Ontario Section of ACD AGM

With the honed experience of Zoom meetings and Google Meets over the past year, once again the ACD-OS opted for caution amidst the ongoing Pandemic and staged our annual general meeting virtually.

WELCOME AND REVIEW OF THE PAST YEAR’S ACTIVITIES

Dr. Larry Tenaschuk, our 2020-2021 Chair, started off the meeting by welcoming all attendees and guests and thanking the ACD Executive for their commitment and hard work throughout the year. He reviewed the accomplishments of the year highlighting the beautiful coin celebrating the 30-year anniversary of the Ontario Section of the ACD and designed by our vice-chair Dr. Paul Romanson. And he was not remiss in mentioning the well attended and excellent Core 1 course hosted by the ACD-OS and presented by Dr. Ouanounou on the “Top 10 prescribed drugs: What do you need to know?”. Fellows from other Canadian sections and Regency 4 were also invited to attend and many did. Dr. Tenaschuk advised our fellows that he had named a Constitution and Bylaws committee which had started updating our C & B however the work would continue with a new committee into 2022 under the leadership of Dr. Paul Romanson although a vote would be taken later in the meeting on agreed upon changes. Dr. Tenaschuk mentioned several initiatives aimed at reaching out to ACD-OS fellows such as the introduction of the “News You Can Use” bulletin and the Sarah McLaughlin concert hosted by our sponsor TD Wealth Management. On behalf of the ACD-OS he expressed pride in the ACD-OS Annual Newsletter and thanked the editor Dr. Sonia Slawuta-Shulakewych for her hard work in bringing it to fruition. During the ACD Spring meeting the ACD-OS was invited to speak to the provincial perspective of the Covid-19 Pandemic and how Ontario practices and dental organizations were dealing with it. Dr. Tenaschuk invited ODA President and Fellow Leslie Hapak to provide a short talk on behalf of the ACD-OS and other attendees stated they found it informative and enlightening.

CONGRATULATIONS NEW FELLOWS

Attendees of the ACD-OS AGM were encouraged to seek out worthy colleagues and nominate them for fellowship. But this moment was for our current stars, and we welcomed our 2021 new Fellows Drs. Rae Dorion, Gary Elman, Nector Ioannidis, Christina McCord, Shawn Steele, and Flavio Turchet and encouraged them to continue their dental leadership within the ACD-OS.

CELEBRATING THE ACD-OS 30TH ANNIVERSARY

With deference to Dr. Paul Romanson for his artistic skill in creating the ACD Ontario Section 1991-2021 Commemorative coin, this coin honored our first chair and the eleven founding members for their vision and leadership in creating the Ontario Section of the ACD. Dr. Romanson presented Dr. Emo J. Rajczak with a Certificate of Appreciation for serving as the first chair of the Ontario Section of the ACD.

RATIFICATION OF THE CURRENT EXECUTIVE AND ELECTION OF THE NEW SECRETARY

As per the request of the ACD, a vote was taken to ratify the current ACDOS Executive and ratification was confirmed.

Dr. Paul Romanson, the incoming chair, introduced Dr. Sunita Joshi as the candidate for secretary or the ACD-OS, a vote was taken and her election to the line was confirmed.

HONORS AND AWARDS

Dr. Drew Smith, Nominations and Awards Chair, and Dr. Wayne Pulver, Past ACD-OS Chair and incoming Nominations and Awards Chair, hosted the Awards presentation. Dr. Bertha Garcia, Vice Dean and Director of the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, was given a glowing tribute by Dr. Smith for all her commendations and awarded a Honorary Fellowship by the ACD. Dr. Tenaschuk thanked Dr. Smith for his leadership and introduced Dr. Pulver as the incoming Nominations and Awards Chair and thanked him for his ongoing leadership with a Certificate of Appreciation. As his first duty, Dr. Pulver awarded the 15-year pins to Drs. Michael Golberg, Kenneth Hershenfield, Jim Lai, Lionel Lenkinski, Larry Levin, Gerald Pearson and Daniel Zeiter and the 25-year pin to Dr. David Cowan.

Dr. Drew Smith was honored for his active leadership in the ACD-OS serving as Secretary, Vice-Chair, Chair, Newsletter Editor, Past Chair, Nominations Chair, Honors and Awards Chair and for helping to build the ACD-OS with his tireless efforts. A well-deserved Certificate of Appreciation was presented to Dr. Smith by Dr. Pulver who thanked him for his service and wished him well in his future endeavors.

FROM THE SECTION 4 REGENT

The ACD Section 4 Regent, Dr. Terry Norris, thanked the past presidents and welcomed the new fellows. He congratulated the Ontario Section on being at the forefront of the Regency in supporting our SPEA chapters, in attending ACD AGMs and of course the wonderful dinners at the ACDOS AGMs. He thanked the Ontario section for inviting Regency 4 to our lecture and suggested that it would be great if the Ontario section could host an Ethics lecture at the ODA ASM. Mentioning the importance of nominations in building the ACD, he encouraged the section to nominate at least 15 nominees and ensure that deans of both dental faculties are nominated as ACD Fellows. He congratulated ACD-OS in our supportive relationship with the SPEA chapters, commenting that Ontario and Indiana were the best SPEA chapters in the ACD. He noted how unusual but how wonderful it was that Ontario SPEA representatives were sponsored to attend the ACD AGMs and invited to attend the ACD-OS AGMs and encouraged us to continue with this into the future. After introducing the acronym PCSD (Post Covid Stress Disorder) he invited everyone to the Houston meeting, congratulated ACD-OS on the great work and offered his help and blessings to the incoming chair.