Ruth is an Occupational Therapist with over 35 years experience working with people of all ages and diagnostic groups in hospital, home, community and employment settings in Canada, Kuwait, and the Caribbean. She earned her Master of Science in Occupational Therapy in May 2002; her post-graduate master’s thesis involved using reflective education to foster an increasingly client-centred practice. She has been working exclusively in the private sector since 2000, providing education and consultation to employers and insurers, and community-based rehabilitation for individual clients throughout Nova Scotia.

Ruth lives in Chester, Nova Scotia, and spends much of her free time in creative activities such as painting, photography and gardening.