2023-2024
Annual Report
(April 1, 2023 – March 31, 2024)
Territorial Acknowledgement
We acknowledge the land our office is on is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We also acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit.
We are honouring these lands as part of a deeper commitment to Indigenous communities in Ontario. As provincial
health regulators, we have a large role to play in reconciliation to meet the broader goal of public protection.
Our Work
As the regulator for physiotherapists in Ontario, we set standards and develop programs to ensure that physiotherapists practice in the best interest of the public.
Every patient should have access to safe, competent and ethical physiotherapy care.
We work to protect the rights of patients by supporting over 11,000 physiotherapists across the province to continually improve their practice.
How We Protect the Public
Physiotherapists must be registered with the College and have
appropriate qualifications to practice in Ontario.
How We Protect the Public
Inspiring Confidence in the Profession
Helping patients make informed decisions about their care
We keep an up-to-date list of all physiotherapists in the province called the Public Register. The Public Register includes important details to help the public make informed decisions, including a physiotherapist’s education, professional conduct history and specialized areas of practice.
Ensuring quality physiotherapy care
We set the standards that physiotherapists must follow and make sure they are committed to their ongoing learning and development.
We consider all complaints or concerns about physiotherapists. In some cases, we may take further action to help ensure the physiotherapist is practicing safely, ethically and in accordance with the standards.
Investigating concerns and taking appropriate action when necessary
Strategic Plan
The College of Physiotherapists of Ontario’s 2022 – 2026 strategic plan provides the guidance that enables us to take our vision, mission and mandate, and anchor our work accordingly. It breaks down the big picture into more measurable and actionable objectives to be undertaken and gives us a timeframe within which to complete them.
Strategic Plan
Mission, Vision & Values
Strategic Plan
Strategic plan
current plan
Approved by Council (now Board) in March of 2022, the current plan sets out the College’s strategic priorities for 2022 – 2026 with six areas
of focus:
- Regulation and Risk
- Engagement and Partnerships
- People and Culture
- Performance and Accountability
- Focus on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
- Modernize Governance Practices
accomplishments
As we are now halfway through the plan, it’s a great time to take stock of what we have accomplished so far during these first two years. A big thank you for the continued dedication of our staff, support from our Council (now Board), and engagement from our partners that make these accomplishments possible.
As we look towards the next two years, we are excited to build on our progress and continue the momentum.
As always, we look
forward to engaging with physiotherapists, patients, the public and system partners as we think about our future strategic vision and priorities. We hope to hear from all of you as we undertake that process.
looking ahead
Highlights
from April 2022 – March 2024
Regulation and Risk
Engagement and Partnerships
People and Culture
Performance and Accountability
FOCUS ON EDI
Improve Governance
Regulation and Risk
Effectively regulate the physiotherapy profession in Ontario and advance its statutory work through a risk-based approach.
Ensuring a smooth pathway to licensure:
During interruptions to the availability of the national clinical exam, the College implemented an exam exemption policy as a temporary measure, while we worked to set up the Ontario Clinical Exam, which is now successfully running four times per year.
Supporting successful transition to practice:
The College released a series of six e-learning modules, covering topics
helpful for physiotherapists who are new to practice in Ontario. We have also conducted research to learn more about what supports would be helpful to internationally educated physiotherapists.
Modernizing standards:
The College is undergoing a multi-year process to adopt updated national standards and Code of Ethical Conduct, and develop new standards that address equity and inclusivity in care. These efforts will increase consistency
of expectations across Canada and support labour mobility within the provinces. As of March 2024, the first two groups (of five) of standards
and the Code of Ethical Conduct have been approved for consultation.
Highlights
Engagement and PartnershipS
Collaborate, partner and engage with the public, profession and other system partners in a clear, transparent and timely manner to enhance trust and credibility.
Engaging with the profession: The College maintains ongoing relationships with the Canadian and Ontario Physiotherapy Associations to collaborate on shared objectives and to understand the perspective of the profession. College representatives also attend conferences to engage with physiotherapists directly.
