About Us
The Music Therapy Association of Ontario (MTAO) serves as a unifying body for music therapists: promoting, developing, and supporting the profession of music therapy in the province of Ontario.
We aim to protect the status of the profession, promote ethical practice, share information and uphold the professional and educational standards of music therapy in Ontario.
The Music Therapy Association of Ontario recognizes that its board and members practice on the traditional lands of Ontario First Nations and Metis people.
We acknowledge that there are 46 treaties and other agreements that cover the territory now called Ontario. We are thankful to be able to work and live in these territories. This land acknowledgment is only one way we recognize Indigenous therapists, clients, stakeholders and communities throughout the various territories. We highlight the need to support Indigenous peoples year-round, and to our utmost capacity.
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Meet our board of directors
Board of Directors nominations are now open!
The MTAO board of directors needs you! Nominations are now open for the position of Vice President. Put yourself on the ballot, or nominate a friend or colleague. For more information, click here.
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Our Regions
Northern Ontario: Sudbury, North Bay, Sault Ste Marie, Thunder Bay, Kenora, Manitoulin Island, Northern Georgian Bay, Hudson’s Bay and James Bay communities, Timmins, Kapuskasing, Cochrane
Barrie-Muskoka: Barrie, Huntsville, Bracebridge, Gravenhurst, Southern Georgian Bay, Orillia, Oro-Medonte, Alliston, Beeton, Tottenham, Parry Sound
Eastern Ontario: Ottawa, Kingston, Brockville, Cornwall, Perth, Pembroke, communities/counties/townships east of Trenton
Durham Region: Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa, Clarington, Newcastle, Newtonville, Port Perry, Sunderland, Beaverton, Uxbridge, Goodwood, Bolsover, Cannington Peterborough/Lindsay, Port Hope, Cobourg, Northumberland County
GTA: Metro Toronto, York Region, Peel Region, Scarborough, Markham
Waterloo Region and Surrounding Areas: Waterloo, Kitchener, Cambridge, Paris, Guelph, Wellington County, Wilmot Township, Stratford, Perth Counties, Grey and Bruce Counties, Caledon/Dufferin County
Windsor-Chatham-Sarnia (Southwestern Ontario): Windsor, Chatham, Sarnia, Brooke-Alvinston, Leamington, northwestern shore of Lake Erie, London
Hamilton-Brantford: Hamilton, Burlington, Brantford, Haldimand County,
northeastern shore of Lake Erie, Caledonia
Niagara Region: Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Welland, St Catharines, Fort Erie, Pelham, Grimsby, and west up to but not including Haldimand County and Hamilton
Regional Reps
Eastern Ontario
Jennifer Cunningham
heartformusic@gmail.com
Niagara
Vacant
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GTA
Steffi Friyia
nmtso.official@gmail.com
Waterloo Region and surrounding areas
Vacant
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Hamilton-Brantford
Sara Klinck
saraklinck@gmail.com
Windsor-Chatham-Sarnia
Vacant
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Barrie-Muskoka
Vacant
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Northern Ontario
Kaelyn McCallum
kaelynmccallummta@gmail.com
Durham Region
Antonietta Mongillo Desideri
toni@creativemindsmusictherapy.com