Reg Urbanowski, MScOT, EdD

Dr. Reg Urbanowski is dean of the College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba. He is also professor and an occupational therapist.

Prior work included being a Vice-President for Strategy and Business Development, Saskatchewan Polytechnic, program chair in occupational therapy at Husson University West Virginia University and Chatham College and faculty member at Dalhousie University and the University of Alberta.  Dr. Urbanowski also held senior posts with the Government of Saskatchewan in the Ministry of Advanced Education as an Assistant Deputy Minister and Special Advisor to the Deputy Minister.

He has written and presented over 90 peer reviewed papers and chapters and non-peer reviewed papers.

Education

• Doctor of Education, Faculty of Education, West Virginia University
• Master of Science in Occupational Therapy, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Alberta
• Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Alberta

Awards

• Invited keynote speaker, Interprofessional education to 2030.  Keynote address to AHEAD conference, Amsterdam
• Invited plenary speaker, Fostering Interdisciplinarity & Interprofessional Excellence in Occupation,  Canadian Society of Occupational Science annual conference, Edmonton
• Invited keynote speaker, Disability and the Nordic Labour Market, Nordic Symposium on Rehabilitation, Helsinki
• Voted best visiting professor at World International Centre of Excellence (WICE, World Leisure and Recreation Association), Netherlands