The Canadian High Commissioner for Australia, Mr Michael Leir, will visit Albury this week to launch a new Canadian publication, Advancing an occupational therapy vision for health, well-being and justice through occupation. The importance of the ground breaking publication, edited by Canadian academics Drs Elizabeth Townsend and Helene Polatajko, will be explained by speakers from Charles Sturt University's (CSU) School of Community Health to occupational therapists from NSW and Victoria. The book launch, starting at 10.30am on Thursday 25 October, will be followed by a seminar for local professionals. CSU academics will take the professionals through the latest thinking on the practice of occupational therapy, concentrating on the Canadian Model of Occupational Performance. The launch and seminar will be held in the Gordon Beavan building boardroom, CSU Albury Wodonga Campus, off Old Sydney Road, Thurgoona.