TIME-LAPSE: SNAPSHOT OF 100 YEARS 1917 – Alberta Chiropractic Association was established 1923 – Passage of the Chiropractic Act in Alberta 1952 – BJ Palmer attended the Western Canadian Chiropractic Convention held at the MacDonald Hotel in Edmonton 1954 – First annual meeting of the Dominion Council of Canadian Chiropractors (now the CCA), where Dr. Harold Russell of Alberta was chosen as its first chairman 2001 – Dr. Greg Kawchuk received Canada’s first Chiropractic Research Chair, a five-year position at the University of Calgary 2005 – Medical specialists granted chiropractic referral fees through the Alberta Medical Association’s Schedule of Medical Benefits 2008 – Straighten Up Alberta campaign was officially launched 2016 -Two-thirds of Albertans (65 per cent) reported they have received treatment from a chiropractor in the past, reaffirming mainstream acceptance and previous statistics supporting the ACAC’s marketing message that more than half of Albertans have been to a chiropractor Dr. Elaine Screaton acknowledges the challenges chiroprac-tors face in practice today is “nowhere near what the older practitioners have gone through.” “Back in those days they could have been arrested for practicing chiropractic and to me that is not something I have ever had to consider or worry about. “Today in some ways we take for granted just how far we’ve come because we do work more closely with medical doctors and medical doctors would openly refer patients to us,” says Screaton, who currently practices as an associate at Synergea Family Health Centre in Calgary. Kuruliak has some advice for his younger counterparts in the profession: patients first. “Look at helping your patients first and foremost,” he explains. “If you help them, they’ll be happy, you’ll have a happy practice because patients will refer and everybody will be satisfied.” As for Bowman, who saw great value in engaging with the professional community, he tells younger DCs to “get out out there and mix with other people.” Other than that, Bowman feels the chiropractic profession has a bright future. “When I look at tonight,” Bowman says during the Cen-tennial Gala event, “I think it’s in good hands.” www.canadianchiropractor.ca CC_MatrixHalf_JulyAug17_CSA.indd 1 July 2017 Canadian Chiropractor 19 2017-06-26 9:20 AM
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