Supporting current and future PTs: The College regularly conducts workshops with Ontario PT students on topics such as professional regulation, boundaries and business practices, and hosts webinars to support exam candidates. We created a new learning module to help PTs incorporate patient-centred communication strategies in care and have Practice Advisors available to provide ongoing support and resources directly to PTs on various topics.
Working with system partners: The College has worked closely with the Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators (CAPR) as they pursue a transformation of their evaluation services, including having representatives on their Board and committees. We continue to have regular contact with the Ministry of Health to work on shared priorities, collaborate with other health regulators in Ontario and engage with the academic community and PT employers.
Engaging with patients and the public: The College has continued collaboration with the Citizens Advisory Group to incorporate the patient and public perspective into our work, most recently on topics such as effective communication and engagement with regulators, and consultation on new standards.
Highlights
People and Culture
Promote a collaborative environment and a culture based on equity, diversity and inclusion principles while ensuring staff and Council have the resources they need to do their
best work.
Supporting organizational growth: The College completed an organizational review and implemented a restructuring to allow our operations to become more nimble and scalable as the needs of the organization change.
Fostering a positive, equitable and fair workplace: The College conducted a psychological health and safety assessment for staff and identified areas of strength and opportunities for improvements. We also implemented a new performance management framework and created templates to support the recruitment process to promote consistency and fairness in those processes.
Supporting and investing in our people: The College has built up the strategic capacity of staff by orienting everyone to the strategic plan and engaging with them in the annual operational planning activity.
Highlights
Performance and Accountability
Implement strong corporate and governance structures and systems that include effective data, technology and processes to enable informed decision-making and progressive corporate performance to extend the College’s work and impact.
Strengthening security of our IT systems: The College completed an internal IT audit to identify vulnerabilities in our infrastructure as well as an external cybersecurity audit, and we have implemented a number of changes, including a transition of the College’s
IT systems to the cloud and decommission of on-premises servers.
Continual enhancements to technology systems: The College continues to make enhancements to our registrant database to increase efficiency, making use of automation and bringing more services online through the PT Portal.
Formalizing risk management: The College has developed an enterprise risk management framework and policy. Work is now underway to implement the framework through the development of a risk registry and procedures to
continually monitor, respond to and report on organizational risks.
Continuous quality improvement: Changes were implemented in the professional conduct area to improve the timeliness of investigations and Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee decision-making, such as increasing the level of Committee resources and using a different approach to assign cases to investigators. There has also been a focused effort to address areas of improvement from the College Performance Measurement Framework (CPMF), leading to a significant improvement of our performance. In 2022, the College fully met 28 of the 50 performance measures
in the CPMF. In 2023, we fully met 48 of them. The organization has also embraced
a continuous improvement mindset where we will continue to identify
and implement improvements throughout the organization.
Highlights
Focus on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)
Embrace a culture where
an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion lens is intentionally incorporated into all levels of decision making at the College.
Incremental EDI initiatives: Since 2022, the College has implemented a wide range
of EDI initiatives that touch on all areas of our work, which were highlighted in the
first EDI report. Additional EDI initiatives have been identified for 2024–2025
to build on our progress.
Self-assessment and future strategy: The College conducted an organization-level EDI self-assessment that led to the development of an organizational EDI strategy that will guide future work to incorporate EDI principles into all aspects of the College’s work.
Increasing accessibility: The College has made organization-wide efforts to make our services and communications more accessible, such as writing decisions in plainer language, making the Ontario Clinical Exam, associated resources and other materials available in French, having bilingual speakers on staff, and increasing opportunities for individuals to identify what they need to meaningfully participate in our processes.
Highlights
Improve Governance
Based on Government Direction and Best Practices
Create a governance framework which meets or exceeds industry standards as assessed against our regulatory peers.
External review:
The College completed a third-party independent assessment of our governance practices and policies.
Modernizing governance practices:
The College is in the process of working with the Council (now Board) to explore the recommendations to modernize our governance practices. Changes to date include the adoption of a competency profile and self-assessment process for the Council election and committee appointments processes, modernizing governance terminology and implementing a new meeting guideline for Council meetings.
