Penticton Staff
Occupational Therapists
Ashton grew up in St. John’s, Newfoundland and completed her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at Memorial University of Newfoundland before completing her Masters of Science in Occupational Therapy at McGill University. She and her partner now live in Penticton, where they love to hike, bike and swim, along with Aston’s hobby for playing guitar and mandolin! Ashton enjoys her position at Meridian because every client is unique and no two days are the same. She loves the professional development that her position offers and finds it rewarding to see her clients achieving their goals.
Qualifications and Memberships
Master of Science in Occupational Therapy from McGill University
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Psychology from Memorial University of Newfoundland
Member of the College of Occupational Therapists of British Columbia
Member of the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists
Registered Autism Service Provider (RASP) for Children under 6
Areas of Practice
Mental health
Case Management
Community Rehabilitation
Chronic Pain Rehab
Post-Concussion Rehab
Brain Injury Rehabilitation
Return to Work Coordination
Pediatric Services
Autism Services
Louise started with Meridian as an OT in our Kamloops office back in 2017 and has now made her way down to our Penticton office. Growing up in the small-town Rothesay in New Brunswick, Louise went on to complete her Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology at St. Francis Xavier University, following with her Master of Science in Occupational Therapy at Queen’s University. Since then, she has continued to expand her OT skills and knowledge through her work and additional courses. Part of why Louise loves her job as an OT is that she is able to build therapeutic relationships with her clients and empower them in their recovery, and to be able to do ‘real life’ activities with her clients too. Possibly Meridian’s most organized member of staff, Louise has a hobby for bullet journaling, as well long-distance running, yoga, basketball, and exploring the beauties of BC, especially with her partner Aaron and dog Jett!
Qualifications and Memberships
Master of Science in Occupational Therapy – Queen’s University
Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology, Minor in Nutrition – St. Francis Xavier University
Member of the British Columbia College of Occupational Therapists (COTBC)
Member of the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT)
Matheson Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE) Certification Program
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) Certification
Occupational First Aid Level 3 and CPR Certification
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention
Areas of Practice
Case Management
Community Rehabilitation
Chronic Pain Rehab
Functional Capacity Evaluation and Critique
Cost of Future Care Assessments and Critique
Post-Concussion Rehab
Seating Assessments and Prescription
Stroke Rehabilitation
Brain Injury Rehabilitation
Work Hardening and Work Conditioning Programming
Job Sit Visits and Job Demands Analysis
Return to Work Coordination
Ergonomic Evaluations
Long Term Care and Complex Care contract service
Roxana earned her Bachelor of Human Kinetics at UBC-O before completing her Master of Science in Occupational Therapy at University of Alberta. She has a special interest in working with neurological and mental health populations. Growing up in Terrace in Northern BC, Roxy has also spent 6 years of her life living in Panama! She enjoys spending time outside, including going sport climbing in the summer and downhill skiing in the winter and loves how rewarding an OT position at meridian can be, particularly when helping to make a meaningful and positive difference in clients lives!
Qualifications and Memberships
Masters of Science in Occupational Therapy – University of Alberta
Bachelor of Human Kinetics – University of British Columbia – Okanagan Campus
Member of the British Columbia College of Occupational Therapists
Member of the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists
Areas of Practice
Community Rehabilitation
Post-Concussion Rehab
Stroke Rehabilitation
Brain Injury Rehabilitation
Alisha is our Penticton office manager and contract lead for our Assessment Services. After finishing her BSc degree at UBC-O she completed her Masters of Science in Occupational Therapy degree at the University of Western Ontario. She moved to Penticton in 2020, and enjoys an outdoorsy lifestyle, including mountain biking adventures with her husband. Alisha‘s love of rehabilitation stems from passion of helping people realize and achieve the goals that are important to them. Specifically, she is interested in the full spectrum of brain injury rehabilitation (from concussion to severe traumatic brain injury), return to work programming, and medical-legal functional capacity evaluations where she’s been accepted to provide expert witness testimony in the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
Qualifications and Memberships
Master of Science in Occupational Therapy – University of Western Ontario
Bachelor of Science – University of British Columbia
Member of the British Columbia College of Occupational Therapists
Member of the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists
Matheson Functional Capacity Evaluation Certification Program
Matheson Advanced Functional Capacity Evaluation course
Certified Work Capacity Evaluator designation (Matheson)
Progressive Goal Attainment Program (PGAP)
Qualified as Expert Witness in the Supreme Court of British Columbia
Areas of Practice
Case Management
Functional Capacity Evaluation
Cost of Future Care Assessments
Medical-Legal Services
Post-Concussion Rehab
Brain Injury Rehabilitation
Job Site Visits and Job Demands Analysis
Return to Work Coordination
Progressive Goal Attainment Program Services (PGAP)
Hospital Discharge and Coordination
Kamila comes to us from Calgary where she got her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at University of Calgary and then completed her Master of Occupational Therapy at UBC. Kamila loves the variety of people that she gets to meet and work with as an OT. Kamila is married to her wonderful husband and has 2 children. Fun fact about Kamila- she was born in Poland and speaks fluent Polish! She also speaks French, Spanish, Portuguese. Kamila loves to travel and explore the world and enjoys doing outdoor activities.
