Melissa Tancredi AN OLYMPIC MEDAL? NOT TOO SHABBY! Congratulations goes to Melissa Tancredi for her role on the Canadian woman’s soc-cer team that took Bronze at the 2012 Sum-mer Olympic Games in London England! Tancredi is also a chiropractic student – she is completing her studies at Logan College of Chiropractic. She has plans to practise in Canada, specializing in working with elite athletes. “I would like to emphasize,” Tancredi told Canadian Chiropractor in an interview featured in the October issue, “that chiro-practic is highly respected and has a very strong impact on athletes in every level of sport. I’m pursuing this field because I be-lieve it is a true honour to be able to posi-tively affect the lives of people through the implementation of a balanced, drug-free, healthy lifestyle.” Thank you to Dr. Anthony Lombardi of Hamilton, Ontario, for submitting this Pinnacle. PROVINCIAL GROUPS AND INTRA-DISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION Three provincial chiropractic associations have come together this year to bring im-Also competing at the Olympics this year was Toronto chiropractor Dr. Josh Binstock. He and his partner, Martin Reader (right), are shown here. portant messaging to the public. The British Columbia Chiropractic As-sociation and WorkSafe BC have teamed up with the Chiropractors Association of Saskatchewan (CAS) and WorkSafe Sas-katchewan as well as with the Manitoba Chiropractic Association, Workplace Safe-ty and Health Division (WSHD), and the Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba (WCB) to extend the impact of the BCCA’s successful Think Twice, Lift Once cam-paign to the public in these provinces. Lori Foster, executive director of the CAS, says, “This unique partnership al-lows provincial chiropractors’ associations, such as the CAS, that could not afford to develop and distribute the advertisement and other materials on our own, to run a highly effective public relations campaign province-wide. Through this partnership the important safety message promoted in the campaign receives wider coverage, and chiropractors, who are portrayed as experts concerned about safety, receive excellent public relations.” MCA president, Dr. John Toth, notes, “The MCA received a tremendous response from both consumers and members. The program also helped to strengthen the re-lationship between the MCA and the WCB as they were able to promote Manitoba Chiropractors as one of their SAFE Mo-mentum partners.” This groundbreaking collaboration amongst provincial chiropractic associa-tions signals a unity within the profession with respect to public messaging. Look for details of this teamwork amongst provinces in the next issue of Canadian Chiropractor! Thanks go to Dr. John Toth of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Lori Foster of Regina, Sas-katchewan, for submitting this Pinnacle. CHIROPRACTIC RESEARCH CHAIRS IN CANADA In 2012, three research professorships came on-stream in Canadian universities. These were at the University of Toronto, McGill University and Queen’s University, and represent a tremendous and unpar-alleled advancement for the profession! All three professorships are funded through partnerships between the Canadian Chiro-practic Research Foundation (CCRF) and the respective universities. The University of Toronto awarded its www.canadianchiropractor.ca CANADIAN CHIROPRACTOR | DECEMBER 2012 • 9
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