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About Us

The General Osteopathic Council of Canada (GOCC) is a non-profit corporation that promotes Osteopathic Manual Practice in Canada.

The goal of the GOCC is to promote the effective delivery of general osteopathic care throughout Canada and worldwide.

 The GOCC promotes public awareness of general osteopathic care by adhering to it's objectives:

1. Maintain a Canadian registry of General Osteopathic Practitioners.

2. To develop and maintain a Code of Professional Ethics and Conduct in order to protect the interest and rights of patients.

3. To advocate on behalf of members.

4. Affiliate with other Osteopathic Regulatory bodies locally and internationally to promote the effective delivery of General Osteopathic care worldwide.

5. Spread General Osteopathic philosophy by advertising: Media, Sponsorship, Wellness Expositions, Seminars and Lectures.

6. To work in collaboration with other Regulatory bodies in the area of research to produce an International Manual of General Osteopathic Practice.

7. To develop sponsorship and support for international relief and assistance projects.

8. Recruitment of additional resource partners.

 

Member Resources

Membership of the GOCC is open to graduates of  colleges that are approved / recognized by the GOCC under the following conditions:

  1. Graduates must show proof of having graduated from a full-time / part-time (minimum 3000 hours) osteopathic training program including clinical internship.
  2. Members must maintain and provide proof of Professional Liability "Errors and Omissions"  Insurance upon acceptance to GOCC.
  3. Members must provide proof of 20 hours of professional upgrading seminars every year upon renewal of membership.

Forms

GOCC Membership Application Form

 

Board of Governors

Name

Position

Contact

June Ann Kelly

CEO & Founder

NEC

Nino Sonsini

President

 905-459-5538

Mathias Nauts

Advisor Academics

 416-466-9755

Rivkah Roth

Vice President

 705-656-1771
Anjael Hebron

Sec. General / Registrar

 519-367-3666

M. D. Helen Faulhaber

Public Relations

905-712-8118
Andrea Goldberger GOCC Ontario President 905-889-4462
Jih Sung Yang Treasurer 416-564-6696
Dennis R. C. Robinson Ethics & Conduct