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Council and Committees

Professional members are elected to Council by members in the five districts. Professional members bring a unique perspective through their knowledge of the profession and to serve as a Council member to protect the public. A Member is eligible to vote in the electoral district in which the Member primarily practises, or if the Member is not engaged in the practice of traditional Chinese medicine, in which the Member as primary residence, 30 days prior to the date of election.

Public members are appointed by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. A minimum of five and no more than eight persons would be appointed to the College's Council. Public members may not be members of the Traditional Chinese Medicine profession, members of a health regulatory college as defined in the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991, or members of a Council of another health regulatory college.

Read biographies to learn more about our Council Members.

Council Meeting Schedule & Highlights

2025 Council Meetings (All dates are tentative and are subject to change):

  • Wednesday, March 19, 2025
  • Wednesday, June 11, 2025
  • Wednesday, September 17, 2025
  • Wednesday, December 3 and Thursday, December 4, 2025 (including orientation)

Location

55 Commerce Valley Drive West, Suite 705
Thornhill, ON L3T 7V9

Council meetings are open to the public. You are welcome to attend as an observer. Due to COVID-19, Council meetings are held virtually by video conference. As space is limited, please contact us by email at Registrar@ctcmpao.on.ca to reserve your virtual seat at least 2 business days before the meeting.

BRIEFING ON MEETING PROCEDURE

Guidelines for Observers

Council meetings are open to the public. However, the public may be excluded from any Council meeting or part of a meeting pursuant to section 7 of the Health Professions Procedural Code.

Individuals attending as observers are requested to:

  • Turn off cell phones and pagers;
  • Avoid bringing in food or drinks other than water;
  • Refrain from recording of proceedings by any means, including the taking of photographs, video recordings, voice recordings or via any other means;
  • Be quiet during the meeting and not engage in conversation, discussion or any disruptive behaviour;
  • Refrain from addressing the Council, speaking to, or giving or passing notes, documents or information to Council members while the meeting is in process;
  • Refrain from lobbying of Council members during the meeting, even during breaks;
  • Respect that observers are not allowed to participate in debate of any matter before the Council;
  • Respect the authority of the presiding officer; and
  • Take their seats in the area designated to observers.
Year Date File

2024

December 5, 2024  Public Agenda
September 18, 2024  Public Agenda
June 12, 2024  Council Meeting Highlights  Public Agenda
March 20, 2024  Public Agenda

2023

December 07, 2023  Public Agenda
October 27, 2023
October 16, 2023  Public Agenda
September 20 & 21, 2023  Council Meeting Highlights  Public Agenda
June 14, 2023  Council Meeting Highlights  Public Agenda
April 27, 2023  Public Agenda
March 22, 2023  Council Meeting Highlights  Public Agenda

2022

December 7 & 8, 2022  Council Meeting Highlights  Public Agenda
September 21, 2022  Council Meeting Highlights  Public Agenda
June 15 & 16, 2022  Council Meeting Highlights  Public Agenda
May 05, 2022  Council Meeting Highlights  Public Agenda
March 21, 2022  Executive Committee Open Meeting Highlights  Public Agenda

2021

December 9, 2021  Executive Committee Open Meeting Highlights  Public Agenda
November 1, 2021  Executive Committee Open Meeting Highlights  Public Agenda
September 22, 2021  Executive Committee Open Meeting Highlights  Public Agenda
June 22, 2021  Executive Committee Open Meeting Highlights  Public Agenda
March 25, 2021  Executive Committee Open Meeting Highlights

2020

December 10, 2020  Executive Committee Open Meeting Highlights
September 17, 2020  Executive Committee Open Meeting Highlights
June 10, 2020  Executive Committee Open Meeting Highlights
March 23, 2020  Executive Committee Open Meeting Highlights

2019

December 19, 2019  Executive Committee Open Meeting Highlights
September 30, 2019  Council Meeting Highlights  Public Agenda
June 20, 2019  Council Meeting Highlights  Public Agenda
March 25 & 26, 2019  Council Meeting Highlights  Public Agenda

