Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: November 4, 2009
• Invested on: November 17, 2010

Carol Richards is a pioneer in the field of physiotherapy. She is a professor in the Department of Rehabilitation at UniversitÚ Laval, and is its research chair in cerebral palsy. She is renowned for her research on locomotor disabilities in adults and children, and established one of the first laboratories in Canada for evaluating human motor skills. As an early advocate of interdisciplinary research in rehabilitation in Canada, she was instrumental in establishing the Quebec Rehabilitation Research Network and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration.