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...).

Canadian Sleep Society
AbbreviationCSS
Formation1986
Typeprofessional association
HeadquartersSt. Catharines, Ontario
Location
Membership
>500
Official language
English
President
Charles Samuels, MD, CCFP, DABSM
Websitewww.css-scs.ca

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

CityYear
Ottawa2001
Quebec2004
Montreal2007
Toronto2009
Quebec2011
Halifax2013
Toronto2015

To access the abstracts from past conferences, go to the CSS Past Meetings page

Past Presidents
YearsPresident
1986-1988Roger Broughton, MD, PhD
1988-1990Robert D.Ogilvie, PhD
1990-1993Meir H. Kryger, MD
1993-1996Alistair MacLean, PhD
1996-1999Charlie George, MD
1999-2002Joseph DeKoninck, PhD
2002-2005Charles Morin, PhD
2005-2008Gilles Lavigne, DMD, PhD
2008-2011Helen S. Driver, PhD, RPSGT, DABS
2011-2014Shelly Weiss, MD
2014-2017Kimberley Cote, PhD

Current Board of Directors
PositionMember
PresidentCharles Samuels, MD, CCFP, DABSM
Past-PresidentKimberly Cote, PhD
Vice President ResearchJohn Peever, PhD
Vice President ClinicalJohn Fleetham, MD, FRCP(C)
Secretary/TreasurerNajib 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
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References
  1. http://www.css-scs.ca/menu/publications Archived 2014-05-25 at the Wayback Machine Vigilance, the Official Newsletter of the Canadian Sleep Society
  2. http://www.css-scs.ca/menu/education-and-information/brochures Archived 2014-05-25 at the Wayback Machine Sleep Health and Disorders Brochures
  3. http://www.css-scs.ca/conference Archived 2014-05-25 at the Wayback Machine Meetings of the Canadian Sleep Society
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