Highlights
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is a foundational pillar in our strategic plan, and our EDI initiatives are connected to our mission, vision and values.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
While we’re proud of the work we’ve accomplished so far, we recognize that we’re only getting started and that there is much more to do. In the coming year, we look forward to moving closer to our overarching goal by continuing to implement various initiatives and processes that enable us to further our guiding
EDI principles.
This year we worked to establish a solid foundation for our ongoing EDI work. We did this by:
Setting up an EDI staff working group in July 2023 whose goal is to initiate and track various EDI-related projects and processes.
Completing a self-assessment in the fall of 2023 to gain a better understanding of our current state and identify areas of improvement.
Publishing the College’s first EDI report that provides a comprehensive overview of our achievements to date and our plans for the future (available on our website, www.collegept.org).
Supporting the work of the Health Profession Regulators of Ontario (HPRO). This includes review of existing policies, consulting with the HPRO Anti-Racism in Health Regulation project and using HPRO’s EDI assessment toolkit when conducting our organizational self-assessment.
CPMF 2023: Summary
The College Performance Measurement Framework (CPMF)
The College Performance Measurement Framework (CPMF) is a reporting tool developed by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with experts and regulatory colleges. The tool was developed to help health regulatory colleges demonstrate their performance as regulators to stakeholders. It is meant to support continuous improvement in regulators’ practices.
The report is organized into seven measurement domains. In six of the seven domains, the Ministry has identified a series of performance expectations against which colleges will self-assess their performance. There is no “mark” associated with this report. Instead, colleges are encouraged to identify improvement activities in areas where they do not fully meet the performance expectation.
The College has completed the fourth annual CPMF report about our performance in 2023. We made great strides in our performance against the expectations set out in the CPMF tool in 2023.
CPMF 2023: Summary
There are 50 items in the report for which there is a performance expectation. In 2022, the College fully met 28 of the performance expectations. In 2023, 48 were fully met. This improvement stems from an organization-wide effort to identify the minimum actions necessary to satisfy each performance expectation and to implement those changes within the year.
Within the report there are eight measures deemed to be highly important (called benchmarked evidence). In 2022, the College fully met only three of the eight. In 2023, all eight are now fully satisfied.
The two outstanding areas for improvement are around our processes for managing conflicts
of interest and ensuring that our policies, guidelines and standards promote Diversity, Equity,
and Inclusion (DEI). We have identified improvement actions for both items in 2024.
CPMF 2023: Summary
In the report, we also highlight our ongoing engagement with system partners and stakeholders to align oversight of the physiotherapy profession and to respond to changing public and societal expectations. In 2023, we continued to work with key partners such as the Ministry of Health,
other health regulatory colleges in Ontario, the Citizen Advisory Group, and more.
In 2023, the College continued to contribute to a coordinated national approach to regulating physiotherapists through collaboration with our system partners. We participated in a project
with other provincial regulators to update a set of national core standards for physiotherapists.
We also contributed to discussions at the Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators (CAPR)
to re-envision their evaluation services.
The College will continue to hold ourselves accountable for our performance against the
CPMF standards. We will strive to fully meet all performance expectations in 2024 and
continue to pursue ongoing improvement in all areas.
Nitin Madhvani
Council President
Message from the Council President
This past year has been a series of firsts: the first full year with our new Registrar and CEO, Craig Roxborough, our first report on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) practices, and our first year with a public appointee as Council President (now Board Chair), to name a few.
I am filled with gratitude and proud of what the College has been able to accomplish in
pursuit of our strategic priorities set in 2022, including:
- advancing our efforts in EDI through a meaningful shift to what we can do to improve how our work protects the public, Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples alike,
- incorporating real life stories from those trying to access care in remote Northern communities and the commitment of the physiotherapists in those communities to addressing gaps,
- applying principles of compassionate, trauma-informed regulation,
- achieving financial stability,
- fostering a work environment and culture that attracts and retains top talent, and
- investing in the systems and processes to keep data at the forefront of the College’s work.
