Canadian Geriatrics Society Membership

We’re a vibrant national organization addressing THE defining healthcare challenge of our generation — compassionate, effective and sustainable healthcare for the rapidly growing numbers of older Canadians.

BECOME A MEMBER

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How We Improve the Care of Seniors

  • The Canadian Geriatric Society (CGS) advocates, promotes and contributes to the development of national initiatives, including:

    – Choosing Wisely Canada

    – National Seniors Strategy

    – National Dementia Strategy

  • Attracts students from all health care faculties to seniors’ care by supporting the student National Geriatric Interest Groups (NGIGs)

  • Attracts medical residents to under-served seniors’ care specialties, such as geriatric medicine, care of the elderly and geriatric psychiatry by supporting the Resident Geriatric Interest Groups (RGIGs).

  • Advocates and promotes leading best practices.

  • Reviews and endorses national initiatives (prevention of falls, medication deprescribing, etc.)

  • Develops national Special Interest Groups (SIGs) focusing on topics like falls prevention, continence, nutrition, medication de-prescribing etc.

  • Promotes research and education:

    – Popular and exciting Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) that brings clinicians, educators and researchers together from across the country

    – Peer-reviewed Canadian Geriatrics Society Journal of CME: www.geriatricsjournal.ca

    – Peer-reviewed, indexed Canadian Geriatrics Journal: www.cgjonline.ca

Your Member Benefits

  • Opportunities to become involved in the above-mentioned national initiatives

  • Opportunities to join the leadership and governance of a national organization and its committees

    – Career advancement

    – Facilitate academic promotion

  • Reduced rate to attend the Annual Scientific Meetings (ASM)

    – Opportunity to attend a pre-conference CME Day

  • Reduced rate to publish in the Canadian Geriatrics Journal

  • Updates from the Canadian Geriatrics Journal and the Canadian Geriatrics Society Journal of CME

  • Opportunities to connect and collaborate with like-minded professionals dedicated to the improvement of seniors’ health care

  • Opportunities to mentor medical students and residents interested in seniors’ care

  • Updates to help you remain current on new policy and funding for seniors’ care at the national level

  • Input into the Society’s national policy and media voice

Join us in improving seniors’ care — the CGS needs you and seniors need the CGS!

  • REGULAR MEMBERSHIP

    • Open to all professionals involved in the care, study or research of the elderly, who are in good standing with their respective colleges in Canada, if applicable

    • FEE: $325/year + HST OR $900/three years + HST 

    ASSOCIATE MEMBER – RESIDENTS

    • Open to residents, clinical or research fellows, Masters and PhD Candidates

    • IMPORTANT: Your proof of enrollment (Resident ID with expiry date, Program or Faculty confirmation of current enrollment) is required. / Votre preuve d'inscription (p. ex., carte d'identification de médecin résident avec la date d'expiration, confirmation d'inscription de la part du programme ou de la faculté) est exigé.

    • FEE: $50.00/year + HST

    STUDENT MEMBERSHIP 

    • Open to full-time undergraduate students, including medical and allied health professional students

    • IMPORTANT: Your proof of enrollment (Student ID with an expiry date, Program or Faculty confirmation of current enrollment) is required. / Votre preuve d'inscription (p. ex., carte d'identification d'étudiant avec la date d'expiration, confirmation d'inscription de la part du programme ou de la faculté) est exigé.

    • FEE: Free of Charge

    LIFE PATRON

    • Open to individuals who have been a CGS Member in good standing for the past five (5) years and who are retired from active clinical practice.

    • You must be logged into your CGS account to access this membership level *

    • IMPORTANT: Applicants are required to complete the Life Patron application form and attach it in their application.

    • Membership approval is at the sole discretion of the membership committee and applies to all membership types.

    • FEE: Free of Charge

The Canadian Geriatrics Society Scholarship Foundation

Support the Foundation

The CGS is committed to improving the care of older adults and has decided through its Foundation to promote interest among Medical Students in the practice of Geriatrics. Your donation will help the CGS Foundation us achieve this. You’ll also be supporting a scientific journal dedicated to the discovery and advances of care in older adults free of any pharmaceutical input. As we are a registered charity, you will receive a tax receipt.