WEDNESDAY UPDATE:
The Hospital Employees’ Union (HEU) filed a complaint with the College of Complementary Health Professionals of BC asking the regulatory body to investigate Jody Toor’s actions where she repeatedly presents herself publicly as a medical doctor (MD), despite admitting she is not registered with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia.
THE NDP said on Tuesday that one of BC Conservative Leader John Rustad’s candidate in Langley-Willowbrook has frequently described herself as a medical doctor despite not having a medical degree.
The B.C. Conservative Party announced Jody Toor as a candidate last year with a post that called her “Dr. Jody Toor”. As recently as last month, she was introduced as a “physician” at an event with Rustad, and recently claimed that she went to “medical school” in the United States.
The NDP said that Rustad’s B.C. Conservatives appear to be aware of the misleading title that Toor uses and have recently stopped using it in official campaign material. However, she continues to use the titles “Doctor,” “M.D.” and “Chief Medical Officer” professionally – on her business website, and even on her lab coat.
Titles like “Doctor,” “Medical Practitioner,” and “Physician” are protected in BC.
In reality, her education is a doctorate in “integrative medicine” from Hawaii-based Quantum University, an online school that offers “degrees in natural medicine based on the science of quantum physics.”
The NDP pointed out: “Quantum itself makes it clear on their website that they are “NOT ACCREDITED” and “graduates are NOT physicians or naturopaths.””
Toor’s online biography says “As a Quantum Practitioner, Dr. Toor also utilizes elements of quantum physics to help her patients realize their greatest potential.”
Here are some of the foundations of Quantum University:
“We believe in the reality of the field and subspace as the optimal source of healing.”
“We believe in using a model of medicine based on the concepts of bio-terrain and subtle energies.”
“My objective in creating Quantum University was to update the medical and natural curriculum with the last discoveries in Neuroscience and Quantum Physics into a coherent and practical multidimensional model of Integrative Medicine.” (Website)
Exams at the university are online and “are not timed and consist of true/false and multiple-choice questions.” A student who fails an exam can reattempt it after 12 hours.
Adrian Dix, BC NDP candidate for Vancouver-Renfrew said: “It appears that John Rustad and his party are aware that Jody Toor is inaccurately claiming she went to medical school. If he condones his candidates claiming they are doctors when they’re not, why would British Columbians trust him with the healthcare system? John Rustad is a risk we can’t afford.”
Dr. Reece Schemmer added: “John Rustad’s candidate has misrepresented herself consistently as a medical doctor but she never went to medical school. It could be a disaster if this person was elected and in control of the province’s health budget. This is not the person that I want to partner with on the challenges ahead in healthcare.”
