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 →
Published on July 20th, 2020
Written By: Cindy Davis-Maille, Clinical Education Coordinator, Rehabilitative Sciences Unit, Northern Ontario School of Medicine Roxanne Belanger, Associate Professor, Academic Coordinator of Clinical Education, Laurentian University “The true creator is necessity, who is the mother of [&hellip... Read More →
Published on July 16th, 2020
By: Gabrielle Dupuis & Chantal Mayer-Crittenden To begin, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Gabrielle Dupuis and I am a master’s student in speech-language pathology at Laurentian University. I come from Hearst, a [&hellip... Read More →
Published on June 25th, 2020
By: Martha Vowles The community of Canadian speech-language pathologists and audiologists has lost a shining light, a wise mentor, a spirited advocate and a dear friend. André Gustave Joël Lafargue, passed away on Wednesday, May 6, [&hellip... Read More →
Building One Reading Brain at a Time: The Journey to Aligning Classroom Practices to the Science of Reading
April 27th
Reflections of a Speech-Language Pathologist: Perceptions of our Profession and Unique Opportunities
April 26th
Tribute to Elaine (Heaton) Siemens
April 8th
Gender Affirming Voice Training: A Snapshot from Canada
March 30th
Obituary of SAC Member Sue Christensen Wright
January 20th
