UPFRONT | Places and Faces Hall of famer Dr. James (Jamie) Laws, 1979 CMCC graduate, was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Canadian Athletic Therapists Association at its 50th annual conference on May 28, 2016. Laws graduated from York University with a BA, Specialized Honours in Physical Education and Geography in 1973. He was in the first cohort to pass the CAT(C) certification exams in 1975 and, upon graduating from CMCC in 1979, became the first athletic therapist in Canada to also earn a doctor of chiropractic degree. He became a fellow of the Royal College of Chiropractic Sports Sciences in 1981. He is also a founding member of the Acupuncture Council of Ontario. In his chiropractic practice, he suc-cessfully combines his expertise in Bat cracking fun The Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College successfully held its inaugural Bat Crackers fundraising softball tournament on August 28 at Milliken Mills Park in Markham, Ont. The Green Sox team (in lime green shirts), compris-ing of all Year 1 (class of 2020) students, came in first place. The Humber Family Wreckers team took home the best sportsmanship award. athletic therapy and chiropractic to offer specialized care for a very diverse patient base. He is trusted by many Olympic and profession-al athletes as well as dancers from the National Ballet for advice and management of their unique health care needs and to treat and rehabilitate their athletic injuries. Farewell to the president New York Chiropractic College (NYCC) has announced its president Frank Nicchi will retire on August 31, 2017, after 36 years of continued service to the school. Nicchi has been president of NYCC for the last 17 years. Under his leadership, the college evolved from being a single-purpose chiropractic college to a premier institution for educating and training natural health-care professionals and acad-emicians, the school said. Nicchi earned his Baccalaureate degree from St. John’s University (NY) in 1973, his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from NYCC in 1978, and a Master of Science degree in management (with honours) at Roberts Wesleyan College in 2005. He has been a member of the faculty of New York Chiropractic College since 1980, instructing clinical diagnosis and chiropractic technique, and serving as a clinician at the college’s outpatient health center in Levittown. The Succession Committee of the Board of Trustees has been actively involved in the process of identifying a new president to succeed Nicchi. As soon as a selection has been made and approved by the Board of Trustees, an announcement will be made. Bronze for Canada Dr. Melissa Tancredi, who earned her doctorate of chiropractic de-gree from Logan University, is part of the Canadian women’s soccer team who took home the bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro last August. Tancredi made her debut in the Canadian national soccer team in 2004 and has won several medals with the Canadian team since then, includ-ing in two Olympic games – London, 2012 and Rio, 2016. CAC undergoes rebranding The Chiropractic Awareness Council is changing its name and has launched the new Alliance for Chiropractic (AFC). The associa-tion also recently appointed Dr. Craig Hazel as the new president. The board of directors say the AFC is still committed to supporting the public and their membership in understanding the benefits of principled, neurologically-based chiropractic care. Director Dr. Angelo Santin states, “recent re-search in the profession is confirm-ing what we all knew for years, which is the body heals most pro-ficiently when there is less nervous system interference. Therefore we feel it is important for the profes-sion to support proficiency in the examination and adjustment of subluxation and to continue to support further research to under-stand its effect on the human body.” The AFC also launched a brand new website: www.alliance-forchiropractic.com, and will be holding its Fall Conference on November 11 and 12, 2016 at the Weston Bristol Hotel in Toronto. Details on the event can be found at www.allianceforchiro-practic.com/fallcon. Photo: Canada Soccer www.canadianchiropractor.ca October 2016 Canadian Chiropractor 13
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