2018

December 12  Council Meeting Highlights  Public Agenda
September 17  Council Meeting Highlights  Public Agenda
June 18  Council Meeting Highlights  Public Agenda
May 24  Council Meeting Highlights  Public Agenda
March 6  Council Meeting Highlights  Public Agenda

2017

December 13  Council Meeting Highlights  Public Agenda
September 25  Council Meeting Highlights  Public Agenda
May 8  Council Meeting Highlights
February 06  Council Meeting Highlights

2016

December 23  Council Meeting Highlights
October 3  Council Meeting Highlights
July 19  Council Meeting Highlights
July 11  Council Meeting Highlights
May 2  Council Meeting Highlights
March 1  Council Meeting Highlights

2015

December 14  Council Meeting Highlights
October 26  Council Meeting Highlights
July 29  Council Meeting Highlights
July 6  Council Meeting Highlights
February 17  Council Meeting Highlights

2014

November 10  Council Meeting Highlights
July 8  Council Meeting Highlights
May 15  Council Meeting Highlights
April 7  Council Meeting Highlights
January 23  Council Meeting Highlights

2013

December 9  Council Meeting Highlights
October 21  Council Meeting Highlights
July 15  Council Meeting Highlights
May 6  Council Meeting Highlights

View the past Highlights of the Transitional Council.

Executive Committee Meeting Schedule

2025 Executive Committee Meetings:

  • Wednesday, January 22, 2025
  • Wednesday, February 26, 2025
  • Wednesday, May 14, 2025
  • Wednesday, August 13, 2025
  • Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Council Members

Committees

President Joanne Pritchard-Sobhani Professional Member
Vice-President Xianmin Yu Professional Member
Executive Judy Cohen Public Member
Deborah Sinnatamby Public Member
Jin Qi (Jackie) Zeng Professional Member

The Executive Committee’s exercise of Council’s powers is subject to Section 12 of the Health Professions Procedural Code, Schedule 2 of the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991.

The Executive Committee shall be composed of the President, the Vice-President and three (3) Members of the Council. Two of the Members of the Executive Committee shall be Public Members. The President shall be the chair of the Executive Committee.

Between the meetings of the Council, the Executive Committee has all the powers of the Council with respect to any matter that, in the Committee’s opinion, requires immediate attention, other than the power to make, amend or revoke a regulation or by-law. If the Executive Committee exercises a power of the Council under subsection (1), it shall report on its actions to the Council at the Council’s next meeting.

Chair Terry Hui Professional Member
Members Kimberley Bishop Public Member
Judy Cohen Public Member
Kevin Ho Public Member
Fanny Ip Professional Member
Joanne Pritchard-Sobhani Professional Member
Xianmin Yu Professional Member
Non-Members of Council Ming Cha Professional Member
Brendan Cheung Professional Member
Akari Yokokawa Professional Member

The Registration Committee's responsibilities are:

  • Conducts reviews of applications for registration referred by the Registrar because the applicant does not fulfill the requirements for the issue of a certificate of registration;
  • Considers and approves terms, conditions and limitations to be imposed on certificates of applicants;
  • Considers and approves requests to remove or modify a term, condition or limitation previously imposed through a registration proceeding;
  • and Considers additional information resulting from a proceeding to be included in the register.
  • This committee may recruit one or more members of the College who are not Members of Council if Council so wishes.
Chair Xianmin Yu Professional Member
Members Kimberly Bishop Public Member
Iftikhar Choudry Public Member
Judy Cohen Public Member
Meiying Chen Professional Member
Kathy Feng Professional Member
Christine Lang Professional Member
Kevin Ho Public Member
Fanny Ip Professional Member
Deborah Sinnatamby Public Member
Jin Qi (Jackie) Zeng Professional Member
Non-Members of Council Matthew Colavecchia Professional Member
Melody Hon Professional Member
Hui Liu Professional Member

The Inquiries, Complaints, Reports Committee's responsibilities are:

