CMCC awarded degree-granting status

Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC) will begin conferring degrees, starting with the August 2005 class.

According to Jean Moss, DC, president of CMCC, “Education in Canada is different than in the United States. Most post-secondary institutions are publicly funded. Privately funded ones are very rare. Until very recently, only universities could grant degrees. Sincere there were no private universities, this essentially meant that only publicly funded universities granted degrees.”

New legislation allows private institutions to grant degrees. To date, only seven institutions have been given that privilege, according to Moss. CMCC is one of them —the only one in Ontario — and will offer a doctor of chiropractic degree.

To be allowed to grant a degree, CMCC had to undergo a rigorous evaluation process under the Post-secondary Educational Quality Assurance Board (PEQAB), which included a full organizational review, a program quality review and two site visitations.

The degree-granting status establishes CMCC’s curriculum on par of that of other primary contact healthcare professions, such as medicine, dentistry and optometry.

“We anticipate future graduates will find that the acceptance of credits for application to post-graduate university programs will be facilitated [with this degree],” said Moss.

Moss said that this achievement resulted from the hard work of many people within CMCC and with the support the Canadian Chiropractic Protective Association, the Canadian Chiropractic Association, the Ontario Chiropractic Association and the College of Chiropractors of Ontario.

Established in 1945, CMCC is a fully accredited, limited enrollment, professional educational institution which operates a network of teaching clinics across Toronto.

Source: Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, www.cmcc.ca

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