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January 25, 2017
SAC Lunch & Learn: Preschool Speech-Language Pathology Basics for Audiologists
January 31, 2017
Deadline to apply for the SAC Spring Clinical Certification Exam
February 8, 2017
SAC Lunch & Learn: Tips for Writing a Conference Abstract Submission to Increase Your Chance of Acceptance
February 22, 2017
SAC Webinar: Cervical and Ocular VEMPs in the Clinical Practice
March 8, 2017
SAC Webinar: Practical Strategies for Service Delivery to Children in Poverty- Part 1 (2 Part Series)
March 24, 2017
SAC Workshop: Best Practices in Bilingual Speech, Language and Literacy Assessment and Intervention for S-LPs in Montreal, Quebec
March 25, 2017
SAC Spring Clinical Certification Exam
April 5, 2017
SAC Webinar: Practical Strategies for Service Delivery to Children in Poverty- Part 2 (2 Part Series)
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Eithne Heffernan, Emilia Colagrosso, SAC student associate Divine Bou-Chebl, SAC student associate Emily Gula and SAC student associate Kevin Daoust at the WCA Young Professionals Reception.
SAC was delighted to co-host the 33rd World Congress of Audiology and welcome audiologists from Canada and around the world to Vancouver. With over 1,200 delegates from over 40 countries, WCA2016 was truly a global event.
At this international congress, SAC provided two unique networking opportunities for students: the Student-Mentor Networking Lunch, co-chaired by SAC Board Director Li Qi, PhD, RAUD, Aud(C) and Susan Small, PhD, offered audiology students the opportunity to meet leaders in the profession and the New Professionals Reception hosted by SAC and the Canadian Academy of Audiology gave young professionals from around the world the chance to meet and make new connections. At the reception, Jerri-Lee MacKay, M.Sc., Aud(C), SAC Chair, Joanne Charlebois, SAC CEO, Chantal Kealey, AuD, Aud(C), SAC Director of Audiology and Communication Health Assistants, Michael Vekasi, Aud(C) and Anna Van Maanen, Aud(C) were pleased to chat with students and meet the next generation of audiologists. |
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SAC Members and Associates Officer André LaFlamme gives a presentation at Western University.
This fall, SAC staff and SAC volunteer members visited universities and colleges across the country to meet with students and speak to them about the benefits of joining their national professional association. We were thrilled to be able to visit 14 universities and colleges and meet 447 students — thanks for having us!
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Student Line of Credit at RBC
Speech-language pathology and audiology students across Canada are eligible to apply for a professional line of credit with RBC.
SAC CEO Joanne Charlebois worked with the Director-Student to advocate for the inclusion of speech-language pathology and audiology to the list of programs eligible for the Royal Credit Line in 2013.
Learn more about the program here. |
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Snapshot of the 2016 Fall Clinical Certification Exam
185 candidates at 23 different locations wrote the SAC Clinical Certification Exam on September 10, 2016. 89.7% of those who wrote the exam passed it — congratulations! Canadian candidates were joined by many international peers: 21 people who were educated outside of Canada wrote the exam.
To learn more about the SAC Clinical Certification Exam and to prepare to write the spring exam on March 25, 2017, click here. |
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RehabINK Call for Abstracts
RehabINK, an online magazine founded by graduate students at the University of Toronto’s Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, aims to bring together the rehabilitation science community, including students, faculty, researchers, and health professionals alike, to promote knowledge exchange in the rehabilitation sciences. RehabINK will be publishing its third issue in March 2017. The call for abstracts is open until January 18, 2017. The magazine is accepting 1,500 word original research articles, 500-750 word reviews and critiques and 1,000 word commentaries and editorials. Abstracts should be a maximum of 250 words. You can send your submissions to rehabink.submissions@gmail.com and your questions to rehab.ink@gmail.com.
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SAC awarded the 2016 scholarships as follows:
Elks & Royal Purple Fund for Children Susan Lane Scholarship
- Lauren Brett – University of Toronto
Elks & Royal Purple Fund for Children Deborah Kully Scholarship
- Samantha Walters – Western University
Elks & Royal Purple Fund for Children Gordon Leslie Memorial Scholarships
- Faiza Ali – University of Toronto
- Rosemary Bakhurst – University of Toronto
- Wonyong (Mathilda) Choi – University of British Columbia
- Jaslyn Dunger – McGill University
- Jaymie Fader – McGill University
- Erin Juurakko –Western University
- Evan Kennedy – McGill University
- Jeanie Morry – McGill University
- Tiffany Nguyen – Western University
- Nicole Pelley – Dalhousie University
- Jamie Russell – McGill University
- Heather Simpson – Dalhousie University
- Amy Verschuuren – University of Toronto
- Claudia Wright – Western University
KIDSPEECH™ Scholarship
- Alyssa Wagner – Fontbonne University
Grace Margaret Harris Scholarship
- Brenda Wheeler – University of British Columbia
SAC Scholarships
- Kerry Hollingsworth – Western University
- Kelsey Meagher – University of British Columbia
- Kirsten Muller – University of Toronto
SAC Research Scholarship
- Dana Grandmont – University of Alberta
For more information about our scholarship program, please visit the SAC website.
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In 2014, SAC joined together with five other speech-language pathology and audiology organizations from around the world to found the International Communication Project (ICP). SAC is very proud to be part of this global initiative. We thought you, as student associates, might be interested in learning more not just about ICP, but also about your profession in each of the founding organizations' countries. Last issue, we took a look at the United Kingdom and Australia. Below you will find information about New Zealand and the United States. Stay tuned for the spring issue of Student Speak to learn about speech-language pathology and audiology in Ireland!
In case you'd like to compare, here are a couple relevant statistics for Canada:
- SAC has over 6,300 members and associates
- There are 11 universities offering speech-language pathology programs, five universities offering audiology programs and about nine schools offering communication health assistant programs in Canada
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Follow SAC on Twitter for regular job listings like this one.
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