Lisa Ostiguy

Biography

Lisa Ostiguy has been a full-time faculty member at Concordia since 1992. While completing her doctorate degree in Planning, Policy and Leadership at the University of Iowa, Dr. Ostiguy taught as an Instructor in the department of Physical Education Skills and in the Department of Sport, Health, Leisure and Physical Education. Prior to starting her doctoral degree, Lisa taught in the department of Physical Activity Studies at the University of Regina as an Assistant Professor. Before her academic life began in 1988, Lisa worked in municipal leisure service administration, special events planning, as a programmer in outdoor centers and camps and as a therapeutic recreation specialist in both clinical and community settings. Dr. Ostiguy has worked with a variety of different populations including older adults, adults with mental illness, children with physical disabilities, and adults with cognitive disabilities. In spring of 2000 Lisa was awarded the Tommy Wilson Award for significant contributions to the recreations profession for people with disabilities by the American Association of Leisure and Recreation. Dr. Ostiguy is the co-author of a text titled Introduction to Therapeutic Recreation: US and Canadian Perspectives and has been invited to speak at numerous International, National and Provincial conferences for Therapeutic Recreation practitioners.

Research Interest

Dr. Lisa's research interests include: The impact of therapeutic recreation process with different populations, Teaching and curriculum development in Therapeutic Recreation, The development of measurement tools to evaluate the impact of TR services in Psychiatry and Long Term Care.