Katya Masnyk is the CEO of the Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators (CAPR) – the pan-Canadian federation of provincial physiotherapy regulators. CAPR administers the Canadian Physiotherapy Competency Exam, credentials internationally-educated physiotherapists, and supports member regulators through information and data sharing and policy work. Previously, Katya held leadership positions at the Cancer Quality Council of Ontario, the Ontario Health Quality Council, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Katya is committed to promoting the public interest in matters affecting the Canadian health system as well as to system transparency and public reporting of performance indicators. Katya has published and presented publicly on board governance, strategic planning, the role of language proficiency in credentialling assessment and the use of perform ance indicators and public reporting in a comprehensive quality improvement cycle. Katya completed a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master’s of Health Sciences from the Johns Hopkins University. She is currently a doctoral candidate in Rehabilitation and Health System Leadership at the Queen’s University studying communication competence among physiotherapists.
