This year, it will be taking place in Ambrose University in CALGARY, AB on Saturday, April 5, 2025.

This in-person event is open to music therapists, music therapy students, and music therapy interns only. All times listed in Mountain Time. 

MTAs: $55 Regular
Music Therapy Students/Interns: $30 Regular
Use code YYC for $5 off before March 22

To register,
1. Complete and submit the form below (dietary restrictions, carpooling, accessibility).
2. Add your membership category to Cart, and make payment by clicking the "Cart" on the top right and follow the prompts.

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SCHEDULE:
9:00-9:30 - Registration and introductions

9:30-9:45 - Music and Mindfulness led by Leah Callao, MTA

9:45-11:00 - Palliative Care Happens Everywhere: Tools and Resources for Music Therapists, Sheila Killora, MTA (this presentation will be recorded)
As music therapists, compassionate care is at the heart of the work you do. Palliative care can be delivered by generalists anywhere in the healthcare system. When supporting people with serious illness and their families you are providing a palliative approach to care when you communicate and plan with clients and families, provide interventions to support symptom management, provide emotional and social support, offer strategies to cope with fear and foster hope, or facilitate access to ritual. This presentation aims to empower and equip music therapists with the knowledge, tools and competency-based education needed to deliver excellent palliative care. This presentation also highlights communication skills for challenging topics such as disease progression, hope, and advanced care planning. 

11:00-12:00 - Annual General Meeting and Regulation Update

12:00-1:00 - Catered Buffet Lunch
Pulled pork or beef, herb roasted potatoes or potato chippers, sesame seed buns, salad). 
Vegetable lasagna, garlic bread sticks

1:00-3:30 - Roundtables 
Large group: Fee Structure Guidelines for Alberta
Small groups: Best Practices for Running a MT Business, Tips and Tricks for Creating/Presenting a Job Proposal, Clinical Documentation, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Practice, Intervention Sharing

3:30-4:00 Wrap Up with Music and Movement with Jean Hinton, MTA

Please email info@mtaa.ca if you have any questions