Contents tagged with advocacy

  • Ontario Budget 2018

    The Ontario Budget was released on March 28, 2018.                                                                     

    Highlights

    Through these increased supports, care providers will be … more

  • Advocacy Update - LHINs, Ministry of Health

    Local Health Integration Networks

    Andrew Lewarne, Executive Director and CEO of the RMTAO, met with representatives from the Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) on March 26, 2018. … more

  • Advocacy Update - Meetings at Queen's Park

    On March 6, 7 and 8, 2018, Andrew Lewarne, Executive Director and CEO of the RMTAO, met with various MPPs, Ministers, Critics, and staffers at Queen's Park to discuss the inclusion of massage therapy … more

  • Advocacy Update - Meeting with John Fraser, MPP

    On February 22, 2018, RMTAO Executive Director Andrew Lewarne met with John Fraser, the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care and the Member of Provincial Parliament … more

  • Advocacy Update - Home Care Ontario

    On February 7th, 2018 Andrew Lewarne, Executive Director and CEO of the RMTAO, met with Sue VanderBent, CEO of Home Care Ontario, to discuss challenges and opportunities in providing home care in … more

  • National Environmental Scan of Massage Therapy

    In 2016, the Canadian Massage Therapist Alliance (CMTA), in the role of a nationwide alliance of Canadian massage therapy associations contracted Monkeytree Creative to conduct an environmental scan … more

  • CMTO Clarification Regarding New Standards

    The CMTO drafted new Standards of Practice relating to Maintaining Professional Boundaries and Preventing Sexual Abuse, which were released by the College on June 6, 2017 for feedback. The Board of … more

  • RMTAO Response to CMTO Standards of Practice

    Download Bill 87, the Protecting Patient Act, was given Royal Assent on May 30, 2017. This act is meant to strengthen the prevention of, and response to, incidents of patient sexual abuse, increase … more