ARTICULATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN CMCC AND UOIT A new articulation agreement between the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC) and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) will enable qualified students to complete a Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours) in Kinesiology degree and a Doctor of Chiropractic degree in seven years, instead of eight. “We are delighted to partner with UOIT on this initiative, which expands opportunities for students in Ontario,” says CMCC President Dr. Jean Moss. “This articulation agreement will benefit our students who will be able to meet the requirements for both degrees, while fast tracking their education towards becoming a doctor of chiropractic. It will also allow the two institutions to collaborate and benefit from each others’ strengths.” “UOIT and CMCC share a commitment to innovation in education,” said UOIT President Tim McTiernan, PhD. “This accelerated pathway will enable our students to further their education in less time so they can take an active role in helping others. In addition, cross appointments between our two institutions will enable the sharing of expertise and knowledge resources, allowing us to fully leverage the academic excellence resident at both institutions.” UOIT delivers a leading-edge learning environment that uniquely combines academic knowledge, research opportunities, hands-on skills and a vibrant student life. More than 8,400 undergraduate and graduate students are taught by world-class professors who are experts in their field. Ontario’s first laptop-based university, UOIT offers a diverse array of challenging undergraduate and graduate degree programs through the faculties of Business and Information Technology; Education; Energy Systems and Nuclear Science; Engineering and Applied Science; Health Sciences; Science; and Social Science and Humanities. UOIT’s commitment to research excellence and innovation has resulted in millions of dollars in grants and awards, including five prestigious Canada Research Chairs, with another four in development, and six industrial research chairs. As part of the agreement, members of the CMCC faculty will begin teaching in two new UOIT anatomy courses during the third year of the kinesiology program, providing opportunity for UOIT students to familiarize themselves with CMCC’s campus and to gain experience in its modern anatomy laboratory. “I’m very glad CMCC and UOIT have come together to provide such an opportunity,” says Jide Busari, a Year I student at CMCC who earned his Bachelor of Health Sciences at UOIT. “I’ve always wanted to become a health professional. This agreement will help make that dream more accessible for students like me.” Acceptance into the CMCC-UOIT Bridging Program will begin in September 2012. For more information about UOIT, please visit www.uoit.ca. For CMCC, please visit www.cmcc.ca CLASS IV LASER THERAPY, PART II Look for Part II of Dr. Ron Nusbaum’s informative article on Class IV Laser Therapy in the May 2012 Issue of Canadian Chiropractor! CHIROPRACTIC UNDER THE AFRICAN SUN The World Federation of Chiropractic’s 12th Biennial Congress is to be held in the beautiful, Oceanside city of Durban, South Africa from April 10-13, 2013 in just over one year’s time. An outstanding academic and social program, details of which are already at www.wfc.org/congress2013, awaits chiropractors from throughout the world. Titled Chiropractic Under the African Sun, and hosted by the Chiropractic Association of South Africa, the Congress offers something for everyone. Your interest may be technique workshops, hearing from international experts on current clinical or research developments, meeting with colleagues from around the world, travel or going on safari amid the majestic scenery and game parks of South Africa. It is all there. For those wanting to strengthen their clinical skills there are heavily discounted two-day pre-Congress seminars given by international leaders in their fields such as Dr Lindsay Rowe (Australia – imaging), Dr Joyce Miller (UK– pediatrics), Dr Chris Colloca (US – instrument adjusting), Dr Tom Hyde (US - FAKTR) and Dr Kevin Jardine (Canada -taping and rehabilitation). The meeting features morning plenary sessions with lectures, then afternoon concurrent sessions where you choose your preferred workshop and subject, and lecturer. Morning lectures range from emerging clinical prediction rules (Dr Alan Breen, Anglo European College of Chiropractic) and technologies for assessing spinal motion in chiropractic practice (Dr Greg Kawchuk, University of Alberta,Canada) to the roles of nutrition, exercise and philosophy. David Barnes PhD, MBA, formerly of the University of Wisconsin, a Presidential Award winner as one of the top 60 young scientists in the US, and since 2004 Director of Research at whole foods supplement manufacturer Standard Process, is the speaker on nutrition. Dr. Barnes has over 40 peer-reviewed journal articles on subjects such as protein metabolism, nutrient availability and pollutant toxicity and will give truly informed and reliable advice in his lecture on Evidence-Based Nutrition and Musculoskeletal Health. Social events include a Thursday African Night, a Friday Welcome Beach Party for free, sponsored and hosted by the City of Durban, and the WFC’s Silver Anniversary Banquet and Dance on Saturday celebrating the 25th anniversary of the founding of the WFC in 1988. So makes plans now - this is your chance-of-a-lifetime to travel to Durban and South Africa. INTERNATIONAL ACUPUNCTURE CONFERENCE IN TORONTO The Canadian Contemporary Acupuncture Association (CCAA) would like to remind Dcs of its first international, interdisciplinary meeting to be held from May 3-6, 2012 at the Sheraton Centre Hotel in Toronto, Ontario. This event is organized by the CCAA, a unique professional, interdisciplinary association that is devoted to the dissemination of the very successful contemporary neurofunctional model for acupuncture as taught at the McMaster Contemporary Medical Acupuncture Program. The meeting, titled “Contemporary Acupuncture Integration into Today’s Health Care”, will bring together the world’s experts in the research and developing practices that have been seminal in establishing an effective and safe neurofunctional acupuncture model. The objectives of the conference are to apply the most effective strategies for integrating contemporary acupuncture into clinical practice based on up-to-date research and personal clinical experience. Participation of prominent educators and proponents of the neurofunctional acupuncture model has already been secured with names such as Dr. Thomas Lundeberg from Sweden, Dr. Mike Cummings from England, and Dr. Claudio Couto from Brazil. Canadian experts will include Dr. Elorriaga, Dr. Ohson, Dr. Fargas-Babjak, a list of chiropractors including Dr. Mike Prebeg and Dr. David Salanki, and RMT, Chris O’Connor. Some of the presenters’ bios are as follows: • Thomas Lundeberg, MD, PhD -- Dr. Lundeberg is a researcher at the Department of Physiology II, Karolinska Institute Stockholm, Sweden; • Cláudio Couto, MD, Msc -- Dr. Couto is the Percutaneous Peripheral Neuromodulation in Rehabilitation Coordinator of the Pain Clinic in Porto Alegre RS, Brazil, Director of the Research Group in Neurofunctional Acupuncture of Porto Alegre (GEANF) and a member of the Research Group in Pain and Neuromodulation, HCPA/UFRGS; • Alejandro Elorriaga Claraco, MD -- Dr. Elorriaga is a Sports Medicine Specialist from Spain who is currently Program Director and Senior Lecturer at the McMaster Contemporary Medical Acupuncture Program, as well as an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Anesthesia at McMaster University. The target audience for the event includes, but is not limited to, Mds, Dcs, RMTs, Dos, Nds, licensed acupuncturists, Pts, athletic therapists, Rns and Ots. This exciting event will see the culmination of almost a decade and a half of work by the McMaster Contemporary Medical Acupuncture Program devoted to the expansion and integration of a 100 per cent neurofunctional acupuncture model. For more information on this conference, including registration details and a comprehensive brochure containing the schedule of presentations and presenter bios, please visit http://fhs.mcmaster.ca/conted/documents/CCAA_Brochure_ 2011_web.pdf or contact Angela Silla at 905-525- 9140 ext. 26327.