Lysaght | School of Rehabilitation Therapy

Dr. Rosemary Lysaght B.Sc. (OT), M.S. (North Texas, Rehab), Ph.D (Ohio State, Education)

Position(s)

Professor Emerita

Contact Information

lysaght@queensu.ca

Louise D. Acton Building, Room 200

Internal telephone extension: 32134

External telephone: 613-533-2134

Not currently accepting new graduate students.

Research:

Areas of research interest include: productivity roles of adults; integration of persons with acquired or congenital disabilities into competitive workplaces; disability management; educational strategies in the health sciences; evaluation research.
Read more about our Social Enterprise research work: Queen's University Initiative for Social Enterprise & Disability

Teaching:

Current teaching relates to primary research areas on work and productivity of persons with disabilities.

Links to Research Reports:

Lysaght, R., Fecica, A., Brock, K., Krupa, T., Packalen, K., Ross, L. & Roy,M. (2022). WISE Impact: An Outcome Study Focused on WISE in the Mental Health Sector. Produced for Employment and Social Development Canada.

Lysaght, R., Krupa, T & Bouchard, M. (2015). Social Enterprise as an Employment Option - The Role of Social Businesses in the Employment of Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Lysaght, R., Krupa, T. & Bouchard, M. (2015). Guidelines for Promoting Independence, Choice and Inclusion for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities through Social Business

Lysaght, R., Krupa, T. & Bedore, M. (2014). Environmental Scan of Social Businesses in the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Sector.

Selected Articles in Refereed Journals (Published, or In Press)

Jansen-van Vuuren J, Rijal H, Bobbette N, Lysaght R, Krupa T, Aguilar D. (2024). Exploring the Connection between Social Housing and Employment: A Scoping Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(9), 1217; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21091217 https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/21/9/1217

Lysaght, R., Packalen, K., Krupa, T., Ross, L., Fecica, A., Roy, M. & Brock, K. (2024). Social enterprise as a pathway to work, wellness, and social inclusion for Canadians with mental illnesses and/or substance use disorders. Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, 15(1), 30 – 51. https://anserj.ca/index.php/cjnser/article/view/635/420

Adugna, M. B., Ghahari, S. & Lysaght, R. (04 Jun 2024): Disability stigma and the pursuit of inclusion among children with physical disabilities in northwest Ethiopia. Disability and Rehabilitation, DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2024.2356016

Marshall, C.A., Cooke, A. Holme, J., Bengall, J., XX, S., Phill, B., Lysaght, R., Gewurz, R. & Nepomuceno, J. (2024). “It’s like your days are empty and yet there’s life all around”: A mixed methods, multi-site study exploring boredom during and following homelessness. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0302900

Packalen, K.A., Sobchuk, K., Qin-Wang, K., Cheetham, J., Hildebrand, J., Fecica, A. and Lysaght, R. (2024), How supervisors and coworkers enable workplace practices to foster success for employees with mental health and/or addiction challenges. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi-org.proxy.queensu.ca/10.1108/EDI-10-2023-0326

Abebe, S.M., Nuri, R.P., Montagnese, J., Lysaght, R., Krupa, T., Mieras, C., Yehuala, Y.S., Ghahari, S., Kessler, D., Kolomitro, K., Batorowicz, B., Mzinganjira, A., Demissie, S. F., Mesfin, N., & Aldersey, H. M. (2024). Lessons learned from an occupational therapy programme needs assessment. African Evaluation Journal, 12(1) | a699. https://doi.org/10.4102/aej.v12i1.699

Lysaght, R. & Bobbette, N. (2023). The Relationship of Productivity-Based Wages to Occupational Justice – An Exploratory Study. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 22(2), https://doi.org/10.3109/13668250.2023.2249276

Ghaderi, G., Milley, P., Lysaght, R., & Cobigo, V. (2023). Including People with Intellectual and Other Cognitive Disabilities in Research and Evaluation Teams: A Review and Integration of the Empirical Knowledge Base. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities (early online). DOI: 10.1177/17446295231189912

Lysaght, R., Krupa, T. & Gregory, A. (2022). Employer Approaches to Recognizing and Managing Intermittent Work Capacity. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal.