Message from the Council President
This past year also marked a shift to be more visible and engage with our communities at large; I have gained much insight from speaking with physiotherapists, students, various system partners and the public through webinars and in-person events. Our mandate to protect the public interest must include active collaboration with the profession, academia and other system partners vested in delivering high quality care to Ontarians.
Thank you to the College staff, my fellow Council members and those who serve on our various committees; you are all essential to keeping the wheels of self-regulation turning. I look forward to working with you all this year as we continue to protect the public interest by ensuring physiotherapists provide competent, safe and ethical care.
Craig Roxborough
Registrar & CEO
Message from the Registrar & CEO
Since joining the College in May of 2023, I have been consistently impressed by the passion of physiotherapists working in this province. Their commitment to the profession and their patients is truly outstanding. I am honoured to be doing this work and to be a part of the community.
Though I’m well-versed in the regulatory space, I have been learning so much about the profession of physiotherapy and am committed to continuing that learning and connection in various ways, such as
through webinars, blogs and in-person events. Over the past year I’ve had the pleasure of attending events with the Ontario Physiotherapy Association, the Canadian Physiotherapy Association, the Physio North conference, and other community events held by local physiotherapy groups. I look forward to more conversations with many of you in the coming year.
I also want to take this time to thank all of you who have participated in our consultations. Your feedback is truly valued and helps support meaningful change. We’ve been working hard to update our standards to modernize and align them with national physiotherapy standards across the country. Your input is important to help shape how these standards are implemented for Ontario physiotherapists in the future so please continue to share your valuable insights with us through the consultation process.
As Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is a key part of our strategic plan, this year we produced our first EDI Report to illustrate our progress and to hold ourselves accountable. We are dedicated to learning about inclusive practices, growing our knowledge base, and evolving our commitment to fostering true belonging.
Message from the Registrar & CEO
We appreciate the connections we have established with many of you as we further our EDI initiatives and look forward to more opportunities to collaborate and learn in the future as we continue this important and ongoing work.
The path to licensure for physiotherapists remains reliable and robust. We increased access and availability to the Ontario Clinical Exam (OCE), particularly for those who want to take the OCE from outside the country and for those who wish to take the exam in French.
As we look ahead, we have much on the horizon with the continued rollout of our updated standards, a new website and many opportunities to speak with various groups. This year we added to our resources for new physiotherapists based on identified needs — a Patient Centred Communication E-Learning Module as well as Transitioning to Practice in Ontario Learning Modules. We will continue to seek out
ways that we can best support new physiotherapists entering the profession, both Canadian and internationally educated.
I’d like to thank the Council, our committee members and staff for their hard work and commitment and for welcoming me to the College with open arms. It has been so fulfilling to lead this organization and
I look forward to all that is to come.
Thank you of course as well to all the physiotherapists and system partners who have taken the opportunity to engage with us in various ways — by participating in consultations, drafting emails and coming up to engage in conversation at various events. We couldn’t do the work we do without your dedication and our shared commitment to serving the public interest.
Learn More About Physiotherapists in Ontario
Registration
In 2023–2024, there were 11,909 physiotherapists registered with the College, of which 707 were newly registered PTs.
Canadian Labour Mobility
From April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024, 34 individuals registered in Ontario used the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) provisions.
34
Registration
Other than Canada, registrants indicated that they received their physiotherapy training in these five countries:
UK: 489
India: 2,034
USA: 319
4,051
7,858
Philippines: 222
Australia: 184
Registration
How do physiotherapists identify?
• 8,362 female
• 3,540 male
• 7 another gender
* Cisheteronormativity: For a definition of cisnormativity, heteronormativity and other key definitions, please refer to The 519's Glossary of Terms.
The College is actively engaging in critical reflection on the impacts of cisheteronormativity* within the physiotherapy profession and how it has shaped our approach to collecting data on sex and gender.
As part of our ongoing learning, we acknowledge that asking physiotherapists to identify their gender yet providing sex (i.e. female and male) answer options, in addition to the “another gender” option, conflates the terms of sex and gender, which are distinct constructs.
