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Diploma in Shiatsu Therapy

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Kaz Kamiya
Kaz is the founder and an instructor at the SSC.  He graduated from the shiatsu and acupuncture program in Japan in 1978, and then apprenticed with Shizuto Masunaga. He established the Shiatsu Clinic and the Shiatsu Education Centre (now the Shiatsu School of Canada) in 1981.  

JOANN ALAFRIZ
Clinic Supervisor
Joann is a Certified Shiatsu therapist who graduated from the Shiatsu School of Canada in 1997.  She also holds her B.Sc. from the University of Guelph (1994). She currently practices shiatsu and moxabustion at a private practice in Toronto.

KIM DUNLOP
Special Topics in Eastern Medical Theory
Kim graduated with High Honours from the Shiatsu Therapy Diploma Program in 2000.  She is a Certified Shiatsu Therapist and maintains a private practice in Scarborough and she also works in the SSC Professional Clinic.  Prior to shiatsu, Kim was a modern ballet dancer and choreographer.

Lori Eisler  
Shiatsu Treatment, Shiatsu Practice , Meditation & Stretching
Lori received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Simon Fraser University. She is also a graduate of the Shiatsu School of Canada (1991) and a practicing Certified Shiatsu Therapist. She maintains a private practice in Toronto. 

WILLIAM HOSSACK
Clinic Supervisor, Shiatsu Theory
William is a graduate of the Shiatsu Diploma Program at the SSC (1999) and a Certified Shiatsu Therapist. He also completed the four year Acupuncture Program at the Michener Institute in 2003. Presently he maintains a private practice in Toronto.

SUSAN HUBER-YAP
Sotai
Susan is a graduate of the Shiatsu School of Canada (1988).  She has many years of experience as a volunteer teacher's assistant and has been a Sotai instructor since 2001.  Susan is also a certified coach and judge in various sports.

Greta Kubis
Pathology; Public Health; Nutrition
Greta completed her doctor of medicine in Czechoslovakia and became a certified specialist in paediatrics. She recently completed her Master of Science in nutrition at the University of Toronto. 

Lois Kunkel
School Counsellor
Lois Kunkel has her M.Ed. in Counselling Psychology from OISE/University of Toronto.  In addition to counselling at the Shiatsu School of Canada, she has been the counsellor for students in training at the Sutherland- Chan School & Teaching Clinic since 1991.  Lois has a private practice.   

Chai Lien Lee
Anatomy and Physiology
Chai Lien graduated from the University of Bombay in India in 1976 with an MBBS (medical) degree. She completed a Master of Science degree in human anatomy in 1982. Her 20 years of teaching experience includes teaching to students in medicine, dentistry, nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and audio-speech therapy, as well as shiatsu.

J. Carlos Praniauskas
Director of the Shiatsu Program, Clinic Supervisor
Carlos graduated from the first graduating class of the SSC (1988). He has taught the school's General Interest Course and Shiatsu Practice in the Shiatsu Therapy Diploma Program. He maintains a private practice in Toronto.  

RONNY BREUER
Business, Communications, Foundations of TCM

Stephanie Campbell
Clinic Supervisor

MOON MUKAR
Kinesiology

peter skrivanic 
Shiatsu Practice
Peter graduated from Queen’s University in 1995 with an honours degree in philosophy. He spent three years in Japan, where he started to receive and study shiatsu. He returned to Canada in 1999 and began to study at the SSC, receiving diplomas in both shiatsu and acupuncture. He is currently studying with a Japanese acupuncturist. Peter maintains a private practice in Toronto, and does shiatsu on-site in the corporate world.

ANNA STRZELECKA (NCCAOM)
Ethics, Clinic Supervisor
Anna completed her General Certificate of Education in Poland in 1992.  She is also a graduate of the Shiatsu School of Canada (1994) and a graduate of the acupuncture program at the Mitchener Institute for Applied Health Sciences.  Presently she maintains her own practice in Toronto.