4th Rehabilitation Scientific Day

Innovation in a Learning Organization: Impact and Challenges in Rehabilitation

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November 19, 2026, 08h00-15h30
Lethbridge-Layton-Mackay Rehabilitation Center

Auditorium Layton Hall, 7000 Sherbrooke W, Montreal, QC H4B 1R3

This event is open to all: healthcare professionals, clinical managers, researchers, graduate students, research staff, service users, and the general public, as well as policymakers interested in physical rehabilitation

Click this link to view the program and register: https://event.fourwaves.com/4threhabilitationscientificday

Organizing Committee:

Walter Wittich, Associate Professor, School of Optometry, Université de Montréal, CRIR Researcher
Sara Ahmed, Full Professor, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, CRIR Researcher
Frédérique Poncet, Institutional Researcher, Assistant Professor, School of Optometry, Université de Montréal, CRIR Researcher
Shari Joseph, Coordinator, Rehabilitation Services (Miriam Home and Services)
Gina Mills, Assistant to the Director, Directorate of Rehabilitation and Multidisciplinary Services
Mark Demaine, Assistant Director, Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum Disorder and Physical Disabilities Rehabilitation and Multidisciplinary Services
Thi Thanh Thao Dang, Physical Health Coordinator, Catherine Booth Hospital
Erica Fagen, Planning, Programming and Research Officer (PPRO), CIUSSS West-Central Montreal
Catherine Leblanc-Cormier, Program Manager, Home Rehabilitation Services
Christina Da Costa, Physiotherapist, MAB-Mackay Rehabilitation Centre
Lucyna Maria Lach, Associate Professor, School of Social Work, McGill University
Natalina Martiniello, Assistant Professor, School of Optometry, Université de Montréal
Nancy Cox, Program Manager, Children’s Services (Ages 0-11)
Caroline Pelletier, Assistant Director, Knowledge Mobilization and Academic Partnerships Directorate (DPAAS)
Sharon O’Grady, Coordinator, Integrated Quality, Risk Management and User Partnership
Hiba Messaoudi, Program Manager, Home Rehabilitation Services, Metro Sector, Glenmount UTRF, RI and Cross-Sector Projects
Angele Sauzet, Student Representative, CRIR Axis 2
Mahmoud AboAlfa, Student Representative, CRIR-CRLLM, Constance-Lethbridge Site
Andréa Faust, Program Manager, Knowledge Mobilization and Academic Partnerships Directorate (DPAAS)
Mushirah Hossenbaccus, Clinical Research Coordinator in Rehabilitation, Lethbridge-Layton-Mackay Rehabilitation Centre
Naima Abbadi, Planning, Programming and Research Officer (PPRO), Lethbridge-Layton-Mackay Rehabilitation Centre