We also acknowledge that these response options fail to represent, and therefore invisibilize, individuals who are Two-Spirit, intersex, transgender, non-binary, genderqueer, genderfluid, and of additional diverse sexual and gender identities. The College is committed to making improvements to how we collect this information from
our registrants in the future.
Registration Renewal: Optional Demographic Data
During registration renewal, physiotherapists are given the choice to include optional data. One of the central goals of collecting this data is to bring visibility to the diversity that exists and to support us in promoting greater equity and equality in the work we do to regulate the profession in the public interest. This information supports data for the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). The data elements are set by
CIHI to capture an accurate picture of Canada’s health systems
and used to identify and accelerate improvements.
Racial Identity
This optional question was answered by a small number of registrants (approximately 19%) and is thus not a full picture of the diversity of identities and lived experiences that exist within the physiotherapy profession. As racial identity is multi-faceted, physiotherapists are given
a multi-select field as well as the opportunity to write information in an open text box during the renewal process so they can capture the
various racial identities they identify with.
There is a wide variety of data provided and this is just a summary of the most frequent responses from those who answered the question.
Black | 43 |
East Asian | 114 |
Indigenous | 13 |
Latino | 24 |
Middle Eastern | 48 |
South Asian | 198 |
Southeast Asian | 154 |
White | 1,397 |
Another Race Category | 28 |
Prefer Not to Answer | 103 |
The Registration Committee considered
29 cases.
Registration Committee
29
8
8 applicants
were granted an Independent Practice Certificate of Registration with terms, conditions
and limitations.
8
8 cases where
PT residents participated
in a practice assessment as
part of the Exam Exemption Policy.
9
9 applicants were denied an Independent Practice Certificate of Registration.
2
2 cases were from residents who applied under the Exam Exemption Policy.
2
2 cases were deferred pending additional information.
2
There were 2 appeals to the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board (HPARB). Both decisions were upheld by HPARB.
Quality Assurance
As part of the College’s commitment to ensuring physiotherapists in Ontario are providing safe, competent and ethical care to their patients, PTs may be selected for a one-hour screening interview with a College assessor. Physiotherapists are eligible to be selected for a screening interview
once they have been registered in Independent Practice for two years and deliver patient care.
Quality Assurance
Of the physiotherapists who contacted the Quality Assurance team during the screening interview or assessment process:
96%
97%
96% indicated that
the Quality Assurance team answered their question in a
timely manner.
97% believed that the Quality Assurance team addressed the issue appropriately.
During the screening interview:
88%
94%
88% strongly agreed that the assessor communicated in a timely manner.
94% strongly agreed that the assessor was respectful.
QUality Assurance:
From April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024
855
Screening interviews were completed.
665
Physiotherapists completed the screening interview under the Quality Assurance Program.
190
PT residents completed the screening interview as part of the Registration Committee's Exam Exemption Policy.
29
Physiotherapists were referred to participate in an assessment based on results of the screening interview.
Quality Assurance Committee
14 decisions were issued by the Quality Assurance Committee.
14
2
2 were closed with
no action
3
3 proposed Specified Continuing Education or Remediation Programs (SCERPs)
1
1 was closed with no action after the PT completed Compliance Monitoring
3
3 confirmed SCERPs
4
4 were closed
with advice/ recommendations
1
1 had a deferral/extension
Supporting New Physiotherapists
This year we released two new learning modules:
Patient Centred Communication E-Learning Module
To help new and experienced physiotherapists enhance their professional communication skills with patients, families, caregivers, and team members. The module covers how to apply key principles and skills in practice to improve patient outcomes, increase levels of patient satisfaction, and foster a more rewarding career as a PT.
Transitioning to Practice in Ontario Learning Modules
To support internationally educated physiotherapists, PT students, PT residents and experienced physiotherapists looking to expand or refresh their knowledge on key topics including boundaries, consent, business practices and communication.
Ontario Clinical
Exam
The pandemic caused a disruption to well-established entry-to-practice processes.
