November 2016

Alumni Outside the Box is a regular column profiling FHP alumni who are using their health professions’ degrees in new or unique ways. This month, we talk to Social Work alum Ian "Tay" Landry.

Health mythbusters is a regular column in which FHP researchers challenge widely held beliefs about health issues. This month, Dr. Sara Kirk takes on weight bias amongst health care providers.

First year students in Dr. Brenda Merritt’s occupational therapy theory class are using Wheelmap, an online database and smartphone app, to help inform wheelchair users of the accessible spaces in the city.

Read "Making the doctor's office a 'safe place: research shows trans Nova Scotians encounter a range of discrimination." Metro Halifax - October 31, 2016