2006
At the CRTO, former Registrar & CEO Gord Hyland sadly passes away on October 11, 2006. Kitchener’s Conestoga College launched a new Respiratory Therapy program in September 2006, becoming the sixth program in Ontario. There are now 2,376 RTs in Ontario (1,615 female and 701 male).
In 2006, popular social medium Twitter was launched, the 20th Winter Olympics were held in Turin, Italy and Pluto was demoted to a ‘dwarf planet’. Stephen Harper became prime minister; Mario Lemieux retired (for the second and final time) from hockey, and Ontario recorded a 4.5 magnitude earthquake. Canada’s first bilingual film Bon Cop, Bad Cop made its debut, becoming one of the top-grossing Canadian movies ever. James Bond returned in Casino Royale and Al Gore shed light on climate change in An Inconvenient Truth. Also, legislation is passed in Ontario affecting RT practice surrounding routine notification and required request (RNR) in 2006, as well as Bill 124 Fair Access to Regulated Professions Act.
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