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CACR 20th Anniversary Leadership Awards

Call for Nominations and Submissions

In recognition of CACR’s 20th Anniversary, the Board of Directors would like to recognize some outstanding members of the Canadian Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation. Nominees will have significantly advanced the field of cardiac rehabilitation and prevention through clinical practice, research, education and knowledge transfer, and/or advocacy. Please consider the efforts of your colleagues and nominate individuals who exhibit outstanding leadership or contributions to CACR and/or cardiac rehabilitation locally, regionally, provincially and/or nationally. All nominees and nominators must be CACR members. There will be one award in each of the following four categories:

  • Clinical practice
  • Research
  • Education/Knowledge Transfer
  • Advocacy

Call for Nominations & Submissions

Nomination Deadline: Wednesday, August 31, 2011  (11:59 PM EDT)

 

Submit by email only to CACR at admin@cacr.ca.

For more information click here!

 

Our Health Our Future

A National Dialogue on Healthy Weights

In response to the growing rate of overweight and obese children in Canada, Canada's Ministers of Health have launched Our Health Our Future: A National Dialogue on Healthy Weights - a key step in identifying actions to curb childhood obesity and to promote healthy weights.

The initiative allows NGO's, researchers and health professionals to make formal submissions about what can be done to address the overweight and obesity problem in Canada. Informal suggestions can also be made via an idea forum, which also allows for comments and voting on top proposals.

 

Canadian Cardiac Rehab Registry Webinars now available!

The Canadian Cardiac Rehab Registry (CCRR) is an online database used to track patient information in Cardiac Rehabilitation programs across Canada.  The CACR's goals in launching a national cardiac rehabilitation registry are  three-fold:  

  • to create the ability to benchmark performance across cardiac rehabilitation centres,
  • to provide clinical research to support leading health outcomes
  • and ultimately, influence health policy.
Is your program considering participation in the CCRR? This webinar will allow you to see  the CCRR in action, understand the benefits to participation and have questions specific to your participation answered by CCRR experts.

 

When: Tuesday June 1, 2010 at 1330ET  

If you have questions or would like to register, please contact Kristal at kkiland@cacr.ca.

 

Ride for Rehab

May 29th 2011 to Early September 2011

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Follow the Ride for Rehab on www.avclubbiking.ca and on our twitter and facebook links.

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Interested CR programs can call the Foundation at (416) 730-8299  or email bkennedy@cardiachealth.ca.

 

Walk of Life for Cardiac Rehabilitation

2011 WALK OF LIFE

Raise funds in your cardiac rehabilitation program and use them to support continuing education for staff ie. to attend CACR conference, CACR webinars, purchase Guidelines, patient materials, class set of Polar heart rate monitors, etc.

The Walk of Life for Cardiac Rehabilitation is gaining momentum. This fundraising event is open to cardiac rehabilitation programs with at least one CACR member. All Walk events are community based and organized locally with assistance from the Cardiac Health Foundation of Canada. Most importantly, all funds raised in the local community stay with the local program. The Walk of Life is a joint effort between the CACR and the CHFC. All participating programs retain all locally raised sponsorship and registrations and receive a share of the national sponsorship based on participation numbers (some programs receive $15,000 or more annually).

For more information download the following;

Walk of Life Information Package.

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