
Tanea Goncalves Forward
Executive Director
Tanea Goncalves Forward is the Executive Director for the Canadian Therapeutic Recreation Association. Tanea completed her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Alberta. She was a Recreation Therapist with Alberta Health Services (Lakeland Regional Health Authority and East Central Health Region) for twelve years. In September 2006, Tanea decided to pursue her Master degree because she felt that research needed to be conducted to advance the profession of Therapeutic Recreation in Canada. In August 2012, Tanea completed her Master Degree from Dalhousie University. Tanea has always been interested in the advancement of the TR profession and has served on various committees that have worked to achieve this goal. Tanea is very aware of the accomplishments of Therapeutic Recreation in Canada and hopes to assist in the future growth of the profession.