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Check out our new Music Therapy TED Talks page. Youtube links are created for you to watch acclaimed TED Talks by board-certified music therapists, accredited music therapists, and other health professionals. With their first-hand experience, they provide stories and examples of music therapy research, case studies, and real music therapy techniques and interventions. We now

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Over the years many Music Therapists have made a significant contribution to the profession of Music Therapy. To honour them and their contributions, MTABC has granted these members Lifetime memberships. On Saturday April 6 at the AGM, Marni Brechin, Stephen Williams and D.Louise Whitehead were honoured for their contribution and commitment to the music therapy

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Call for Papers Deadline July 1, 2018 MTABC Conference Committee is busy planning for our annual conference in October 19-20, 2018. This year’s theme is “Moving the Profession Forward; Re-conceptualizing Canadian Music Therapy within an Evolving World” and the keynote speaker is Dr. Laurel Young. If you are interested in presenting and you are available

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Music therapy communities in BC, Canada, and across the world lost a beloved music therapy pioneer on October 15, 2017. Dr. Carolyn Bereznak Kenny passed away peacefully in Santa Barbara surrounded by her loving family. She had been in ill health for 15 months with a cancer diagnosis while living in Vancouver and had moved

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Celebrate National Music Therapy Awareness Month! March is a music therapy month across Canada. Certified MTAs are accredited health care professionals who use music in to improve physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being for people of all ages and needs. Music therapists provide services to clients in facilities such as long-term care facilities, schools, hospices,

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Attention MTA members! The CAMT Board of Directors has updated the Continuing Education Policy to reflect the growing body of opportunities available and to ensure that Canadian Music Therapists continue to uphold the high standard of the MTA credential. Starting with 2017, MTAs will be required to collect fewer credits per 5-year cycle. While fewer

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We are excited to announce our 10th Annual Conference will be held on Saturday, November 4, 2017. The keynote speaker is Dr. Heather Mohan and we have great presenters throughout the day. Please continue to check on the Conference 2017 for a current information as it is continue to be updated. Look forward to seeing

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Did you know that MTABC offer video recordings from the past conferences and workshops for all the members for free? We just added a video from AGM 2017 workshop (membership required) with Alper Caglayan and Susan Summers’ PowerPoint Presentation from her latest workshop, “Holding therapeutic healing space in care environments”. Click here for the link

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A fundraising concert to benefit the Carlile Youth Concurrent Disorders Unit at The HOpe Centre in Lions Gate Hospital Come out for a fun filled evening of music, dance and entertainment with Grant Lawrence, emcee, an award winning author and CBC Radio Host, the North Shore Celtic Ensemble, ProArte dancers and students and teachers of

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Presented by Chan Centre Connects For those of you who missed the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund’s film, The Gift of Music: Stories of Music Therapy, when we screened it in 2012 and again in 2014, it will be shown Wednesday, March 8 at the Cultch Vancity Culture Lab at 1895 Venables Street. It is

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