CKO 2022-2023 Annual Report
We are pleased to announce that CKO’s 2022-2023 Annual Report is now available online! Click here to check it out!
Year: 2023
Council meeting highlights – Dec. 4, 2023
Draft Audited Financial Statements Blair MacKenzie and Usman Paracha from the accounting firm Hilborn LLP provided a high-level overview of CKO’s draft audited financial statements and responded to questions raised by Council members. Council approved the 2022/2023 audited financial statements for circulation and submission to the Ministry of Health. Annual Report To fulfill the requirements set out in the RHPA, 1991, CKO submits an Annual Report to the Ministry of Health at the end of each year. Council…
CKO’s role in Ontario’s health-care system
Every Ontarian has the right to receive safe, ethical and high-quality health care. Patient/client safety is the core in maintaining the quality of care. It is a collective effort and responsibility for every health-care practitioner and organization like the College of Kinesiologists of Ontario (CKO). What is profession-led regulation and CKO? CKO is the regulator for kinesiology practice in Ontario. It is one of 26 health profession regulators in Ontario. Under the Regulated Health Professions Act,…
Leading with respect and an engaged Council
In celebration of 10 years of regulating kinesiologists Jennifer Pereira is the current CKO Council President. She is a professional member who joined Council in 2015 and became the Council President in September 2019. In celebration of CKO’s 10th year of regulating kinesiologists, Jennifer shared her experience of being the Council President and shed light to the importance of teamwork while leading the profession during a global pandemic. 1. What did becoming the Council President…
Practice Advice: Privacy Breach Reporting
Kinesiologists are expected to know and understand their obligations in the event of a privacy breach, including (but not limited to): Notifying the individual whose information has been stolen, lost, used or disclosed inappropriately; Notifying the Information Privacy Commissioner of Ontario when required (refer to section 6.3 under the General Regulation (O.Reg. 329/04) of the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 (PHIPA, 2004)); and Informing the Health Information Custodian at your earliest convenience if the kinesiologist who caused the privacy breach…
Did you know your title is protected?
As a Registered Kinesiologist, you are qualified, competent, and held to a high practice standard. In Ontario, only COKO registrants can practise kinesiology, call themselves “Kinesiologist”, "Registered Kinesiologist" and use the designations “R. Kin” and “R.Kin (Inactive)”. These titles and designation are protected under the Kinesiology Act, 2007. Use of related abbreviations or alternate designations, such as “R. Kin candidate” or “Pending R. Kin”, by non-COKO registrants is a misuse of title and is not permitted.…
Are you on top of your Individual Learning Plans?
As part of a kinesiologist’s Self-Assessment and Continuing Professional Development, you are required to create Individual Learning Plans (ILPs) to keep your skills and knowledge up-to-date. It has been almost one year since the last self-assessment cycle, now it’s time to review your ILPs. Reviewing your ILPs is a great opportunity to: Review the professional development you’ve completed in the past year, Reflect on how it may be applied towards the learning goals you set…
Professionalism and social media
As regulated healthcare professionals in Ontario, kinesiologists must follow the Practice Standards set by CKO to ensure their practice is within scope and their patients/clients receive safe, high-quality care. As social media has become a popular tool for kinesiologists to share helpful information about their practice with patients/clients and the general public, we’d like to remind kinesiologists of CKO’s Practice Standard – Advertising. To help kinesiologists better understand the standard and apply it to their daily practice,…
The inside scoop on regulating kinesiologists
In celebration of our 10 years of regulating kinesiologists As part of recognizing our 10 years of regulating kinesiologists in Ontario, we invited Mary Pat Moore, the President of CKO Council from 2016 to 2018 and the Vice President from 2019 to 2022, to share how her work led CKO to protect the public. Mary Pat Moore was a public Council member who served on Council from 2013 to 2022. What did becoming Council President…
September Council meeting updates
Council President & Vice-President As Council President and some of the committee members have reached their maximum term in September, an election of officers was held at the Sept. 26 Council meeting. After carefully reviewing the ballots, we are thrilled to announce that Benjamin Matthie was elected Council President and Victoria Nicholson was elected Vice-President. Executive Committee Following the election of the President and Vice-President, Council appointed three additional Executive Committee members. They are: Heather…
