Primary Contact Spring 2022

PRIMARY CONTACTSPRING 2022 • Volume 60 • Issue No. 2

Original Rita-Anne Piquet Paintings for Auction

Retiring from Practice

Updates on Awards, Partnerships and Opportunities

A publication from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College for alumni, members and friends

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FROM THE PRESIDENT

SELF-REFLECTION – ASSESSMENT - IMPROVEMENT

As I write this, we have passed the two-year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic and Ontario

may be entering a sixth wave of infection. But despite this, I am optimistic that 2022 is going to showcase our collective ability to overcome obstacles and move ahead even stronger than ever. Certainly, the events over the past two years have demonstrated CMCC’s resilience, eagerness to take on challenges, and willingness to acknowledge opportunities for improvement and turn those into strategies for making progress.

Two years ago, I wrote about CMCC having applied for accreditation by the Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE) in the USA. There are five CCEs operating around the world, accrediting more than 50 Doctor of Chiropractic degree programs.

CMCC has long been accredited by the CCEC (Canada) and our graduates are often welcomed to apply for licensure in jurisdictions outside of Canada. But the US doesn’t have the same labour mobility protections for regulated professionals as does Canada, so there are still many states in which our graduates couldn’t practice because of eligibility requirements that include a mandate that the applicant be a graduate of a CCE (US) accredited program. Because today’s students are much more likely to want to practice a portion of their career in a different country than past generations, CMCC wanted to reduce the barriers for licensure in the US. Hence, our Board of Governors authorized CMCC

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STEVE ZOLTAI, COLLECTIONS DEVELOPMENT LIBRARIAN, RETIRES AFTER 21 YEARS AT CMCC

Sadly, we say goodbye to Steve Zoltai, librarian, counsellor and friend to so many of us at CMCC. We have fed on his sardonic wit, admired his collection of CMCC memorabilia and gazed longingly out his floor to ceiling window while he provided answers to even the most obscure questions.

Steve is a gifted writer and has provided us many treasures through his articles in Canadian Chiropractor (definitely worth a search) and has been at the helm of the CMCC Library’s near famous Instagram feed.

With his absence, CMCC loses its development librarian and 21 years of CMCC secrets.

Dr. Natalia Tukhareli, Director of Library Services, shares some thoughts on Steve’s professional contributions:

Steve came to CMCC in January 2001. Over the years, he has played an instrumental role in developing and revitalizing the library’s print and electronic collections and improving

Steve at home with his cat, Blue.

the accessibility and discoverability of library e-resources. Among his many accomplishments are the development of the library’s portal to electronic resources on the CMCC website, transition of the library’s content to the new Learning Management System (KIRO.2), and creation of our feature LibGuides on Anatomy, Neurology, Radiology

and Orthopaedics. As a professional archivist, he did an outstanding job in developing and organizing our archival collection, helping to make previously hard-to-find content accessible to multiple user groups.

These achievements are the best testimony to Steve’s expertise, creativity, strategic thinking,

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RETIRING FROMPRACTICE

Primary Contact speaks to four alumni who have sold their practices in the past five years, asking about the mechanics, the transactions, their considerations and the impact of closing doors on a practice they have long held.

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Paris Parallax by Rita-Anne Piquet

Excerpt from Echoes in the Studio

A poem by Gill Alkin

an anecdote takes you back to when you were eleven years old

still in your school uniform, bright and eager to paint,

paint on a canvas, an easel you could call your own

those Friday afternoon classes with Miss Deese Dorrins

paint brush dripping wet paint, drying in the soft September light

struck with the thirst of learning and abandon.

fighting with your demons, your epicentre,

standing-up or on the edge of your seat, large tapping feet

with the vermillion scrunched tube of paint in your hands

an outline for your own mortality reflected in the studio window.

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ORIGINAL RITA-ANNE PIQUET PAINTINGS AVAILABLE THROUGH UPCOMING CMCC

AUCTION

CONTRIBUTED BY GILL ALKIN

Sharing the joy of her lifework, Gill Alkin will donate paintings from his late partner, artist Rita-Anne Piquet, to benefit students at CMCC.

Knowing that Rita-Anne and I both shared a commitment to giving back, it seems appropriate to donate a body of paintings for sale from my late partner, Canadian artist Rita-Anne Piquet, to benefit student programs at CMCC. I was further moved to make this donation after receiving care at CMCC, as a result of an intense injury, a posterior shoulder dislocation with fracture

of the proximal humerus. I had a complicated surgery involving 10 pins and a plate. Initially, I underwent eight weeks of physiotherapy but soon realized that the healing process had plateaued.

Being a commercial photographer, my livelihood is dependent on full use of both shoulders, so the injury was of great concern. I came to CMCC at the suggestion of my good friend David Coleman, Director of Alumni Relations.

After an initial assessment at the campus clinic, Dr. Chris De Graauw referred me to CMCC’s satellite clinic at Riverdale Health Centre, near my neighbourhood. The treatment there was under the supervision of Dr. Glen Harris. I was encouraged by the prospect of regaining 75 to 80% mobility in my shoulder.

Turkey Hill by Rita-Anne Piquet

The program was a combination of treatment in-clinic and a regimen of exercises at home. They emphasized the importance of my own role in recovery. The goals were laid out clearly. The interns had a genuine desire to help, showing empathy and professionalism.

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RESPONDING TO THE OPIOID CRISIS: THE ROLE OF CHIROPRACTIC IN OPIOID USE REDUCTION

A new online course

"From March 2020 to April 2021, there were over 6,900 apparent opioid toxicity deaths in Canada and over 75,600 in the United States, the highest annual toll on record" (Government of Canada, 2021; CDC, 2021).

The Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC) and the Ontario Chiropractic Association (OCA) have developed a new online course designed to help practitioners safeguard patients’ health and foster collaboration with medical professionals in managing, reducing, or eliminating opioid dependency. Interactive simulations and learning assessments are used in the four chapters of the course:

1. Chiropractic and Pain Management2. Opioid Facts3. Performing Case Outreach with Other Health Professionals4. Communicating with Other Health Professionals

This new online educational resource will help chiropractors increase their competency in case outreach, facilitate communication with other healthcare professionals, and provide quality care to patients who suffer from chronic pain.

Continuing Education

Division of Continuing Education

Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College 6100 Leslie Street, Toronto, ON Canada M2H 3J1

ce@cmcc.ca

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