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Welcome to the third edition of #30REPS!  As many of you know, CPA is gearing up for its 100th anniversary in 2020. For this reason, we have decided to focus on current, past and future work of the association in three main areas: Advocacy, Professional Practice, and Advancement. The photograph...

Melissa Anderson, PT
  The strength of CPA’s voice comes from our biggest asset - our membership. A national association that represents more than 15,000 physiotherapists, physiotherapist assistants, physical rehabilitation therapists, and physiotherapy students, we depend on our members to...

Tim Paquette
  Today’s learners not only have a wide variety of ways to access professional development, they can also do so 24/7.
  Expectations of learners in present-day society have risen exponentially. They want self-directed learning, available anytime and anywhere.
  Onl...

Margaret McNeely Story…  61-year-old gentleman with oropharyngeal cancer, treated with surgery and radiation therapy. “The surgery and radiation therapy were very important…it was important for them to remove the cancer.  However, I thought I was never going recover, ever be the same again… trea...

Kathy Davidson PT, Chair Steering Committee, Executive Director PEAC, Chantal Lauzon PT, Senior Practice Manager, CPA, Amy Stacey, Past President NPAA
  Some of you may not know that physiotherapist assistants (PTAs) in Canada are more and more frequently educated jointly with occupational ...

Blayne Burrows You are a new graduate. You are working in musculoskeletal practice, and you are looking to build your toolbox for assessing and treating your patients. You are looking to build your clinical reasoning skills and make connections with mentors and colleagues working in musculoskelet...

Melissa Anderson, PT
  Welcome to the third edition of #30REPS! We launched this biennial project back in 2015, with 30 blog articles on the topic of strength training.  Our second edition, in 2017, saw 30 blog posts on issues of fraud, abuse and waste in health care.  Both campaigns were e...

Melissa Anderson, PT
  Having just survived the holidays with my family, the thought of a crowded dinner table comes to mind. Here, there are a lot of voices and a lot of conversations. Sometimes to make yourself heard, you need to speak with a stronger voice.
  Advocacy issues are of...

Tim Paquette and Maggie Bergeron
  When CPA examined options for the development of a new Professional Development Marketplace (PDM) platform, the current conditions for learning needed to be taken into consideration.
  Learning and access to knowledge in today’s world is vastly diffe...

Chantal Lauzon
  CPA started hosting Forums in 2017, following a decision to hold Congress every other year. But what is a Forum? It is a platform for open dialogue, discussion and exchange focused on one topic. In 2017, the theme was leadership. In 2019, the theme is promoting healthy agin...