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Article provided by The University of British Columbia’s School of Audiology and Speech Sciences This year the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) School of Audiology [&hellip
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By Virginia Martin There are a number of Canadian scholarships awarded each year in the name of early members of the association. Each is a [&hellip
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By Kelsi Breton What do we know about aphasia in Indigenous communities? Stroke is the third leading cause of death of Canadians (Statistics Canada, 2019). [&hellip
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The role of a school-based speech-language pathologist is broad and varies from school to school. However, there is one thing that everyone can agree upon: [&hellip
Published on March 2nd, 2022
Written by Jan L. Mayes, MSc. The theme of World Hearing Day 2022 is, “To hear for life, listen with care.” In our modern world, harmfully loud recreational sound exposures have become commonplace. My co-author Daniel [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 20th, 2021
Written By: M. Kathleen Pichora-Fuller Recent Funding Announcement and Background In 2021, the Government of Canada announced an investment of $9.6M for the infrastructure needed to renew and extend the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). Planning [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 11th, 2021
Margaret Morse, O.M., died peacefully on April 19, 2021. Margaret was born in Winnipeg on August 28, 1925. Margaret was a pioneer in the speech-language pathology community in Canada. Margaret was a distinguished member of a [&hellip... Read More →
Published on April 27th, 2021
Written by: Amber LaBerge, CDSBEO Board Highlights Speech-language pathologists (S-LPs) in the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO) Department of Special Education have been busy sharing their system-wide work on how they are revolutionizing [&hellip... Read More →
Published on April 26th, 2021
Written by: Patricia Smith, S-LP(C) For over almost 50 years as a speech-language pathologist (S-LP) – graduating in 1972 and a member of SAC for that same amount of time – I have listened to many [&hellip... Read More →
Published on April 8th, 2021
Written by: Megan Hodge Author’s Note: Several sources were used in preparing this tribute. These include memories collected from friends and former colleagues of Elaine by Linda Mikus and records available in the History of Speech-Language [&hellip... Read More →
Published on March 30th, 2021
Written by: Shelagh Davies, M.Sc, RSLP (Retired)December, 2020 Voice therapy for gender diverse people is a new specialty that has grown exponentially in recent years. One of the pioneers in the field, Georgia Dacakis, was curious [&hellip... Read More →
Published on January 20th, 2021
Written by: Elizabeth Haynes, R.SLP. S-LP(C) Sue was born in Lethbridge, Alberta as the second child of Mary and Frank Konrad, Hungarian immigrants to Canada. Sue attended school in Lethbridge and Calgary where she excelled academically [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 17th, 2020
Many speech-language pathologists often have to schedule their time serving patients across a variety of facilities, including clinics, hospitals, community health centres, schools and nursing care facilities. These mobile healthcare professionals need solutions that help streamline [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 10th, 2020
Please join SAC in congratulating Dr. Aura Kagan, S-LP(C) for winning the 2020 Robin Tavistock Award for the immense contribution she has made to the aphasia world. This award, named after Robin Tavistock who founded the Tavistock Trust [&hellip... Read More →