Phenix Wellness is a full service Occupational Therapy Clinic with a twist - We understand the complexities and difficulties that can affect people given the societies we live in, we take into consideration not only how our minds and bodies function, but how we engage in society, systems, and the world as a whole. At times, this can be oppressive, and other times it can be empowering, depending on our positionality.
We recognize that certain groups of people are affected more by racism, ablism, heterosexism, agism, etc. We develop holistic treatment plans based on these understandings, using an anti-oppressive model of practice.
We provide various education and workshops, professional consultations and pediatric occupational therapy services.
About Phenix Wellness
About Angie Phenix
Angie Phenix, is a mother, Métis woman, scholar, educator, and occupational therapist. Angie Holds a Master of Occupational Therapy, a Master of Indigenous Education, and is currently a Doctoral student at Queens University.
Angie has spent most of her career working in rural, remote, and Northern regions of Canada, across the health and education systems. She is co-chair of both the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists' (CAOT) Occupational Therapy and Indigenous Health Network (OTIHN) and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's (TRC) Taskforce.
Since the beginning of her career, Angie noticed the tension and problematic nature of using a Western-based model of practice in Indigenous communities. As an attempt to put words to these feelings, better address health and educational inequities, and become a better OT, she pursued a Masters of Indigenous Education at the University of Saskatchewan.
Her life, educational, and career experiences have helped identify a lens to critically analyze how political, social, moral, historical and economic structures co-exist to create different realities for those who live on these lands, creating privilege/empowerment or oppression/disadvantage.
Angie has (co)authored several publications and led many presentations with the aim of shedding a critical light on the occupational therapy profession and improving outcomes for Indigenous clients and professionals.