Krupa, T., Lysaght, R.,Yehuala, Y.S., Aldersey, H.M., Adugna, M. B., Kessler, D., Batorowicz, B., Montagnese, J. & Kolomitro, K. (2022).Participation Experiences of People with Disabilities in Ethiopia. African Journal of Disability, 11. doi: 10.4102/ajod.v11i0.1002

Ciampa, M. A., Roca, M. & Lysaght, R. (Early Online). Work Patterns and Support Needs of People with Serious Mental Illness. Community Mental Health Journal. DOI: 10.1007/s10597-021-00930-6

Barton, S., Porter, H., Murphy, S. & Lysaght, R. (2021). Potential outcomes of work integration social enterprises for people who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, or transitioning out of homelessness. Social Enterprise Journal. DOI:10.1108/SEJ-07-2021-0054

Marshall, C.A., Cooke, A., Gewurtz, R., Barbic, S., Roy, L., Lysaght, R. & Kirsh, B. (2021): Competencies for occupational therapy practice in homelessness: A Delphi study, Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, DOI:10.1080/11038128.2021.2002404 Full article: Competencies for occupational therapy practice in homelessness: A Delphi study (tandfonline.com)

MacDougall AG, Lysaght R, Casey R, Le Ber MJ, Mutiso V, Ndetei D, Krupa T. (2021). Heeding the Call of an Innovative Paradigm for Mental Health Interventions in Low- and Middle-income Countries. Psychiatric Services. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000125. Epub ahead of print.

Gewurtz, R., Tompa, E., Oldfield, M., Lysaght, R., Moll, S., Kirsh, B., … Rueda, S. (2021). Retaining and supporting employees with mental illness through inclusive organizations: lessons from five Canadian case studies. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. DOI: 10.1108/EDI-06-2020-0174

MacDougall AG, Krupa T, Lysaght R, Mutiso V, Casey R, Janzen Le Ber M, Ruhara R, Price E, Kidd S, Ndetei (2021). The CREATE Strategy of Rehabilitation and Recovery for Mental Illness in Low Resource Settings: Development Processes and Evaluation from a Proof of Concept Study in Kenya. International Journal of Mental Health. DOI: 10.1080/00207411.2021.1926725

Lysaght, R., Bobbette, N. & Ciampa, M.A. (2020). Productivity-Based Wages and Employment of People With Disabilities: International Usage and Policy Considerations. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 1– 11. https://doi.org/10.1177/1044207320943605.

Krupa, T., Sabetti, J. & Lysaght, R. (2019). How work integration social enterprises impact the stigma of mental illness: Negotiating perceptions of legitimacy, value and competence, Social Enterprise Journal. Published online June 19.

Marshall, C.A., Davidson, L., Li, A., Gewurtz, R., Roy, L., Barbic, S., Kirsh, B. & Lysaght, R. (2019). Boredom and meaningful activity in adults experiencing homelessness: A mixed methods study. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 1 - 14. Published online Apr. 1.

Wisenthal, A.*, Krupa, T, Kirsh, B. & Lysaght, R. (2019). Insights into cognitive work hardening for return-to-work following depression: Qualitative findings from an intervention study. Work.

Lysaght, R., Krupa, T. & Bouchard, M. (2018). The role of social enterprise in creating work options for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 23(3), 18 - 30.

Gewurtz, R., Kirsh, B., Lahey, P., Lysaght, R., Cook, K. & Wilton, R. (2018). Fear and distrust within the welfare system: the experiences of people with mental illness. Journal of Disability Policy Studies. (Early Online Sept 22).

Lysaght, R., Roy, M., Krupa, T., Rendall, J., Ball, L.* & Davis, J.* (2018). Unpacking the Foundational Dimensions of Work Integration Social Enterprise. Social Enterprise Journal, 14 (1), 60-70.

Roy, M., Lysaght, R. & Krupa, T. (2017). Action on the social determinants of health through social enterprise. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 189 (11).

Marshall, C., Lysaght, R., & Krupa, T. (2017). The experience of occupational engagement of chronically homeless persons in a mid-sized urban context. Journal of Occupational Science, 2(24), 165 – 180.

Krupa, T. & Lysaght, R. (2016). Perspectives on how social business can engender work identity among people with mental illness. Journal of Policy and Practice, 15(1-2):36-57.

