Lori Letts has been awarded the Muriel Driver Memorial Lectureship from the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists. The Muriel Driver Memorial Lectureship honours a member of the CAOT who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession through research, education and the practice of occupational therapy.

The Driver Lectureship recognizes Lori’s significant achievements in occupational therapy including her innovative approaches to education and service, her development of concepts and tools to support evidenced based occupational therapy, and her research focused on the creation of supportive environments for older adults and chronic disease self-management within primary health care. Lori will deliver her lecture at the 2011 CAOT Conference in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.