After a challenging couple of years, the Ontario Clinical Exam (OCE) launched in October 2022. Since that time it has become a stable and reliable means of evaluating applicants
for licensure.
As of June 2023, the OCE is now a fully virtual exam, available in English and French,
that candidates can complete from a location of their choice, allowing for greater flexibility.
Ontario clinical exam
In total, 964 candidates have taken the exam
during the last fiscal year (April 1, 2023 – March 31, 2024)
A special thank you to our over 200 examiners supporting the program.
Institutions
Where Canadian educated candidates most frequently received their education
McMaster University
Queen’s University
University of Ottawa
University of Toronto
Western University
Countries
Where internationally educated candidates most frequently received their education
India
UK
USA
Philippines
Australia
Ontario clinical exam
98%
On average, 98% of Canadian-educated candidates passed on their first attempt.
85%
Approximately 85% of candidates indicate that they spent more than 25 hours preparing for the exam.
82%
On average, over 82% of internationally educated candidates passed on their first attempt.
70%
Over 70% of candidates agree that the time they spent preparing for the exam was valuable to them professionally.
Practice Advice: Providing Guidance on Physiotherapy Practice
The Practice Advisors offer a safe place for physiotherapists, PT residents, students, patients, employers and others to
ask questions about physiotherapy practice.
Top Themes of Inquiries:
- Business practices (e.g. duties related to PT billing, conflict of interest dilemmas, advertising practices of employer)
- Scope of practice (e.g. understanding responsibilities about delegation of controlled acts)
- Supervision expectations (PT residents and PTAs)
- Privacy (responsibilities of the Health Information Custodian (HIC), agent of the HIC)
- General: Inquiries from PTs trained in other countries looking to understand entry requirements (referred to the Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators), registration requirements for new registrants, resources to help in preparing for the Ontario Clinical Exam
The Practice Advisors addressed 7,435 inquiries during the fiscal year, of which 55% were by email and 45% were by telephone.
Practice Advice: Outreach
The advisors delivered a series of interactive workshops to raise awareness of the Boundaries and Sexual Abuse Standard, and PT business expectations
to students at each of the Ontario universities.
- University of Toronto
- University of Ottawa
- McMaster University
- Western University
- Queen’s University
The Practice Advisors hosted an information webinar about the Supervision Standard and Working with Physiotherapist Assistants Standard to raise awareness about the role of the College,
the rules and standards to various programs:
- University of Toronto: Ontario Internationally Educated Physical Therapy Bridging Program
- Conestoga College: Physiotherapist Assistants (PTA) Program
- Niagara College: Physiotherapist Assistant (PTA) Program
- Humber College: Physiotherapist Assistant (PTA) Program
Investigating Concerns:
The Inquiries, Complaints
and Reports Committee
Common issues considered by the committee include:
- Allegations of sexual abuse, boundary violations and inadequate communication.
- Patient care, treatment concerns and consent to treatment.
- Fraudulent billing, falsification of records and incomplete records.
Decisions by the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee
*Some decisions may include more than one outcome
2023–2024 | |
Total Decisions | 107 |
No Action | 25 |
Advice and Recommendations | 24 |
Caution | 4 |
Specified Continuing Education and Remediation Program (SCERP) | 13 |
Referral to Discipline Committee | 8 |
SCERP and Caution | 7 |
Undertaking to Resign | 1 |
SCERP and Undertakings | 0 |
Frivolous and Vexatious | 0 |
2023–2024 | |
Withdrawal of Complaint | 2 |
Acknowledgement and Undertaking | 15 |
Caution and Advice and Recommendations | 4 |
Acknowledgement and Undertaking and Caution | 0 |
SCERP and Caution and Acknowledgement and Undertaking | 0 |
Refer to Incapacity Proceedings | 0 |
Referred to Discipline and Acknowledgement and Undertaking | 0 |
Interim Orders | 2 |
ICRC
Outcomes:
The College received 15 decisions from HPARB
Investigator appointments
36
Cases appealed to divisional court
5
11
Cases appealed to the Health Professions
Appeal and Review
Board (HPARB)
ICRC decisions upheld by HPARB
ICRC decision returned for reconsideration
7
1
Matters withdrawn
7
Discipline Summaries
During the 2023–2024 fiscal year, 12 discipline matters were concluded at the College, of which one had the allegations withdrawn.
