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Membership Information

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NEW MEMBERS

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The Canadian Sleep Society / Société Canadienne du Sommeil (CSS / SCS) is a professional association of clinicians, scientists and technologists formed in June 1986 at a meeting of Canadian sleep researchers, called by Dr. Roger Broughton. The Society established the following objectives:

  • The advancement of education in the area of sleep research.
  • To help consolidate and advance sleep research carried on in Canada.
  • To promote and support the growth and quality of sleep disorders studies.
  • To increase the profile and support for sleep research in Canada.
  • To increase public awareness of the importance of sleep research and to Canadas contribution to this area.

The CSS / SCS was incorporated on April 20, 1989 and also registered as a charity under the income Tax Act on February 1, 1990.

Membership in the CSS / SCS:
Membership is for a calendar year (January to December)

Membership is open to those individuals who support and believe in the objectives of the CSS / SCS. There are four categories of membership in the CSS / SCS:

  1. Physicians & Dentists
  2. Full membership. This includes PhD, MSc, MA
  3. Technologists
  4. Students and trainees
  5. Corporate members
  6. Special interest Group: Dental Interest Group

Annual Membership Dues:

  • Physicians & Dentists $150.00
  • Full Member $ 120.00
  • Technologist $ 60.00
  • Student $ 30.00
  • Organization/Company $1000.00
  • Dental Interest Group (DIG) - Additional group contribution $100

Your society dues contribute greatly to the goals of the Canadian Sleep Society (CSS) / Société Canadienne du Sommeil (SCS) which are embodied in our mission statement.

Benefits of Membership:

  • Free on-line subscription to the Journal of Sleep Research. For more information visit: www.css.to/services/jsr/index.htm
  • Reduced registration fees and subsidized events at CSS / SCS scientific meetings. To date, these conferences have been held in Ottawa in 2001, Quebec City in 2004, Montreal in 2007, Toronto in 2009. Our next conference will be in Quebec City, September 10-15, 2011. www.wasm2011.org
  • Invitation to the Annual General Meeting and reception held at the CSS / SCS conference, or at the APSS meeting in the U.S.A. for years when the CSS / SCS does not hold a separate meeting.
  • Regular newsletter. The CSS / SCS produces Vigilance, a newsletter designed to keep the membership up to date with happenings of the Society and within the field of sleep in general. Vigilance also provides a forum for discussion of controversies in the field of sleep and sleep disorders medicine. It is published on the website in the: vigilance section.
  • Membership on the CSS / SCS e-mail list. This electronic list is used for the CSS / SCS Executive to communicate with members. Members may also use it as a forum for discussion of controversies in the field of sleep and sleep disorders medicine. To be added to the list or to post a message, send an e-mail to: css-info@css.to
  • Access to SLEEP_L (requires an e-mail address). SLEEP_L is a list server based on a mainframe computer at Queens University dedicated to consultation and general communication among members of the international community of clinicians and researchers in the field of sleep. A subscription of SLEEP_L is not open to the general public, but it has been made available to all new members of the CSS / SCS. To join this list, send an e-mail to: j_todd_arnedt@css.to.
  • List your Sleep Clinic or Research Center on our website at:
    Sleep Centres. Listing privileges are restricted to clinics whose Director is a Full CSS /SCS member. Members of the public and health care professionals have free access to this list to help locate sleep specialists across Canada.
  • Option to have yourself identified on the CSS /SCS website as a Sleep Specialist to be contacted by media and members of the public: www.css.to/specialists.html
  • Access to the CSS / SCS membership list. This list allows you to contact your colleagues in various areas of the country, and to develop a network of expertise for clinical and/or research endeavours. This list is not published on the website.
  • Employment opportunities online resume and case studies are posted by members as well. may be posted on the website for not-for-profit organizations, members, and corporate members.
  • Roger Broughton Young Investigator Award, awarded every two years to a young scientist for important early career research contributions.
  • Student and technologist prizes for research are awarded each year for the best abstract at the scientific meeting (either CSS / SCS or APSS).
    Please note: any donation you make to the Student Fund goes towards educational and social events for students as determined by the two student representatives elected to the CSS / SCS Executive. These donations are not used for the student research award as described above.

Benefits for Corporate Membership:

  • Corporate members receive acknowledgement of their support on the CSS / SCS webpage.
  • Corporate members receive free advertising in CSS / SCS publications (e.g., Vigilance, the official newsletter of the CSS /SCS).
  • Corporate members receive free advertising for job positions on our website. All other for-profit organizations are not permitted to advertise on the website.
  • Corporate members have access to the general membership list of CSS/ SC
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