HOMECOMING 2013 Top: Dr. Moss with CMCC alumnus Dr. Ross Baker, class of 1951 Bottom: Dr. Moss addressing the Homecoming attendees A woman’s perspective All who know her say that Dr. Moss has dedicated her career to developing a chiropractic education system aimed 22 Canadian Chiropractor October 2013 www.canadianchiropractor.ca Photo: Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College possible education to our students so that they can become members of the health-care team. I believe strongly that chiro-practors should be equal members of the health-care team. In order for this to occur, chiropractors must be viewed as being able to contribute to the team – the best way for this to happen is for chiro-practors to work together with other health-care professionals. CMCC has opened a number of doors in this regard.” Dr. Lesley Biggs from the University of Saskatchewan has worked with Dr. Moss on the Commission on Accredita-tion of the Canadian Federation of Chiropractic Regulatory and Educa-tional Accrediting Boards and, more re-cently, as one of two Canadian represent-atives to the Council on Chiropractic Education (International). She states, “I have always admired Dr. Moss’s vision for the chiropractic profession. In the past 20 years, CMCC has been trans-formed from a good chiropractic school to a leader in educating people to not only be good chiropractors, but good health-care practitioners as well. In addi-tion, Dr. Moss initiated the education of chiropractor/PhDs, who have become leading researchers in universities across Canada. These accomplishments are astonishing when you think that it wasn’t that long ago when chiropractors were treated, at best, as second-class practi-tioners in the health-care system.” Allan Freedman, who serves as legal counsel to and instructor at CMCC, adds, “Jean has helped CMCC and the profes-sion to jump through hurdles and climb mountains that a lesser person might well have avoided. She has also added to the integrity and image of the profession as they relate to the advancement of research, the relationships established with other health-care facilities and the establishment of external clinics at hospitals.” President emeritus of York Univer-sity, Dr. Lorna Marsden, and Dr. Jean Moss have worked together on CMCC-related projects in the past. Dr. Marsden notes, “Jean is a great person to work with, sensible in her approach to the wider community and a whiz at engaging citizens in her views.”
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