  • Considers written complaints brought by the public against College members because of professional misconduct, incompetence or incapacity and determines the appropriate action to be taken including referral to the Discipline Committee or to the Fitness to Practise Committee.
  • This committee may recruit one or more members of the College who are not Members of Council if Council so wishes.
Chair Christine Lang Professional Member
Members Kimberley Bishop Public Member
Iftikhar Choudry Public Member
Meiying Chen Professional Member
Kathy Feng Professional Member
Kevin Ho Public Member
Terry Hui Professional Member
Jin Qi (Jackie) Zeng Professional Member
Non-Members of Council Evelyn Cho Professional Member

The Quality Assurance Committee's responsibilities are:

  • Responsible for administering and monitoring the Quality Assurance (QA) Program. The QA program is designed to ensure the quality of the practice of the profession and to promote continuing evaluation, competence and improvement among the Members.
  • The Health Professions Procedural Code prescribes certain minimum requirements that must be met by the QA Program, including continuing education or professional development, self, peer and practice assessments and a mechanism for the College to monitor Members participation in, and compliance with, the QA Program.
  • This committee may recruit one or more members of the College who are not Members of Council if Council so wishes.
Chair Vacant
Members Judy Cohen Public Member
Iftikhar Choudry Public Member
Meiying Chen Professional Member
Deborah Sinnatamby Public Member
Non-Members of Council Nisha Thadani Professional Member
Akari Yokokawa Professional Member

The Patient Relations Committee administers the Patient Relations Program:

  • The Patient Relations Program is designed to enhance relations between members and patients. It also includes measures for preventing and dealing with sexual abuse of patients.
  • Sexual abuse is defined in the Regulated Health Professions Act as:
    • Sexual intercourse or other forms of physical sexual relations between the member and the patient,
    • Touching of a sexual nature, of the patient by the member, or
    • Behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the member towards the patient
  • The Patient Relations Program promotes awareness among members and the public of the zero tolerance expectations placed upon members and health professionals regarding sexual abuse of patients
  • The Patient Relations Program includes setting out educational requirements for members, creating guidelines for the conduct of members with their patients, training College staff, and providing information to the public.
  • The Patient Relations Committee is also responsible for administering funding for therapy and counselling for patients who have been sexually abused by members.
  • This committee may recruit one or more members of the College who are not Members of Council if Council so wishes.
Chair Christine Lang Professional Member
Members All Council Members
Non-Members of Council Evelyn Cho Professional Member
Matthew Colavecchia Professional Member
Hui Liu Professional Member
Akari Yokokawa Professional Member

The Discipline Committee is composed of every member of Council. However, it is a committee that is distinct and independent from the College.

The Discipline Committee's responsibilities are:

  • Holds hearings (in a formal setting) regarding allegations of professional misconduct and incompetence referred by the ICR Committee.
  • This committee may recruit one or more members of the College who are not Members of Council if Council so wishes.
Discipline Process
Chair Iftikhar Choudry Public Member
Members All Council Members

The Fitness to Practise Committee's responsibilities are:

  • Holds a hearing to determine whether a member is incapacitated and, therefore, not fit to practise, after referral by the ICR Committee.
  • This committee may recruit one or more members of the College who are not Members of Council if Council so wishes.

Fitness to Practise Process

Chair Vacant
Members Iftikhar Choudry Public Member
Kevin Ho Public Member
Terry Hui Professional Member
Christine Lang Professional Member
Deborah Sinnatamby Public Member
Members Meiying Chen Professional Member
Kevin Ho Public Member
Deborah Sinnatamby Public Member
Joanne Pritchard-Sobhani Professional Member
Jin Qi (Jackie) Zeng Professional Member
Non-Council Members Ming Cha Professional Member
Julia Chuang Professional Member
Shuli Chen Professional Member

The Standard for Acupuncture Ad-Hoc Committee 's responsibilities are:

  • Develop recommendations to Council for future use in a Standard of Practice for Acupuncture.
Chair Joanne Pritchard-Sobhani Professional Member
Members Kimberley Bishop Public Member
Iftikhar Choudry Public Member
Judy Cohen Public Member
Terry Hui Professional Member
Xianmin Yu Professional Member
Non Members of Council Ming Cha Professional Member