Issues to consider:

1)

Profile / Qualities of a successful Homeopathic Practitioner (article).

2)

Teachers determine your future success as a healer. 
Start with the best and save many wasted years unlearning poor techniques and habits.
Look for teachers with these credentials (article).  

3)

Homeopathy is currently unregulated in Canada.

4)

In the absence of government regulation, how can schools and professional organizations be evaluated in a meaningful way?

5)

Who says ’This school provides a good homeopathic education’? 
Does this opinion come from an independent source?
Is the owner/director of a school promoting their own school?

6)

Who says ’This individual understands how to use homeopathic remedies effectively’? 
Does this opinion come from an independent source?

7)

Which homeopathic organizations are working together to independently evaluate:
   a) schools
   b) individual homeopathic practitioners?
What credentials do members in these organizations have?

8)

Future government regulation of homeopathy in Canada (click on articles below).
   Political Regulation & Legislative Updates
   Canadian Standards for Homeopathic Training and Practice by Raymond Edge
   B.C. - Regulation & Legislation Issues

CHE Approved Homeopathic Education / Schools (see CHE below)

Canadian Academy of Homeopathy

North America’s most demanding education program.
Open to licensed Canadian health care providers only
(i.e. MD, ND, RN, DDS, DC etc.)
Director: Andre Saine, ND, DHANP
4 year program credentials - FCAH 
       Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Homeopathy

Toronto School of Homeopathic Medicine

Open to all, no pre-requisites
500+  hours of homeopathic education
Teachers: DHANP, FCAH, RSHom(NA) credentials
Director: Raymond Edge, RSHom(NA)
4 year program credentials - FSHomMed 
       Fellow of Toronto School of Homeopathic Medicine
3 year program credentials - DSHomMed 
       Diplomate of Toronto School of Homeopathic
       Medicine

Vancouver Homeopathic Academy (CHE approval is pending)

Open to all, no pre-requisites
500+ hours of homeopathic education
Teachers: DHANP, RSHom(NA) credentials
Director: Murray Feldman, CCH, RSHom(NA)
4 year program credentials - DCH
       Diploma in Classical Homeopathy

Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (CHE approval is pending)

Open to CCNM Naturopathy students only
205 hours of homeopathic education
Teachers: DHANP, FCAH credentials
Dept. Head, Homeopathy: Nadia Bakir, ND DHANP FCAH
Graduates must complete further homeopathic studies and be awarded DHANP / FCAH credentials to satisfy minimum homeopathic competency standards.

Medical Doctors, Naturopaths and Professional Homeopaths representing the professional organizations AIH, HANP and NASH (see below), work together to independently evaluate and certify:

1)   Homeopathic Schools through the Council for Homeopathic Education (see below).
2)   Individual Homeopaths through the Council for Homeopathic Certification (see below)

Council for Homeopathic Education (CHE)

Factors of North American homeopathic schools under review include: curriculum, faculty and clinical supervision.

International homeopathic education guidelines from the European and International Councils for Classical Homeopathy are also considered.

Council for Homeopathic Certification (CHC)

Graduates of ANY homeopathic education program are invited to submit to an extensive evaluation of homeopathic proficiency involving written, oral and practical examinations.

Successful candidates:
1) Eligible for membership in professional organizations below.
2) Credentials: Certified in Classical Homeopathy (CCH)

Canadian Council on Homeopathic Certification (CCHC)

Canadian affiliate of the Council for Homeopathic Certification.
Will accept Canadian candidates in 2002/2003.

Graduates of ANY homeopathic education program are invited to submit to an extensive evaluation of homeopathic proficiency involving written, oral and practical examinations.

Successful candidates:
1) Eligible for membership in professional organizations below.
2) Credentials: Certified in Classical Homeopathy, Canada
   (CCH(C))

Professional Organizations
Set and enforce standards of training, conduct and ethics for individual homepathic practitioners.

American Institute of Homeopathy (AIH) 

Open to Licensed Medical Doctors / Osteopathic Doctors  
Credentials: Diplomate of Homeoptherapeutics (DHt) 

Homeopathic Academy of Naturopathic Physicians (HANP)

Open to Naturopathic Doctors    
Credentials: Diplomate of the Homeopathic Assoc. of
                 Naturopathic Physicians (DHANP)

North American Society of Homeopaths (NASH)

Open to other Professional Homeopaths
Credentials: Registered Member of the Society of Homeopaths,
                 North America (RSHom(NA))