Canadian Sleep Society
The Canadian Sleep Society (CSS) / Société Canadienne du Sommeil (SCS) is a professional organization whose membership is made up of Physicians, sleep researchers, polysomnographic technicians, dentists, clinical psychologists, students/trainees, and other certified allied health professionals (e.g., Registered Nurses, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Recreational Therapists, RRTs, RCPTs, etc...).
| Abbreviation | CSS |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1986 |
| Type | professional association |
| Headquarters | St. Catharines, Ontario |
| Location | |
Membership | >500 |
Official language | English |
President | Charles Samuels, MD, CCFP, DABSM |
| Website | www.css-scs.ca |
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Vision
Healthy Sleep for Healthy Canadians
Mission Statement
The Canadian Sleep Society is a national organization committed to improving sleep for all Canadians through: support for research; promotion of high quality clinical care; education of professionals and the public; and advocacy for sleep and sleep disorders medicine.
Publications
The official newsletter of the CSS, Vigilance[1] provides information to its membership and to the public about the activities of the society. Vigilance is typically published in electronic format biannually.
A number of educational brochures are also freely available in English and French from the CSS[2]
Recently, the CSS partnered with the Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS) to publish a position paper on portable monitoring for sleep apnea in the Canadian Respiratory Journal.
Meeting
The Canadian Sleep Society Congress gathers biannually to present information on sleep research and sleep medicine. Approximately 500 to 800 people attend the meeting, and is the largest of its kind in Canada entirely devoted to sleep. The meeting is composed of scientific presentations, an exhibition hall, public lectures, education courses, a technologists program and a student day.[3]
The host cities for our past meetings:
Calgary || 2017
| City | Year |
|---|---|
| Ottawa | 2001 |
| Quebec | 2004 |
| Montreal | 2007 |
| Toronto | 2009 |
| Quebec | 2011 |
| Halifax | 2013 |
| Toronto | 2015 |
To access the abstracts from past conferences, go to the CSS Past Meetings page
Past Presidents
| Years | President |
|---|---|
| 1986-1988 | Roger Broughton, MD, PhD |
| 1988-1990 | Robert D.Ogilvie, PhD |
| 1990-1993 | Meir H. Kryger, MD |
| 1993-1996 | Alistair MacLean, PhD |
| 1996-1999 | Charlie George, MD |
| 1999-2002 | Joseph DeKoninck, PhD |
| 2002-2005 | Charles Morin, PhD |
| 2005-2008 | Gilles Lavigne, DMD, PhD |
| 2008-2011 | Helen S. Driver, PhD, RPSGT, DABS |
| 2011-2014 | Shelly Weiss, MD |
| 2014-2017 | Kimberley Cote, PhD |
Current Board of Directors
| Position | Member |
|---|---|
| President | Charles Samuels, MD, CCFP, DABSM |
| Past-President | Kimberly Cote, PhD |
| Vice President Research | John Peever, PhD |
| Vice President Clinical | John Fleetham, MD, FRCP(C) |
| Secretary/Treasurer | Najib Ayas, MD, MPH, FRCPC |
| Member-at-Large (Website) | Simon Warby, PhD |
| Member-at-Large (Membership) | Lynda Belanger, PhD |
| Member-at-Large (Media) | Reut Gruber, PhD |
| Member-at-Large (Communications) | Célyne Bastien, PhD |
| Member-at-Large (Dental) | Leslie Dort, DDS, Diplomate, ABDSM |
| Member-at-Large (Technologist) | Michael Eden, RPSGT, RST(ABSM) |
| Member-at-Large (Technologist) | Laree Fordyce, B.TECH, CCSH, RPSGT, RST, CCRP |
| Member-at-Large (Trainee) | Samuel Laventure, PhD |
| Member-at-Large (Trainee) | Kevin Grace, PhD |
External links
- The Official Site of the Canadian Sleep Society
- CSS Facebook page
- CSS Twitter page
- The 2011 joint congress of the World Association of Sleep Medicine and the CSS in Quebec City, Canada, September 10-15, 2011
- The Official Site of the World Association of Sleep Medicine (WASM)
- The Official Site of The World Federation of Sleep Research & Sleep Medicine Societies (WFSRSMS)
References
- http://www.css-scs.ca/menu/publications Archived 2014-05-25 at the Wayback Machine Vigilance, the Official Newsletter of the Canadian Sleep Society
- http://www.css-scs.ca/menu/education-and-information/brochures Archived 2014-05-25 at the Wayback Machine Sleep Health and Disorders Brochures
- http://www.css-scs.ca/conference Archived 2014-05-25 at the Wayback Machine Meetings of the Canadian Sleep Society