Qualifications and Memberships
Master of Occupational Therapy – University of British Columbia
Bachelor of Arts in psychology – University of Calgary
Member of the British Columbia College of Occupational Therapists
Member of the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists
Member of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists
Certified yoga instructor (200hr)
Areas of Practice
Case Management
Community Rehabilitation
Chronic Pain Rehab
Functional Capacity Evaluation and Critique
Cost of Future Care Assessments and Critique
Post-Concussion Rehab
Work Hardening and Work Conditioning Programming
Job Sit Visits and Job Demands Analysis
Return to Work Coordination
Ergonomic Evaluations
Jessica earned her Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology at Brock University before completing her Master of Science in Occupational Therapy at Queens University. Originally from Vancouver Island, she loves to be outdoors doing activities such as hiking, cross country skiing and swimming. Jessica loves that being an OT allows her to build meaningful therapeutic relationships with her clients and help empower them to achieve their goals!
Areas of Practice:
Autism Services
Pediatric Services
Qualifications:
Master of Science in Occupational Therapy – Queens University
Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology – Brock University
Member of Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT)
Member of the British Columbia College of Occupational Therapists
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) Certification
Motivational Interviewing Level I Certification
Speech-Language Pathologists
Brooke completed her Bachelor of Arts at the University of Victoria before going on to do her Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology at the University of British Columbia. While at UBC, she had the opportunity to complete a variety of practicums with both children and adults. Since becoming a practicing SLP, Brooke has been working with children (from toddlers to youth) and their families. When not in the office, Brooke loves getting outside and exploring on her bike!
Qualifications
Bachelor of Arts from University of Victoria
M.Sc. Speech-Language Pathology from University of British Columbia
Member of College of Speech and Hearing Health Professionals of BC (CSHBC)
Member of Speech-Language Audiology Canada and Speech and Hearing BC (SAC)
PROMPT-trained
Areas of Practice
Pediatric speech, language, and communication services.
Kinesiologists
Alice was born and raised in Quebec City and completed her kinesiology degree from Université Du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Alice, her husband and their dog, Maya, moved to BC in 2016 where they lived in Nelson for four years before settling down in Summerland. Alice grew up as a figure skating athlete, she coached the sport professionally for 10 years before retiring and switching to judging the sport. She now volunteers as a Skate Canada judge in the Okanagan and aspires to become an international judge. She also enjoys cross-country skiing, hiking, running, yoga and functional training. She has a special interest in working with children and is truly passionate about rehabilitation sciences.
Qualifications & Memberships
Bachelor of Science – Kinesiology – Université Du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Practicing Member of BC Association of Kinesiologists (BCAK)
Areas of Practice
Work Hardening and Work Conditioning Programming
Gym-Based Exercise Programs
Aquatherapy
Pediatrics
Post-Concussion Exercise Programs
Lifeskills & Return to Homemaking Programs
Walking programs
Raeanne has her Bachelor of Human Kinetics from UBCO and specializes in posture correction and functional training. Raeanne grew up in Jackfish Lake, a tiny lake in the country just west of Stoney Plain in Alberta. Raeanne enjoys how varied her work is and working with people from all different works of life and with a multitude of various problems. She loves the challenge and pushing herself in her work. Raeanne has two loves in her life, her cats Neville Longbottom and Fawkes! Fun fact- Raeanne was once a former national and collegiate volleyball player. In the summer you will find her playing volleyball on the beach!
Qualifications & Memberships
Bachelor of Human Kinetics – University of British Columbia – Okanagan
Practicing Member of BC Association of Kinesiologists (BCAK)
Areas of Practice
Gym-Based
Exercise Programs
Aquatherapy
Post-Concussion Exercise Programs
Administrative Staff
Julia immigrated to Canada 19 years ago and grew up in Winnipeg, where she also completed her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. Newly arrived to Penticton, she is excited to explore, swim and hike in the beautiful Okanagan region. Julia is happy to join the Meridian family and looks forward to getting to know everyone.