A Word from the President
Welcome to the website of OPPQ (Ordre professionnel de la physiothérapie du Québec).
Physiotherapy has a lot to contribute to Quebec’s healthcare system, thanks to the dedication and professionalism of those who practice it.
Our role as a professional order is to guide our members and ensure they provide you with top quality care and services. Our main mission is to protect the public. You can call on the Order if you feel a physiotherapist or physiotherapy technologist you consulted behaved inappropriately or if you feel you were not provided with quality service.
OPPQ is also responsible helping these professions advance. Our objective is to promote our members’ abilities and think about how to optimize health care in Quebec.
As president, I promise to do all I can to achieve our Order’s mission of ensuring residents of Quebec receive safe, high quality care. I am also confident that our members’ ongoing efforts to stay on top of ever-evolving professional knowledge and practices will address the needs and concerns of their patients.
Enjoy exploring our website!
Manon Dufresne, PT, OPPQ President
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors (BoD) consists of 16 members: 12 elected members and 4 members appointed by Office des professions du Québec. In addition to the chair, 7 are physiotherapists and 4 are physiotherapy technologists. The chair and board members are elected or appointed for renewable three-year terms. OPPQ members elect the chair by popular vote.
The BoD oversees the overall administration of OPPQ and ensures compliance with the Professional Code and Regulations that govern OPPQ and its members. In particular, it oversees entry into and practice of the profession.
The Executive Committee handles OPPQ’s day-to-day business and exercises the powers conferred upon it by the BoD
Note: Members identified by an asterisk (*) are also members of OPPQ’s Executive Committee.
Président
- Manon Dufresne, pht, M.Sc.(A)., M.Sc. | Présidente du comité exécutif de l’OPPQ
Administrateurs physiothérapeutes élus
- Chantal Besner | Administratrice physiothérapeute Montréal (mai 2022) | Vice-présidente du comité exécutif de l’OPPQ
- Simon Deslauriers | Administrateur physiothérapeute Capitale-Nationale et Mauricie (juin 2023)
- Josée Lapointe | Administratrice physiothérapeute Montérégie (juin 2023)
- Sylvie Marchand | Administratice physiothérapeute Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Outaouais, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Côte-Nord et Nord-du-Québec (juin 2024)
- Filomena Novello | Administratrice physiothérapeute Montréal (mai 2022)
- Yannick Tousignant-Laflamme | Administrateur physiothérapeute Bas-Saint-Laurent, Estrie, Gaspésie-Iles-de-la-Madeleine, Chaudière-Appalaches et Centre-du-Québec (juin 2024)
- Frédéric Wellens | Administrateur physiothérapeute Laval, Lanaudière, Laurentides (mai 2022) | Administrateur du comité exécutif de l’OPPQ
Administrateurs technologues en physiothérapie élus
- Geneviève Beaudoin | Administratrice T. phys. Estrie, Montérégie et Centre-du-Québec (juin 2023) | Administratrice du comité exécutif de l’OPPQ
- Mélanie Benoit | Administratrice T. phys. Montréal et Laval (juin 2024)
- Richard Brault | Administrateur T. phys. Bas-Saint-Laurent, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Capitale-Nationale, Gaspésie-Iles-de-la-Madeleine (juin 2024) | Vice-président du comité exécutif de l’OPPQ
- Camille Gaudreau-Pollender | Administratrice T. phys. Mauricie, Outaouais, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Côte-Nord, Nord-du-Québec, Lanaudière et Laurentides (mai 2022)
Administrateurs nommés
- Édith Bélanger (mai 2023)
- Louise Dépatie (mai 2024)
- Louise Lussier (mai 2022)
- Dominique Martinet (mai 2024) | Administrateur nommé au comité exécutif de l’OPPQ
Committees
OPPQ coordinates a number of committees that member physiotherapists and PRTs sit on. These committees, which handle various OPPQ activities, are a way for members to get involved and actively help OPPQ and its professions advance.
Admission Committee
The Admission Committee assesses applications to join OPPQ. It also handles requests from applicants trained outside Quebec and makes recommendations to the Executive Committee regarding degrees and training OPPQ should recognize as equivalent.
Review Committee (Admission)
If applicants are not satisfied with a decision concerning their request to have a degree or training recognized as equivalent, they can request a review. The Review Committee’s job is to review the Executive Committee’s decisions.
Training Committee
The Advisory Committee examines issues related to the quality of the initial training physiotherapists and PRTs receive, in keeping with professional practice.
Governance Committee
Governance includes all rules and processes related to managing and leading OPPQ. The Governance Committee drafts the rules and procedures that enable the Board of Directors (BoD) to carry out its duties. It also organizes and coordinates the identification, recruitment, appointment, and representation of directors, apart from the chair.
