to thank the Fieldwork Educators and their colleagues for making time to attend this event. We would like to thank the organizing committee of Robyn Taylor, Lana Hochman, Dayna Mascitelli, Robyn Bonnell and Jennifer Fisher. Respectfully Submitted, Jennifer Fisher, O.T. Reg. (MB) & Robyn Bonnell, O.T. Reg. (MB) MSOT Nominating & Awards Committee Co-Chairs

Nominations & Awards Committee continued...


T his past year, the Professional Development co-chairs along with

the MSOT board members and student occupational therapists helped to organize guest lectures during OT Month in October. Students, clinicians and faculty from a variety of health disciplines attended the lunch and learn lecture series. The lunch and learn sessions provided the participants with new research based information and provided a forum for interprofessional networking. We encourage all to attend the OT Month lunch and learn lectures in the fall of 2016. The Professional Development Co -chairs along with assistance from a dedicated planning committee are working hard to organize the fourth Occupational Therapy Research and Innovation Symposium for the fall of 2017. The Research and Innovation Symposium provides those in attendance with an opportunity to share the research they have been working on and network with other clinicians to discuss current and future research opportunities. We look forward to sharing and offering continued professional development opportunities in the coming year. You can keep current on professional development activities by visiting the MSOT website at

www.msot.mb.ca/professional_development_workshops.aspx .

Respectfully submitted, Brad Snyder, O.T. Reg. (MB) & Alix Tessler, O.T. Reg.(MB) MSOT Professional Development Committee Co-Chairs

T his year welcomed many new board

members. As newly appointed Co-

Chairs of Special Events, our main focus was pro-

moting and planning the OT Celebration Night. We

are happy to announce that we added new local

sponsors who contributed to the enhancement of

the refreshments and silent auction. Our hope is to

continue fostering these key relationships in the

coming years. Thank you to Donna Collins for shar-

ing her personal OT journey and the thoughtful fare-

well for our colleague Emily Etcheverry on her re-

tirement. There were over 100 people in attend-

ance at the event and we hope the event will con-

tinue to grow in the coming years.

This year’s AGM will be held on Tuesday, October

25th, 2016 at the Viscount Gort Hotel at 5:00 pm.

We look forward to another great year of Special

Events.


Lana Hochman, O.T. Reg. (MB) & Robyn Taylor, O.T.

Reg. (MB)

MSOT Special Events Committee Co-Chairs

Professional Development

Committee Special Events

Committee


Public Relations Committee

T he Public Relations Committee is

responsible for promoting Occupational

Therapy and the role of MSOT through

various events and opportunities. 2015-2016 has

been an exciting year for MSOT, and as the Public

Relations Committee Chair I have been proud to

assist with the following:

The Public Relations Committee participated in

the 2016 College of Rehabilitation Sciences

Open House. MSOT volunteers enjoyed

meeting and conversing with prospective

students regarding the profession and the role

of MSOT within the province.

The Public Relations Committee also organized

a booth at the 2016 College of Rehabilitation

Sciences Job Fair. This event provided a great

opportunity to converse with upcoming

graduates on how to promote themselves

professionally and the benefits MSOT can

provide as a new graduate.

2016 was the first year that the Public

Relations Committee provided representation

on the organizing committee for the annual OT

Celebration Night. The annual event provided

those in attendance with the opportunity to

network with colleagues and catch up with old

friends. It also provided MSOT the opportunity

to welcome new graduates into the profession

and recognize the outstanding work done by

those within our OT community.

In collaboration with the Coordinator of

Communications, the Public Relations

Committee continues to assist with updating

and maintaining our social media sites. As of

August 2016, the MSOT Twitter page has 614

followers and the MSOT Facebook page has

474 likes. This year in particular, MSOT has

seen a large growth in the number of people

reached via our Facebook posts, with one post

reaching over 1800 individuals. Overall, our

social media presence has proven to be

dynamic method of communication to our

members and the OT community.

