Vision Statement

Sutherland-Chan helps create a healthier, more harmonious community through the medium of educated touch.

Mission Statement

Sutherland-Chan delivers an exceptional learning experience that prepares well-educated, caring massage therapists to enter the allied health professions.

Philosophy

Sutherland-Chan expects high standards from us and our students. We operate in an accepting, supportive environment in which learning to be an exceptional member of our health profession is the primary focus.

Overview

Sutherland-Chan School of Massage Therapy is a career college with longevity in the massage therapy profession and a solid reputation as one of the best schools in North America.  We are proud to see that employers preferentially hire our graduates.

Sutherland-Chan School provides accessible formats of print, digital, or multimedia resources or materials for anyone with a disability, upon request. All students have access to digital note packages for all courses and information is provided to all students on where to access further digital resources upon request.

History of Sutherland-Chan School of Massage Therapy

Sutherland-Chan School was incorporated in August 1978 and began operation that fall with a class of 14 students.

The two founders, Grace Chan, and Christine Sutherland, discussed their reservations about the quality of massage education they had received. They felt undertrained, especially clinically.

These conversations led them to open a school that delivers clinically relevant learning, diverse hands-on experience, and extensive practice management.

At inception, the program ran for eight months (1040 hours), the provincial requirement at the time. That requirement jumped to 1560 hours, or 12 months full time in 1980.

The ’80s to ’90s were a time of amazing growth. Hospitals and other mainstream health and service agencies began working with us to bring student rotations into their locations, resulting in the Specialty Clinic program for which Sutherland-Chan is renowned.

Greater space needs led to a move to a brand-new space at 330 Dupont St. in 1990.

The space at 330 Dupont is remembered fondly but proved too small as the school’s growth continued. So in 2020, we moved to our current location at 15 Gervais Drive in North York on the soon-to-be-opened Eglinton Crosstown LRT.

Having been continuously owned and led by massage therapists, Sutherland-Chan School of Massage Therapy remains dedicated to the goals and principles Grace and Christine first discussed many years ago. Massage therapy is a healthcare profession and we have experienced tremendous satisfaction contributing to the increasing credibility and public awareness it has achieved. We are extremely proud of our graduates, who are our finest advocates.