From Awareness to Action: An introduction to Advocacy – This advocacy toolkit is designed to equip SAC members with the knowledge and resources to advocate for improved communication health services, elevate public and professional recognition, and effectively engage with political and community stakeholders.
SAC’s 2025 Federal Election Toolkit empowered members to advocate for stronger communication health services during the federal election. It outlines the importance of political engagement in shaping healthcare policy and highlights SAC’s advocacy priorities.
In support of our ongoing advocacy with the federal government, SAC’s Vote Communication 2021 campaign aims to push communication issues to the forefront and highlight the importance of access to speech-language pathology and audiology services across Canada. At the heart of our Vote Communication 2021 campaign is an extensive social media presence and new resources to promote our three key campaign issues.
In January 2018, SAC released an official statement regarding the use of facilitated communication and rapid prompting method in clinical practice.
In June 2017, SAC released two new resource toolkits designed to inform health-care professionals, patients/clients and their loved ones about common communication and swallowing issues at the end of life. Communication health professionals are encouraged to use these resources in their practice and to share them with colleagues, patients/clients and their families.
➡️See the Communication Health and End-of-Life Care Toolkit.
In September 2006, CASLPA sought to advise the public of the dangers of noisy toys and
began developing an extensive campaign entitled “Noisy Toys.” CASLPA wanted to alert
parents and caregivers to the potential dangers of noisy toys to their child’s hearing in
anticipation of the upcoming holiday shopping season. This message was an essential step
in preventing harm to a child’s hearing which can lead to serious communication and
learning difficulties in the future. In addition to the warning, CASLPA wanted to raise
awareness of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists and to raise the profile of its
association.
The campaign has since developed into a government advocacy strategy wherein
CASLPA is committed to educating Members of Parliament (MPs) and Health Canada
officials that some toys have the potential to harm hearing. Damage caused by exposure
to noisy toys can lead to serious communication and learning difficulties.
SAC actively advocates for your role. Part of this involves completing government submissions and technical briefs.