2023–2024 Discipline Hearing Summaries
- Christina Marie Dzieduszycki – Registration #15782
- Brian Empey – Registration #10938
- Dorothy Hillmann – Former Registration #07830
- Phillip Howell – Registration #14992
- Jennifer Lapierre – Registration #15351
- Tania Anna Mannella – Registration #12545
- Monisha Nambiar – Registration #14898
- Marianna Paz – Registration #14949
- Vikramjeet Singh – Former Registration #20233
- Adam Victor Woronowicz – Former Registration #10146
- Katherine Yardley – Registration #14460
You can see a complete list of past Discipline Hearings and decisions by visiting CanLII.org or www.collegept.org
Be sure to visit the College’s Public Register, also known as Find a Physiotherapist, to access important information before visiting a physiotherapist.
Patient Relations
For more information and helpful resources, visit the Patients section of the College’s website www.collegept.org.
The College maintains a program to provide financial assistance for therapy or counselling for patients who have been sexually abused by a physiotherapist. Individuals who meet the criteria are entitled to $17,370 over a five-year period.
There were seven requests from the public for funding for therapy and counselling. There was one application approved by Committee and six applications approved by staff.
College Council and Committees
For more information about the activities of the College Council, please visit our website, www.collegept.org.
The Council (now referred to as the Board) of the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario is the governing body for the province’s physiotherapists. It is made up of eight elected physiotherapists from regions across Ontario, two academic representatives and seven members of the public appointed by the government. The 17-member Council sets the strategic policy direction for the College and supports our ongoing mandate to protect the public interest by regulating the
more than 11,000 physiotherapists practicing in Ontario.
College Council and Committees
Theresa Stevens
Elected Director
(President until June 25, 2023;
Vice-President from June 26, 2023)
Jennifer Clifford
Elected Director
(Vice-President until June 25, 2023)
Nitin Madhvani
Public Director
(President from June 26, 2023)
College Council and Committees
Elected Directors
Janet Law
Katie Schulz
Dennis Ng
Anna Grunin
Jennifer Clifford (until June 25, 2023)
Hervé Cavanagh (until June 25, 2023)
Karen St. Jacques (until June 25, 2023)
Gary Rehan (from June 26, 2023)
Andy Wang (from June 26, 2023 until December 5, 2023)
Maureen Vanwart (from June 26, 2023)
Public Directors
Jesse Finn
Carole Baxter
Mark Heller (from September 7, 2023)
Frank Massey (from August 17, 2023)
Richard O'Brien
Christopher Warren (from March 28, 2024)
Laina Smith (until February 1, 2024)
Tyrone Skanes (until June 30, 2023)
Academic Directors
Pulak Parikh
Sinéad Dufour (from June 26, 2023)
Sharon Gabison (until June 25, 2023)
DISCIPLINE AND FITNESS TO PRACTISE COMMITTEES
Jim Wernham, Professional Member (Chair)
Hervé Cavanagh (until June 25, 2023)
Karen St. Jacques (until June 25, 2023)
Sharon Gabison (until June 25, 2023)
Angelo Karalekas, Professional Member (Vice-Chair)
Janet Law, Professional Member
Pulak Parikh, Academic Member
Maureen Vanwart, Professional Member
Anna Grunin, Professional Member
Katie Schulz, Professional Member
Sinéad Dufour, Academic Member
Gary Rehan, Professional Member
Dennis Ng, Professional Member
Theresa Stevens, Professional Member
Andy Wang, Professional Member
(from June 26, 2023 until December 5, 2023)
Jesse Finn, Public Member
Carole Baxter, Public Member
Richard O’Brien, Public Member
Daniel Negro, Professional Member
Sue Grebe, Professional Member
Nicole Graham, Professional Member
Richa Rehan, Professional Member
