Phyllis Carleton, a life time member of the OPA, celebrated her 100th birthday on September 28, 2019 with family and friends. Phyllis graduated from the University of Toronto in Occupational Therapy in 1940, after serving in World War II (WWII). During WWII, she served with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps in England. She [...]
Westgate District members had a blast on November 30th at the District's Dodgeball Fundraising event which took place at the South Common Community Centre in Mississauga. We had 15 participants from the district, and all proceeds raised will be donated to the Physiotherapy Foundation of Canada (PFC) to fund physiotherapy research. Special shoutout to [...]
The Ontario Physiotherapy Association had its annual PHC Connect event on November 8 at the Burlington Family Health Team. PHC Connect is a networking event organized for physiotherapists working in primary health care organizations across Ontario. It has been fascinating through my exposure as a physiotherapist (PT) in primary healthcare to learn how physiotherapists [...]
Physio North is a biannual conference launched in the 1990s to enrich, empower and encourage physiotherapists and physiotherapist assistants working in northern Ontario. This September, we had more than 30 people register for Physio North 2019. Our theme was Maximizing Our Potential. Traditionally, we are a profession that constantly tries to maximize our clients' [...]
This year OPA once again exhibited at the Association of Family Health Teams of Ontario (AFHTO) conference: Health System Integration Built on The Foundation of Team-Based Primary Health Care, which took place September 19-20, 2019. This was the fifth year in a row that OPA exhibited at this particular conference. I had the pleasure [...]
We are very excited to share that digital marketing agency, Phanta Media and the Ontario Physiotherapy Association were awarded a 2019 GOLD Telly Award in the category of ‘Online Commercials – Campaign Promotion’for our #PhysioHelpsLives ‘Pain Face’campaign. The international Telly Awards have been honoring excellence in video and television across all screens since 1979 [...]
I am a registered physiotherapist and I have been working in long-term care (LTC) and geriatric rehabilitation for 13 years. Working with a fragile geriatric population means that at any one time a significant number of my patients have open wounds. I have had many patients whose course in rehab has been greatly affected [...]
By Alison Bonnyman, Secretary, OPA Board of Directors I was very pleased to be a part of the CPA Forum on Promoting Healthy Aging. Admittedly, it took some family persuasion to be away on the July long weekend, but it was worth it. Healthy Aging is a very timely topic both professionally, as we [...]
On June 18, the Quinte-St. Lawrence (QSL) District hosted a panel discussion on ‘Embracing uncertainty, overcoming challenges, and lessons learned’ for ‘soon-to-be graduates of the MScPT program at Queen’s University. This event came about after a discussion with current students and representatives on the QSL District Leadership Team, Sarah Kelly and Josh Nickel, who [...]
On May 31, 2019, McMaster Rehabilitation Sciences hosted their 25th Annual Charity Ball. Every year the McMaster Rehabilitation Sciences Charity Ball Committee organizes a dinner and dancing gala. This committee is comprised solely of students within the Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech Language Pathology programs who collaborate to execute all components of this event. [...]
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