Canadian Chiropractic Association helping class of 2020 graduates

When COVID-19 shut down Canada and the world in early 2020, chiropractic students set to graduate suddenly faced unique challenges, the largest being their inability to get licenses until December 2020 at the earliest. For Junmo Lee, a 2020 Canadian Memorial Chiropractic graduate, this has been a year of uncertainty. “We lost the last two months of clinical internship and wouldn’t have known where to look for help,” he says. “But the CCA is looking out for new graduates – providing resources and advocating for us. It’s been reassuring during these difficult times knowing that someone has our backs. “The Class of 2020 was graduating during such an unprecedented time with so much uncertainty,” says Alison Dantas, CCA CEO, “We had to reach out and help them, whether they were from a Canadian program or overseas, and let them know they’re part of the chiropractic family.” The CCA identified four areas where we could make a difference. Recent graduate,  Junmo Lee Emotional Support The Class of 2020 needed a meeting place to feel connected and supported. We created a CCA Responds: Private Class of 2020 Facebook Group that allowed real-time interaction. Graduates posted messages, got questions answered and discussed what was on their minds. Two hundred…