Music therapy is a discipline in which credentialed professionals (MTA*) use music purposefully within therapeutic relationships to support development, health, and well-being. Music therapists use music safely and ethically to address human needs within cognitive, communicative, emotional, musical, physical, social, and spiritual domains.
International Women’s Day is celebrated annually on March 8th, and creates awareness around gender-based inequality, reproductive rights, and violence against women.
IWD started from the labour movement in the early 20th century, and therefore it seemed appropriate to celebrate the amazing work women do within MAHCP.
All day we will be posting write-ups and nominations submitted by members who wanted to recognize their amazing co-workers on this special day.
Once a year, a special day is dedicated to dietitians across Canada. It celebrates dietitians as regulated health care professionals, committed to using their specialized knowledge and skills to translate the science of nutrition into terms everyone can understand to unlock food’s potential and support healthy living for all Canadians.
March 20, 2019 will mark the tenth year of celebrating Dietitians Day in Canada. It will shine the spotlight on the profession and remind us that dietitians are the trusted choice for reliable life-changing food and nutrition advice.
Dietitians Day helps raise the profile of all dietitians and encourages and attracts others to this profession to help shape the future of eating and healthy living for all Canadians.
It’s National Medical Laboratory Week. Let’s hear it for the health care professionals who work behind the scenes to help diagnose everything from cancer to diabetes to COVID-19. On April 15th, the city “Winnipeg” sign at The Forks will be lit up in the colour indigo to celebrate! Thank you for all the incredible work YOU do!
The National Day of Mourning is observed in Canada on 28 April. It commemorates workers who have been killed, injured or suffered illness due to workplace related hazards and incidents.
Click here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Day_of_Mourning_(Canadian_observance) to read about the history of the National Day of Mourning and visit Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety http://www.ccohs.ca/events/mourning/ for more information.
