Meet the executive, part 2
The work of re-imagining the Critical Physiotherapy Network continues, and we will share updates with you on points of consensus and points for future discussion this month.
Today, I continue introducing who is currently at the metaphorical table as a new generation supports the Critical Physiotherapy Network. If you missed the part one:
To clarify, the Critical Physiotherapy Network’s executive committee changeover from the original members a decade ago happened gradually, over time. The original core members stepped away at different moments over the first decade, for various reasons, such as nearing retirement, other personal or professional demands, or changes in careers. Different people joined the executive along the way for a time as well during that first decade. Many prior executive members remain actively involved and offer support to the new executive from the sidelines.
Cécile Abboudi, PhD
I am a clinician-researcher affiliated with the French Riviera University. I provide home physiotherapy care in the countryside of Var (Provence). My PhD is a trans-disciplinary work (sociology, anthropology, psycho-sociology and linguistics) where I questioned the basis of physiotherapy with a mixed methodology study. My scholarly approach usually focuses on group relations through the study of their practice, beliefs and knowledge (of each other). My current research examines different practices of physiotherapists in home physiotherapy care or on social media, through the lens of sociology of professions and health sociology to highlight the underpinning models of care. I am curious about the gender-specificity of the French physiotherapy profession when compared to other countries.
Jeffrey Andrion, PhD
I was born and raised in the Philippines and proudly wear the barong [buh-rong], the national dress of my home country, in this photo. My academic interests, research works, and personal identity have all been shaped by the 428-year colonial rule of his native Philippines by Spain (377 years), the United States (48 years), and Japan (3 years). Identifying as a post-colonial critical theorist, I am most interested in how colonial legacy, capitalism, and globalization continue to influence the migration of Brown and Black PT bodies to the global north and the shaping of global health education and practice. A trained grounded and critical theorist, I obtained both my PhD Health and MA Critical Disability Studies at York University in Toronto, Canada and my BScPT at McGill University (equivalency) in Montreal, Canada and Capitol University (Philippines). I remain repugnant that my people were once called indios and the white man’s burden. I argue that no one really discovered the Philippines. Instead, the colonizers sailed to the shores of my home country only to learn that communities were already thriving long before they arrived. Similarly, I also believe that there are really no “internationally educated” or “foreign trained” PTs; rather, there are only transnational physiotherapists who make substantial contributions to the PT profession both in their home and adopted countries.
At least one more introduction is yet to come. But since the establishment of the CPN, the executive has been and remains fluid. If you’d like to join the table, there is room for you. Please be in touch.