Features Continuing Education Education
National Accreditation for MT Education – Bulletin No. 2

A
listing of committee member is as follows. 

From the:

• Canadian Council of Massage
  Therapy Schools –  Randy
  Ellingson;
• Canadian Massage Therapy
  Alliance –  Lori Green;
• College of Massage Therapists
  of BC – Annette Ruitenbeek;
• College of Massage Therapists
  of Newfoundland & Labrador – Samantha Piercey;
• College of Massage Therapists
  of Ontario – Corinne Flitton;
• Massage Therapists’
  Association of BC – Bodhi Haraldsson;
• Newfoundland & Labrador
  Massage Therapists’ Association – Claudette Marie Warren;
• Ontario Council of Private
  Massage Therapy Colleges – Brandy John;
• Ontario Heads of Massage –
  Lori Copeland; and
• Registered Massage
  Therapists’ Association of Ontario – Bryn Sumpton.

The
Committee will meet in Toronto for two days in early June. Its mandate is to
work on behalf of stakeholders to develop a plan for establishing national
accreditation, which will include:
 

• the nature and governance
  structure of the new national accreditation agency;
• proposed national standards,
  policies and procedures for accreditation;
• administrative and support
  needs to operate accreditation;
• identification of further
  work required, and the timeframe necessary, to commence
• accreditation activities
  under the new agency;
• identification of funding needs
  to establish the new agency and to undertake operations
• until accreditation
  activities become self-sustaining on a cost-recovery basis.
  

The
committee looks forward to providing a further update in the weeks ahead.

Communications
for the consultant or the Planning Committee can be
sent by email to MTaccreditation@telus.net.