Felix Umana, Professional Member
Theresa Kay, Professional Member
Frank Massey, Public Member (from September 28, 2023)
Mark Heller, Public Member (from September 28, 2023)
Laina Smith, Public Member (until February 1, 2024)
College Council and Committees
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Nitin Madhvani, Public Member (Member at Large,
until June 25, 2023; President, from June 26, 2023)
Theresa Stevens, Professional Member (President,
until June 25, 2023, Vice-President, from June 26, 2023)
Carole Baxter, Public Member
Katie Schulz, Professional Member (from June 26, 2023)
Janet Law, Professional Member (from June 26, 2023)
Jennifer Clifford, Professional Member (until June 25, 2023)
Hervé Cavanagh, Professional Member (until June 25, 2023)
EXAMINATIONS COMMITTEE
Harikrishnan Gopalakrishnan Nair (Chair), Professional Member
Alireza Mazaheri (Vice-Chair), Professional Member
Sameera Merchant, Professional Member
Enoch Ho, Professional Member
Lea Damata, Professional Member
Greg Pope, Public Member
INQUIRIES, COMPLAINTS
AND REPORTS COMMITTEE (ICRC)
Gary Rehan, Professional Member (Chair)
Katie Schulz, Professional Member (Vice-Chair)
Theresa Stevens, Professional Member
(from June 26, 2023)
Carole Baxter, Public Member
Mark Heller, Public Member
(from September 28, 2023)
Tammy Morrisey, Professional Member
Greg Heikoop, Professional Member
(from June 26, 2023)
Anastasia Newman, Professional Member
(until August 24, 2023)
Dennis Ng, Professional Member (until June 25, 2023)
Tyrone Skanes, Public Member (until June 30, 2023)
Laina Smith, Public Member (until February 1, 2024)
College Council and Committees
PATIENT RELATIONS COMMITTEE
Anna Grunin, Professional Member (Chair)
Andy Wang, Professional Member (Vice-Chair,
from June 26, 2023 to December 5, 2023)
Richard O’Brien, Public Member
Einat Mei-Dan (from June 26, 2023)
Karen St. Jacques, Professional Member
(until June 25, 2023)
Greg Heikoop, Professional Member
(until June 25, 2023, from March 26, 2024)
Antoinette Megens (from March 26, 2024)
QUALITY ASSURANCE COMMITTEE
Antoinette Megens (Chair), Professional Member
Frank Massey, Public Member (from March 26, 2024)
Dennis Ng, Professional Member
Richard O’Brien, Public Member
Maureen Vanwart, Professional Member (from June 26, 2023)
Jennifer Clifford, Professional Member (until June 25, 2023)
Laina Smith, Public Member (until February 1, 2024)
Venkadesan Rajendran (until November 8, 2023)
College Council and Committees
REGISTRATION COMMITTEE
Katie Schulz, Professional Member
(Co-Chair until June 25, 2023, Chair from June 26, 2023) Pulak Parikh, Academic Member
Sinéad Dufour, Academic Member (from June 26, 2023)
Jesse Finn, Public Member
Frank Massey, Public Member (from September 28, 2023)
Einat Mei-Dan, Professional Member
Juliana De Castro Faria, Professional Member
Tyrone Skanes Public Member (until June 30, 2023)
Carole Baxter, Public Member (until June 25, 2023)
Sharon Gabison, Academic Member (until June 25, 2023)
Laina Smith, Public Member (until September 28, 2023)
RISK, AUDIT & FINANCE COMMITTEE
Janet Law, Professional Member (Chair)
Gary Rehan, Professional Member
(Vice Chair, from June 26, 2023)
Nitin Madhavi, Public Member
Theresa Stevens, Professional Member
Anna Grunin, Professional Member
Jesse Finn, Public Member
Frank Massey (from December 14, 2023)
Jennifer Clifford, Professional Member (until June 25, 2023)
College Council and Committees
(April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024)
Financial Statements
The Board of the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario approved the audited financial statements for the year ending March 31, 2024.
For a complete set of audited financial statements or an accessible format
of the financial statements, contact us at finance@collegept.org.
