Nancy Forget

 

Registered Occupational Therapist

 

Nancy holds a Bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy from McGill University in 1999, a Master's degree in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Montreal in 2007. From there she started graduate studies at a PhD level in Public Health; Epidemiology at the University of Montreal.

​

She has developed a special interest in hand therapy from a clinical, educational, and research perspective. Before moving to Ontario and joining the Handworx team in 2018, she was an Assistant Professor at the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy at McGill University, teaching for more than 10-years, and previously accumulated many years of hand therapy experience as a clinician in the Sherbrooke and Montreal areas in Quebec.

​

The focus of her research agenda is on Dupuytren's Contracture and Patient-Reported Outcome measures. She is the author of six (6) scientific articles and has done numerous presentations at both national and international conferences. 

​

She offered to continue professional education workshops in splinting and ergonomics. Nancy's main role at Handworx is to provide specialized hand therapy assessment and treatment for people with acquired work-related conditions, also being part of the WSIB Specialty Programs.