ABOUT US
OUR VISION
Inspiring excellence in massage therapy education
WHAT WE DO
We develop accreditation standards for massage therapy education and accredit massage therapy education programs in Canada. Achieving CMTCA accreditation is a tangible representation of a program’s commitment to quality, safety, and ongoing improvement.
MEET OUR STAFF
KATHRINA LOEFFLER
Executive Director
CHRISTIAN VULPE
General Manager
MEET OUR BOARD
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GORDON
GRIFFITH
Chair
GABRIEL
FLAMMINIO
Vice Chair
VALERIE BROWNE
Board Member
JANIS
LEONARD
Board Member
ROBYNNE
MADILL
Board Member
ANDREW LEWARNE
Board Member
SARA SEXTON
Board Member
IAIN
ROBERTSON
Board Member
GOVERNANCE DOCUMENTS
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OUR HISTORY
CMTCA’s accreditation process is improving the quality of massage therapy education and raising the credibility of the profession and its practitioners. In this complex field, the path to accreditation wasn’t easy, but it was worth the effort.
Massage therapy is regulated by statute in only five provinces: British Columbia, Ontario, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland and Labrador. In other jurisdictions, various professional associations provide processes for voluntary self-regulation for their members.
This variation in standards of education and practice serves neither the profession nor the public well.
Since 2013, CMTCA has grown into a strong and effective accrediting body. We work closely with our stakeholders to strengthen the accreditation process, improve the quality of massage therapy education, and raise the profile of the massage therapy profession in Canada.
2009
Massage therapy regulators began to develop entry-to-practice inter-jurisdictional practice competencies and performance indicators for massage therapy education.
SUSTAINABLE FUNDING
Securing sustainable funding for the accreditation process has been an ongoing challenge for CMTCA and its stakeholders.
Early in 2019, the board made the difficult decision to suspend accreditation services in provinces where the provincial association(s) or regulator was unable to provide financial support. Since then, regulators in four provinces—British Columbia, Ontario, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland and Labrador—have signed multi-year agreements to provide sustainable financial support.
When the decision was made, education programs with open accreditation applications from any province continued to have the option to work toward accreditation. However, since March 2019, CMTCA has only been accepting new applications from programs in British Columbia, Ontario, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland and Labrador. We continue to work with the other provinces so we can once again offer accreditation services across Canada, and re-build a truly national accreditation process for massage therapy education, as per the original vision that brought CMTCA into being.