One of IPC’s goals is to keep Canadian chiropractic students informed of news and events of other student health professional organizations, such as the Canadian Interprofessional Student Network (CISN) and the National Health Sciences Students’ Association (NaHSSA), amongst others, as they pertain to interprofessionalism.

Every year the IPC co-chairs attend the NaHSSA annual conference. As a diverse network of university and college-based chapters, NaHSSA seeks to address the unmet need of actively involving Canada's health science students in interprofessional education while promoting the attitudes, skills, and behaviours necessary to provide collaborative patient-centred care. This year, Chadwick Chung and I attended the NaHSSA conference in London, Ontario, where we had the opportunity to network with other interprofessional health-care students from all over Canada and listen to various presenters speaking about integrating health professions in Canada and teamwork.

Overall, IPC serves to enhance interdisciplinary relations for chiropractic students and will ultimately set the stage for future chiropractors and other health-care professionals to work together.

There are a number of interprofessional events that have taken place this school year. The third annual charity “Future Health Professionals” Beach Volleyball Tournament held in September raised approximately $1,200 in support of the Arthritis Society and the third annual Higher Learning Pool Mixer raised approximately $260 in support of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.

Recent events have also included Healthcare Integration in Practice Night which demonstrated the diverse approach of working within a team of health-care professionals in providing optimal patient care.