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…

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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,…

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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…

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CKO held our 2023 fall Entry-to-Practice Exam on Sept. 20, where we welcomed 283 applicants. To protect the public in Ontario, CKO’s Entry-to-Practice Exam tests applicants’ knowledge and understanding of kinesiology and professional practice. The exam is an essential step in the registration process that helps validate applicants’ competencies to practise kinesiology in Ontario. There are two exams held every year – one in April and one in September. Since April 2022, CKO has been…

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As the regulator for kinesiology in Ontario, CKO sets the minimum standards that all kinesiologists must follow when practising kinesiology. We also develop Practice Guidelines and share practice advice to help kinesiologists better understand the expectations and adhere to CKO’s Practice Standards. Over the past few months, we’ve received an increasing amount of inquiries about the Record Keeping Practice Standard – we’ve developed a scenario to help guide you and refresh your memory: Scenario: A kinesiologist is involved in…

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In celebration of our 10 years of regulating kinesiologists Conny Glenn was the President of the Transitional Council of the College of Kinesiologists of Ontario (CKO) from 2009 to 2013, and became the Inaugural President of CKO upon it’s proclamation on April 1, 2013. She oversaw the development of the regulations, standards and guidelines that established the foundation of the College. As a kinesiologist herself, Conny shared how her professional experience helped her pave the…

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Council guides CKO and ensures it fulfills its legislated mandate by setting CKO’s strategic and policy direction and making decisions that protect the public interest. Council consists of 10 kinesiologists from across the province and six to eight public members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor. An election will be called when there’s a vacancy on Council. This year, kinesiologists in Districts 2, 3 and 6 had the opportunity to nominate themselves or their colleague from…

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Last December, CKO invited registrants to participate in various stages of the Competency Profile Revalidation, an essential step in updating the Kinesiologist Core Competency Profile. The competency profile provides the foundation for the development of CKO entry-to-practice examination and sets out the basis for registrants’ self-assessment, practice standards and the standards for professional conduct. It also helps to shape continuing professional development requirements and identify opportunities that improve the practice of kinesiology in Ontario. To date, key…

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From Sept. 1 to Oct. 31, the revised Prevention of Sexual Abuse e-learning module and Professionalism and Ethics e-learning module will be available on your e-learning portal. All kinesiologists registered in the General Class and who have not yet completed these mandatory e-learning modules must do so between Sept. 1 and October 31, 2023. Members required to complete the modules will be notified via email when the portal is open – please make sure we have…

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CKO is launching our new Quality Assurance initiative, Peer Circles, this fall. As a voluntary program, Peer Circles helps improve the practice of kinesiology through facilitator-guided peer learning and discussions. Why join Peer Circles? As a participant, you will: Learn and develop professional skills with fellow kinesiologists while growing your professional network; Share experience and discuss issues relevant to your practice confidentially in a small, safe and virtual environment; and Receive guidance from a trained facilitator…

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