News in a TIC

Dear ,

One of those strategic focusses is on our relationships with our Alumni, so we have created the role of Alumni Relations Coordinator.

When I thought about the ideal person for this role and how we could focus our efforts towards supporting, connecting and adding value for our 700+ Alumni and friends of the College, I thought of Vikki Kelly.

Vikki has been a friend and supporter of the College in a variety of ways for over two decades. Her creative vision, unquestioned loyalty and passion for our college community including students and graduates suits this role perfectly, and I am very excited that Vikki accepted the role.

Another exciting change for this new year of 2020, is three new appointments made to replace the work of one ‘superwoman’. Katie Pritchard did an amazing job of revamping, systematising, ‘chirocentricising’ and influencing in the areas of the Chiropractic Centre and associated chiropractic courses. Katie has moved back into fulltime practice which has given the opportunity for three of our people to move up into new roles after having been involved at the College for some time now. Trevor Harbrow, Lisa Jian and Tanja Glucina have accepted these positions under the expert leadership of Marina Fox whose position remains the same but has taken on extra responsibility. Please read about the new roles later in this newsletter.

With so much chatter around the world about the future of chiropractic either as a unique profession or some therapeutic musculoskeletal adjunct, and all of the negative rhetoric that goes with those arguments, I’d like to draw your attention to a statement that was written by a group from Quebec, Canada. In my opinion, it is one of the most logical approaches to the issue and has now been set up as a digitally signed petition. I would like to encourage you to have a read and if you agree with me, add your name to the list of people who endorse this approach at: https://dialoguechiropratique.org/chiropractic-proclamation-declaration-and-petition-2/?lang=en

We look forward to more close relations with the Australian Chiropractic College in Adelaide, who have begun to teach their first cohort - congratulations to them and good luck for their first ‘Lyceum-like’ event in March - Concordia.

The year has taken off very quickly, a new set of 76 fresh faces around the College and some more exciting times ahead. We have a reaccreditation visit later in the year, curriculum review underway and just more of trying to be ‘more excellenter’.

Go well.

Phil McMaster
President

New roles

Alumni and Friends

We have already planned a couple of dates to get together with our Alumni and friends.

• Join us for drinks and nibbles at the NZCA AGM in New Plymouth – click here to pre register your interest in joining us.
• Lyceum 2020 - 18th to 20th September: Lyceum is always a great event and a good chance to catch up with the College and old classmates. Mark this date in your calendar and look out for more information in the upcoming months.
• Open Day and career talks in your area.

The Alumni Roadshow with Phil McMaster and John Bassano will also continue later this year, so watch out for events in your region.  

In the meantime, please check the alumni homepage on our website, follow us on Facebook and Instagram, and be sure to update your contact details to make sure you are receiving special alumni communications and invitations to these events.

I am looking forward to connecting with you all over the coming months and working together towards an amazing 2020, for Alumni, friends and the greater chiropractic profession!

Vikki Kelly
Alumni Relations Coordinator

Epic Support for Research

We want to send out a huge thank you to Dr David and Nicole Jackson, from Epic Practice, who recently donated $100,000 USD to the College to support our research programme. This is the single biggest research donation we have ever received and will be used to help grow our ‘chiropractic for kids’ stream of research.

What’s more, this incredible donation is just the start of something really big! The team at Epic Practice have launched a programme that will see their members supporting our 'chiropractic for kids' research programme on an ongoing basis. At the launch of the programme, at Epic Impact 2019, the Epic members present pledged over $1,000,000 to go directly to our kids research programme. The first project that we will get up and running will be a group effort between our Centre for Chiropractic Research and the team at Chiropractic Leadership Alliance. We will be using a deep learning, artificial intelligence approach to analyse data that we collect from hundreds of chiropractic practices across North America using CLA’s INSiGHT™ Insight scanning technology. The goal of this first project is to better understand how chiropractic care impacts the lives of kids who are under care. We’re excited about what we can achieve with the help of everyone at Epic Practice and CLA. We think this will be a game changer!

Keep an eye out in future editions of 'News in a Tic' as we thank more of the incredible people and organisations who continue to support our research programme and have helped us become leaders in research that explores the principles of chiropractic.