Finance and Audit Committee
The Finance and Audit Committee reviews the policies and processes tied to OPPQ’s financial management and expenditures to ensure they are effective. Following the financial audit, the committee reviews the financial statements and ensures that the recommendations made are implemented. The committee also reviews OPPQ’s budget and ensures it is in line with OPPQ’s mission and objectives so it can make recommendations to the BoD.
Human Resources Committee
The Human Resources Committee assists the Board of Directors with certain tasks, such as hiring, evaluation, remuneration, and succession planning for members of OPPQ’s management team and other employees.
OPPQ Clinical Research Fund Steering Committee
This committee advises OPPQ’s governing bodies on decisions regarding OPPQ’s clinical research fund, such as what the fund’s major scientific and budgetary strategies should be.
OPPQ Clinical Research Grants and Awards Evaluation Committee
This committee establishes and maintains a transparent and thorough evaluation procedure for scholarship and grant applications, reviews applications, and makes appropriate recommendations to OPPQ’s governing bodies regarding the annual awarding of grants and scholarships from the Physiotherapy Clinical Research Fund.
Advisory Committee on Spinal and Joint Manipulation
This committee processes spinal and joint manipulation waiver requests.
Review Committee on Spinal and Joint Manipulation
This committee manages requests to review spinal and joint manipulation certifications.
Our Team
President
Manon Dufresne, PT, M.Sc.(A)., M.Sc.
OPPQ President
mdufresne@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 227
Karine Ethier
Assistant to the President
kethier@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 232
Office of the Secretary and General Manager
Marie-France Salvas
Lawyer
OPPQ Secretary and General Manager
Information Access Officer
msalvas@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 246
Caroline Forant
Assistant to the Secretary and General Manager
cforant@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 226
Sophie Dumont
Project Manager and Assistant to the General Secretary
sdumont@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 254
Legal Services and Admissions Department
Daphné Thériault de Carufel
Lawyer
Director of the Legal Services, Admissions and Assistant Secretary
dtheriault@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 250
Audrey Benoit
Lawyer
Legal Services Advisor
abenoit@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 239
Julie Dubuc
Legal Services Assistant
jdubuc@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 258
Isabelle Dufort, PT
Admission Advisor
idufort@oppq.qc.ca — ext 245
Katharina Ciobanete, PT
Consultante en accès à la profession
kciobanete@oppq.qc.ca — ext 427
Reine Monka
Admission Assistant
rmonka@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 243
Communications Department
Sandra Chabannel
Director of Communications
schabannel@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 223
Pascale Rose Licinio
Communications Advisor
plicinio@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 262
Dominique Racicot
Communications Advisor
dracicot@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 504
Julie Desrosiers
Communications and Customer Service Assistant
jdesrosiers@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 221
Office of the Syndic
Judith Brillant, Phys. T., B.Sc., LL. M.
Syndic
Information Access Officer
jbrillant@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 249
Diane Breton, PT
Assistant Syndic
dbreton@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 222
Jean-Philippe Boivin, PT
Assistant Syndic
jpboivin@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 429
Catherine Liu-Castanet, PT
Assistant Syndic
clcastanet@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 228
Régis Paillé, Phys. T.
Assistant Syndic
rpaille@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 263
Lise Tremblay
Assistant to the Office of the Syndic
ltremblay@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 251
Department of Professional Development
Patrick Doiron-Cadrin, PT
Director of Professional Development
pdoiron-cadrin@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 266
Stéphanie Grégoire, PT
Project Manager and Illegal practice research Officer
sgregoire@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 244
Catherine Provost, Phys. T.
Project Manager and Illegal practice research Officer
cprovost@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 230
Sylvie Bérard
Assistant, Department of Professional Development
sberard@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 238
Rosane Bigras
Assistant, Department of Professional Development
rbigras@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 235
Inspection
Justine Couturier-Des Rochers, Phys. T.
Director of Inspection
Professional Inspection Committee Secretary
jcouturier@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 265
Yolanda Baggio, PT
Inspector
ybaggio@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 233
Geneviève Boilard, Phys. T.
Inspector
gboilard@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 422
Véronique Boucher, PT
Inspector
vboucher@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 242
Vincent Chênevert, PT
Inspector
vchenevert@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 234
Sylvie Coulombe, PT
Inspector
scoulombe@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 229
Marie-Josée Gagnon, PT
Inspector
mjgagnon@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 421
Isabelle Lapierre, PT
Inspector
ilapierre@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 264
Pierre-Yves Lauzon, Phys. T.
Inspector
pylauzon@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 236
Jihad Essaidi
Assistant, Department of inspection
jessaidi@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 247
Gisèle Mutombo
Assistant, Department of inspection
gmutombo@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 225
Administrative Services Department
Dominique Serre, BAA
Director of Administrative Services
dserre@oppq.qc.ca — ext. 224