Standing Committees

CICRP Editorial Board - Currently needs volunteers!

The bilingual publication entitled Current Issues in Cardiac Rehabilitation and Prevention (CICRP) is written by CACR members for CACR members. We are currently recruiting an Editor and Associate Editors to join the current team. Each CICRP is theme based and comprised of 3 - 5 feature articles solicited from amongst the CACR membership and CVD field. The themes are determined a year in advance. Production is coordinated by the CACR office. This would be an excellent opportunity for graduate students.

Finance & Marketing

Chairperson - Darren Warburton
Goal: To develop and pursue long term funding for the Association and its activities, and generate greater awareness/involvement in cardiac rehabilitation.

Membership

Chairperson - Sandra Black
Goal: To recruit and retain members by promoting the benefits of CACR, and support activities designed to enhance/add value to member services.

Guidelines

Chairperson - James Stone
Goal: To develop, promote and distribute evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for the practice of cardiac rehabilitation and cardiovascular disease prevention in Canada, and link these guidelines to the CACR Registry to ensure the best patient outcomes and program performance.

CACR Registry Project

Chairperson - Paul Oh

Goal: To develop a national database of cardiac rehabilitation patient data for improving patient outcomes; benchmark CR program performance; research support for health outcomes, and influence health policy. Additional volunteers are needed in sub-committees around research and project development.

Research

Chairperson - Ilka Lowensteyn
Goal: To encourage and foster research in cardiac rehabilitation by providing national leadership and focus in promotion and coordination of research initiatives related to cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention.

Nominations

Chairperson - Jennifer Harris
Goal: To ensure strong leadership of CACR through the succession of the Board of Directors and the CACR Executive.

Professional & Career Development

Chairperson - Kristal Kiland
Goal: To encourage and foster professional and career development by providing national leadership and focus in the promotion and coordination of initiatives related to education and training in cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention.