New Logo

The votes are in! This is our new logo. Thanks to all the members who voted and gave their thoughtful opinions. The logo process was lengthy. A creative brief was completed. After the brief the executive were sent a variety of logos from other organizations to view and some concept diagrams. Eventually the present concept was presented. The executive decided to seek more examples and eventually chose three to be shared with the membership. All the logos were professionally done. We thank Kathy and Karl Jaworski for their work on this project and Natalie Bovair and the CPA Communications Department.

Welcome to our new Chair and Executive

It is a great pleasure to announce the new members to our executive.

Heather Branscombe, Chair.

Heather is a practicing clinician, a clinic owner and clinician trainer for a medical device company. She believes this is one of the most exciting times to be practicing in neurosciences and is passionate in sharing her skills, especially with students and new graduates. She is thrilled to be working with a talented and experienced executive.

ZiLi Wang, Co-Editor of Synapse.

ZiLi is a 3rd year student at McGill School of Physical and Occupational Therapy. As the NSA representative for the school, he acts as liaison between CPA and the students, and works to promote the physiotherapy profession. He has been involved in the McGill University Health Centre Division of Clinical Epidemiology as a research assistant, where his work focused on the role of exercise in health. He is joining the NSD this year to help bring fresh perspectives into the newsletter.

Esmé French, Secretary.

Esmé French, a graduate of the McMaster Physiotherapy programme and currently the Regional Stroke Rehabilitation Specialist for the Northwestern Ontario (NWO) Regional Stroke Network. She has 8 years of experience in Neurology and has served many roles on her NWO District Executive for the Ontario Physiotherapy Association, including Secretary. Esmé looks forward to contributing to the exceptional work of the NSD.

Heather, ZiLi and Esme join Sharon Shew, co-editor for Synapse, Karl Jaworski, Vice Chair, Nicole Acerra, Treasurer, Kathleen Norman, DRRC Rep and Laura Klassen, Education Coordinator.

Thanks to retiring executive Angie, Simone and Mary.