As the Public Relations Committee Chair, I am

dedicated to continuing the role of promoting

occupational therapy and MSOT throughout the OT

community. I look forward to another exciting year

ahead.

Respectfully Submitted,

Dayna Mascitelli, O.T. Reg. (MB)

MSOT Public Relations Committee Chair


Mary Judd Research Award - This year the Mary Judd Research Award winner was Jacquie Ripat for her

study entitled “The client's voice: Exploring client-centred practice as a dynamic process”. Award amount

was $1,000.00.

Next submission deadline for this award: The 1st Monday in November (i.e. Nov. 7, 2016). Information about this award can be found on the MSOT website

Presentation Award - MSOTRF aims to give away a minimum of one Presentation Award for at least $500.00

each year. This we were thrilled to be able to provide two presentation awards for the amount of $500.00

each. The successful winners were: (a) Katie Kitchen: “Awareness to Action: Positioning Trauma - Informed

Care in Occupational Therapy Assessment and Intervention”, (b) Cara Brown: “Medical residents' under-

standing of occupational therapy role in primary care”.

Next submission deadline for this award: The 2nd Monday in January (i.e. Jan. 9, 2017) .

Information about this award can be found on the MSOT website.

MSOT Student Research Award - Presented this award to Sara Hibbert at the College of Rehabilitation

Sciences (CoRS) Awards ceremony in 2015.

Complete accounting of the MSOTRF (accurate to September 30, 2015) and verified by COTF’s auditor:

Balance, October 1, 2014 $48,446

Revenues:

Deposits to account

Interest earned

965

1,582

Expenses:

Payments from account

Interfund Transfer (Administration)

2,100

730

Balance, September 30, 2015 $48,163

Finally, thank you to Jane McSwiggan and Brenna Shearer who helped with the review of the Mary Judd

Award submission this year. Please feel free to provide any feedback you may have in regards to the MSOTRF

activities.


Michelle Horkoff, O.T. Reg. (MB) & Amanda Pereira, O.T. Reg. (MB)

MSOTRF Committee Co-chairs

Manitoba Society of Occupational Therapists

Research Fund (MSOTRF)


CAOT Update


Report from the Treasurer

We regret that the CAOT Update was unavailable

at the time of printing.

I am pleased to provide the Treasurer’s report for the MSOT 2015 – 2016 financial year. The MSOT Board of Directors has been successful in accomplishing its financial goals as presented at the 2015 AGM which is to financially support regular and new activities as determined by the MSOT Board of Directors. During this financial year, MSOT has provided funds to support multiple different events and awards. The following are a few examples of the events and awards that were supported by MSOT: OT Celebration Night Job Fair booth and materials for circulation CAOT Citation Award Professional Development Awards The 2016 – 2017 budget was developed by: Considering the actual revenue and operating costs of the 2015 – 2016 financial year Reviewing anticipated membership enrollment and fees Reviewing and considering planned events and projects with their anticipated costs Considering member priorities for funding and support of special initiatives.

Please take note that there will be an approximate $4855.00 deficit in the years to come due to decreased membership enrollment and fees associated with the new online registration process. Based on the current MSOT funds, we will only be able to sustain ourselves for three more years provided membership enrollment does not continue to decrease. We, as a board, are hoping to get further input from our members during the AGM to determine how to proceed. I encourage all MSOT members to join us at the AGM on October 25th, 2016, as your input is important to us. At this time, I would like to thank the MSOT Board of Directors, Sandra and Carmen for their continuous support throughout the year. See you at the AGM! Sincerely, Nadine Lam, O.T. Reg. (MB) MSOT Treasurer


MANITOBA SOCIETY OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTSFinancial Statements

Year Ended May 31, 2016(Unaudited)

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2015 - 2016 Annual Report · 2015-2016 year, MSOT has engaged in a number of activities consistent with this priority. MSOT partnered with the Master of Occupational Therapy students