We are thrilled to announce that two of HDCs founding members, Donna Krasnow and Andrea Downie, are on the list of nominees for this years IADMS Dance Educator Award! Congratulations!! Check out the full list on IADMS Facebook page and below.

​The IADMS Dance Educators' Committee is very excited to share the nominees for the 2020 Dance Educator Award!
These 22 astounding educators were nominated by their colleagues and students for masterfully integrating principles of Dance Medicine and Science into their teaching practice and inspiring future generations of dance teachers to do the same. Nominators spoke passionately about these studio teachers, clinicians, healthcare providers, coaches, and classroom lecturers. Each of these professionals has devoted themselves to improving the health and performance of dancers through education and we thank them all for their service. The winner of the Dance Educator Award will be announced this October.
Please, join us in celebrating these educators:
Andrea Downie
Angela Pickard
Angelique Wilkie
Boglarka Simon-Hatala
Carrie Skony
Daan van den Akker
Donna Krasnow
Frey Faust
Hyp-Access (Audre Wirtanen & Laura Tuthall)
Katrina Edwards
Manuela Angioi
Rachel Fine
Roisin Cahalan
Sarah Kiely
Sarah Reis
Sarah Wilcoxon
Sonia Rafferty
Sujata Banerjee
Tiffany Stott
Vangeline
Wendy Timmons

Healthy Dancer Canada has issued a Statement on Racism as well as published a new resource, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Resources with a dance-specific focus. We invite our members and the wider dance community to share this resource, and are open to feedback on how we can improve both.

​Please contact healthydancercanada@gmail.com and resources.healthydancercanada@gmail.com with your suggestions.

The Healthy Dancer Canada ​2017 Annual Report is now available. Read about HDC's many successes in 2017. Highlights include:​​
- updated HDC logo
- new members of the HDC dance "company", representing more diversity in body types and dance genres
​- HDC's Financial Assistance Program
- newsletter Book Club
- Calgary Conference successes
- growing membership
- professionally designed resources, including the new 2017 resource Core Support, Neutral Pelvis and Trunk Stabilization
- change to the fiscal year-end

​Click on the image to read the report.

Healthy Dancer Canada is a signatory to the Statement on Safer Spaces in Canadian Dance, along with other Dance Services Organizations across Canada. Read the Statement, and other resources, at Canadian Dance Assembly's Safer Spaces page, www.cda-acd.ca/en/about-us/safer-spaces.

HDC Conference Coordinator Andrea Downie was featured on Turn Out Radio, interviewed by HDC Board member Nicole Hamilton, on Wednesday August 15, 2018. Listen below to hear about the upcoming 10th Anniversary Healthy Dancer Canada Conference 2018 in Toronto this September 28-30.

​The show airs at 9 a.m. EST on CIUT 89. 5 FM. For those who are not in the Toronto area, the show can be streamed live, weekly, at www.ciut.fm.

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Members now have access to a new set of HDC resources (to remain a members-only privilege). Visit the Members page of the website to see the new Performance Profiling resources available to members, including Introduction to Performance Profiling by HDC President Karine Rathle and Board Member Sarah Kenny.