Tema Stein Stotland graduated from McGill University in Montréal with a bachelor’s degree in physical therapy. She received her diploma in osteopathic manual practice (D.O.M.P.) in 2001 from the CCO in Toronto. She is a certified neurodevelopmental therapist and has completed additional courses in advanced and infant neurodevelopmental therapy. She has also taken postgraduate courses in developmental biomechanics, lower extremity and foot problems, and manual therapy, including Upledger techniques.
Tema has had more than 45 years of experience in clinical care and academics, including as an osteopathic manual practitioner, a paediatric physical therapist, and a department head at the CCO Toronto campus and the Canadian School of Osteopathy Manual Practice in Vancouver. In 1988, she founded Footprints Therapy, a practice that she co-owned until recently. She is a member of the College of Physiotherapy, the Canadian Physiotherapy Association, and the Ontario Association of Osteopathic Manual Practitioners.
She is currently an assistant professor for paediatrics at the CCO and Collège d'Études Ostéopathiques (CEO). She supervises and mentors students at the children’s clinic for the Toronto campus. Throughout her career, Tema has taught students, parents, therapists, doctors, and the general public across Canada in numerous courses, workshops, and presentations. She has often appeared on television and radio as an expert on paediatric issues. She has been featured in two editions of Today’s Parent magazine.
Tema has served as a paediatric advisor and parent advocate for the Board of the Three to Be, a foundation that supports research, education, and therapies for children with neuromotor disorders. She received the Three to Be “Hero Among Us” award in 2013. She was also honored, by the Canadian Physiotherapy Association, with the Margaret Finley Vlatcher Award for her contribution to clinical management of children with special needs. In 2016, she was awarded with the Companion of Osteopathy Award by the CEO. She has been further honored with the Viola Frymann, DO, Prize for excellence in paediatric osteopathy. In 2018, she received the Andrew Taylor Still Award for excellence in the teaching, promotion, advancement, and recognition of osteopathy.