The
Fondation Canadienne pour l’Enseignement et la Recherche en Ostéopathie
This
non-profit organisation works in collaboration with the Collège d’Études Ostéopathiques
de Montréal and Québec and the Canadian College of Osteopathy in Toronto, to
train health professionals in the methods of assessment and treatment in
Osteopathy for new-borns and infants presenting neuromotor dysfunctions. It was
founded in 1982 by Philippe Druelle, D.O.. Since then, the Children’s Clinical
Days have allowed 50 infants per year to be treated by volunteers.
Its
objectives are:
· treatment new-borns and infants
· teach future osteopaths to detect precociously and
treat the causes of future neuromotor anomalies
· promote traditional manual Osteopathy and its concepts
· raise funds to create a permanent Centre
· support the College in its academic activities
· sensitise the public, helping people become more
open-minded and able to establish contacts with individuals affected by
handicaps. This objective is very dear to the members of the Foundation
· support and inform the patients and parents
Denyse
Dufresne BSc, D.O.(Q.):
“The
Collège d’Études Ostéopathiques has given me the philosophy of Osteopathy
in its essence. This means the wisdom of knowing how to listen and discover with
our hands the presence and power of Life within the human body. Osteopathy has
helped me understand man’s sufferance in its physical, mental, emotional and
spiritual expression and aid the person, who so desires, to be liberated
permitting her to regain her independence and self-sufficiency. Osteopathy as
taught by the professors of the College has allowed me to structure my thoughts,
find a precise methodology and learn the art and manner transmitted according to
Tradition. The Collège d’Études Ostéopathiques has both the scientific
rigour and open-mindedness of Andrew Taylor Still’s teachings and the analysis
finesse of the Europeans as it has been transmitted right from the beginning of
the Institution by Philippe Druelle, D.O. (F, Cn)”