Course description
Add acupuncture to your treatment toolbox this fall. Join us in Halifax, November 21-23, 2025.
Acupuncture training and certification starts with the Foundations of Anatomical Acupuncture (AA1) course from Acupuncture Canada. Our program offers a paced, supported online training component combined with in-person, hands-on skills training to ensure you become a safe and effective practitioner. Acupuncture training can help you improve treatment outcomes and grow your practice.
The Foundations (AA1) course introduces you to the history of acupuncture and the current research underlying the physiological mechanisms of acupuncture and how it works from the anatomical perspective. You will explore the meridian system and how this integrates with the anatomical approach. At the end of this course, you will be able to locate and provide the rationale for 35+ acupuncture points for treatment of a variety of conditions including whiplash, frozen shoulder, back, hip, knee, ankle, and foot pain.
The Foundations course starts with a 4-week online study component, including videos, narrated PPTs, quizzes and case management plans. Online study is followed by a 3-day intensive in-person component where students work in small groups with experienced instructors, to learn safe, effective needling techniques. You will be able to start simple treatment of acute and chronic pain problems, with an emphasis on musculoskeletal pain, within your scope of practice.
The faculty team – selected physiotherapists, medical doctors, chiropractors, and acupuncturists – are all currently practicing experts in their clinical application of acupuncture.
The separate online and onsite components mean flexibility in study. There are multiple online start dates with each in-person component. Choose your separate online and onsite start dates when you register, to fit your busy schedule.
The AA1 HALIFAX course is offered:
• November 21-23, 2025 (with online start dates of October 6th or October 20th)
The AA1 course is next in Atlantic Canada, in Halifax again, May 8-10, 2026.
What do our students say?
“Pace of course facilitated learning very well – not overwhelming.”
“The one on one. Instructor/student ratio was excellent. Lots of time for practice/instruction.”
“I thought the course and instructors were great. Definitely worth it.”
Course fee: $1,399 plus tax
For more details visit www.acupuncturecanada.org or call 416-752-3988.
The Foundations (AA1) course is the first of 4 courses in the Acupuncture Core Program. The Acupuncture Canada curriculum has been carefully designed to incorporate on-line learning components along with hands-on skills sessions to provide the best opportunity for students to build their knowledge and their clinical skills.
Acupuncture is an excellent treatment option for patients with pain and inflammation, or for motor deficiencies/neurological problems and complicated pain syndromes such as trigeminal neuralgia. Chronic conditions need energy and deeper meridian points, making them more responsive to acupuncture
Details
3-day in-person component in Halifax, November 21-23, 2025
Each days runs 8:30-4:30
4-week online component becomes accessible October 6th or October 20th
