In a strategic effort to downsize our physical space and make better use of resources, the CKO relocated a new office starting September 10th. Our new address is: Suite 200 – 1881 Yonge St. Toronto, ON M4S 3C4 If you’ve sent any documents to our previous address at 160 Bloor St E., they will be forwarded to our new address. If you have any questions please reach out to info@coko.ca. We look forward to seeing you…

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To help identify learning opportunities and facilitate communication between kinesiologists and CKO, we launched a series of Practice Standard and Guideline surveys in March 2024. The fifth survey was about the Practice Standard – Consent and Practice Guideline – Consent. This survey was published in the June issue of @CKO, the College’s official e-newsletter. We are pleased to provide a report on the survey results. Some of the highlights: In situations where a person is incapable of giving…

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To fulfill our public protection mandate, CKO creates Practice Standards and Guidelines to ensure that kinesiologists provide safe and ethical treatment, care and services to their patients/clients. Kinesiologists must understand and follow these Practice Standards and Guidelines. To help identify learning opportunities and facilitate communication between kinesiologists and CKO, we are continuing this series of surveys regarding Practice Standards and Guidelines. This is the sixth survey in this series, with the intent being to gather…

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To fulfill our public protection mandate, CKO creates Practice Standards and Guidelines to ensure that kinesiologists provide safe and ethical treatment, care and services to their patients/clients. Kinesiologists must understand and follow these Practice Standards and Guidelines. To help identify learning opportunities and facilitate communication between kinesiologists and CKO, we are continuing this series of surveys regarding Practice Standards and Guidelines. Information from the College’s Peer and Practice Assessments suggests that there may be opportunities…

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From July 9- July 16, kinesiologists in Districts 4 & 5 participated in an election to Council. The College would like to congratulate Oluwashindara Isaac-Oloye and Corby Anderson in District 4, and Jane Gage in District 5 on their election to Council for a three-year term.   Oluwashindara, Corby, and Jane join a Council composed of kinesiologists and public members appointed by the Ontario Government. Council is the College’s board of directors that sets the College’s…

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This article is the first of a running series on the College’s Quality Assurance program. Our intent is to shed some light on some of the QA programs that kinesiologists may not know about or be less familiar with. The first, and one of the most important, is the Peer and Practice Assessment (PPA) program.  The goal of the PPA is to promote patient/client safety by ensuring that kinesiologists are providing competent, safe and ethical…

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To fulfill our public protection mandate, CKO creates Practice Standards and Guidelines to ensure that kinesiologists provide safe and ethical treatment, care and services to their patients/clients. Kinesiologists must understand and follow these Practice Standards and Guidelines.   To help identify learning opportunities and facilitate communication between kinesiologists and CKO, CKO is continuing its series of surveys regarding Practice Standards and Guidelines. The third survey of this series is related to Advertising, another frequently arising topic…

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To help identify learning opportunities and facilitate communication between kinesiologists and CKO,  CKO launched a series of Practice Standard and Guideline surveys in March. The second survey was about the Practice Standard – Record Keeping. This survey was published in the May issue of @ CKO, the College’s official e-newsletter.   We are pleased to provide a report on the survey results. Some of the highlights: 100% of kinesiologists who completed the survey correctly responded that records…

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In a strategic effort to downsize our physical space and make better use of resources, the CKO is moving. The CKO’s last in-person day at 160 Bloor St. E was Wednesday, May 29th. The CKO will be closed to visits until September as we transition to the new office space, but will otherwise be fully operational. During our move, if you need to send any documents to 160 Bloor St E., please use regular mail only.…

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To fulfill our public protection mandate, CKO creates Practice Standards and Guidelines to ensure that kinesiologists provide safe and ethical treatment, care and services to their patients/clients. Kinesiologists must understand and follow these Practice Standards and Guidelines. To help identify learning opportunities and facilitate communication between kinesiologists and CKO, CKO is continuing its series of surveys regarding Practice Standards and Guidelines. The third survey of this series is related to Record Keeping, another frequently arising…

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