Cobigo, V., Lachapelle, Y., Lysaght, R., Martin, L., Ouellette-Kuntz, H. & Stuart, H. (2016). Social inclusion: A proposed framework to inform policy and service outcomes evaluation. Inclusion, 4(4), 226 - 238.

Lysaght, R., Siska, J. & Koenig, O. (2015). International Employment Statistics for People with Intellectual Disability – The Case for Common Metrics. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disability, Special Special Issue on Topics Related to the World Report on Disability, 12 (2), 112-119.

Lysaght, R., Kranenburg, R., Armstrong, C. & Krupa, T. (2015). Participant Recruitment for Studies on Disability and Work – Challenges and Solutions. Journal of Rehabilitation. Early online July 16, pp 1 - 16.

Lysaght, R., Cobigo, V., Petner-Arrey, J. & Oullette-Kuntz, H. (2014). Work Preparation and Participation in Ontario for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities – A Cross-Region Analysis. Journal on Developmental Disability, 20, (2), 34 - 43.

Lysaght, R., Fabrigar, L., Larmour-Trode, S., Stewart, J. & Friesen, M. (2012). Measuring Workplace Social Support for Workers with Disability. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 22 (3), 376 - 386.

Lysaght, R.,Jakobsen, K. & Granhaug, B. (2012). Social Firms: A Means for Building Employment Skills and Community Integration. Work, 41 (4), 455 – 63.

Non-Refereed Publications (i.e. Newsletters, Book Reviews)

Lysaght, R. (2020). Finding social inclusion through inclusive employment. Horizons Magazine (Queen’s Department of Family Medicine), 1, 12 – 14.

Oldfield, M., Gewurtz, R., Tompa, E., Harlos, K., Kirsh, B., Lysaght, R., MacDougall, A., Moll, S., Rueda, S. & Sultan-Taïeb, H. (2018). Improving workplaces to enable people living with mental illness to stay in their jobs. Ontario Occupational Health Nurses Association Journal, 37 (1), 46 – 49.

Books and Book Chapters

Lysaght, R., Krupa, T. & Packalen, K. (2024). From Exclusion to Inclusion – How Work Integration Social Enterprise (WISE) Has Used the Free Market to Foster Workplace Inclusion. In O. Branzei & A. Zeyen (Eds), The Routledge Companion to Disability and Work. London: Taylor & Francis. eBook ISBN 9781003350781

Krupa, T., Lysaght, R. & Roy, M. (2021). Designing Work Integration Social Enterprises that impact the health and well-being of people living with serious mental illnesses: an intervention mapping approach. In M.J. Roy & J. Farmer, Social Enterprise, Health, and Wellbeing - Theory, Methods, and Practice. London: Routledge.

Jakobsen, K., Lysaght, R. & Krupa, T. (2017). Impacts on work participation of people with mental health disability. In A. H. Eide, S. Josephsson & K. Vik (Eds). Participation in Health and Welfare Services Professional Concepts and Lived Experience (pp. 141 - 155). London: Routledge.

Schmitz, C., Lysaght, R., Paterson, M., Lee, M. & Thomas, A. (2017). Establishing Collective Priorities for Occupational Therapy Educational Research in Canada. Occupational Therapy Now, 19 (5).

Lysaght, R. (2016) (Book Review). Statistical methods and reasoning for the clinical sciences. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 83(3), 165.

Lysaght, R. & Krupa, T. (2014) Challenges to Workplace Accommodation of Chronic Health Conditions: Employer Perspectives. In Dale-Stone, S., Crooks, V. & Owen, M. (Eds). Working Bodies: Chronic Illness in the Canadian Workplace.

Lysaght, R. & Cobigo, V. (2013). Enhancing the Quality of Life of Marginalized Populations through Employment. In R. Brown & R. Faragher, Challenges for Quality of Life: Applications in Education and Other Social Contexts. Disability Studies Series. Joav Merrick, MD, Series Editor. Nova Publishers.

Lysaght, R & Shaw, L. (2010). Job analysis: What it is and how it is used. In H Stone, M Blouin, editors. International Encyclopedia of Rehabilitation.

Shaw, L. & Lysaght, R. (2008). Cognitive and behavioural demands of work. In Jacobs, K. (Ed.). Ergonomics for Therapists, 3rd edition, pp 103 - 122.