A clinical program of Energize Occupational Therapy Services
Presentations & Publications
Publications
July 2025
Occupational Therapy Now
Not Mission Impossible: Deaf Occupational Therapist Leverages Experiences With Educational Barriers To Promote Equity Recommendations
Lisa Crowder, Monique Lizon, & Elizabeth Pooley
Presentations
Nursing Week 2025
Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health — Grand Rounds
Between Patient and Professional:
What I Wish I Could Tell You About Mental Health Care
November 2024
McMaster OT Week 2024
Toward Equity and Justice: Enacting an Intersectional Approach to Social Accountability in Occupational Therapy
June 2024
Canadian Collaborative Mental Health Care Conference
How Indie Authors Can Use The Power of Their Stories to Promote Healing in Collaboration with Health Care Providers: My Lived Experience
2013
RyeACCESS: Reclaiming Our Bodies and Our Minds Conference
Methods for Completing Post-Secondary Education as a Deaf ASL User
Presented in ASL with English interpretation
Clinical Program Development
2023
Interdisciplinary Chronic Pain Clinic
Designer and developer, CBT-I Group Program
6-part group program on cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia
2022
Interdisciplinary Chronic Pain Clinic
Developer and Lead Clinician, Returning to Work with Chronic Pain
7-part group program for patients contemplating return to work
2021
Interdisciplinary Chronic Pain Clinic
Co-Facilitator, Patient-facing chronic pain education group program
Workshops & Community Presentations
2021–2023
Port Dover Seniors Center, Port Dover, Ontario
Invited presenter — Falls Prevention, Home Safety, and Pre-Habilitation for Planned Hospital Stay
2010
Residence Life Conference
Inclusive Programming in On-Campus Residences
Speaking & Education Opportunities
I am available for the following opportunities:
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Group chronic pain facilitation
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Clinician education and professional development
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Train-the-trainer workshops
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OT student and classroom presentations
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Webinar and workshop development and delivery
Please contact me to discuss.
September 2025 and September 2026
McMaster University Occupational Therapy Program
Orientation speaker and session facilitator — Lessons Learned From a McMaster OT Alumni
Orientation session on anticipating challenges and planning ahead for success in OT school