Therapeutic approaches to health and wellbeing have traditionally assumed that meaningful
activity or occupation contributes to health and quality of life. Within social psychology …

In the summer of 2020, the death of George Floyd–yet another unarmed Black man killed at
the hands of police–thrust race and racism to the forefront of public attention in the United …

Background: Occupational balance is an important concept in occupational science but it
has mostly been studied from an individual rather than an interpersonal perspective, ie the …

Background: Perspectives that individualize occupation are poorly aligned with socially
responsive and transformative occupation-focused research, education, and practice. Their …

Occupational consciousness refers to ongoing awareness of the dynamics of hegemony and
recognition that dominant practices are sustained through what people do every day, with …

This article argues that it is vital to embrace critical reflexivity to interrogate the
epistemological beliefs and principles guiding occupation-based scholarship to move away …

For over a decade, debates in occupational therapy have extended into the profession's
theoretical foundations as well as epistemological underpinnings thereof A series of …

An emancipatory agenda is emerging within occupational science, building on the work of
scholars who have advocated for a more critical, reflexive and socially responsive discipline …

Background. Researchers and practitioners worldwide have advocated for the development
of critical perspectives in occupational therapy to examine the structural influences of social …

Occupational therapy and science are facing calls for social transformation based on the
growing awareness and concern with widening occupational inequities and growing …