Abbreviation CSS Location Canada | Formation 1986 Membership >500 | |
Type professional association Headquarters St. Catharines, Ontario | ||
The Canadian Sleep Society (CSS) / Société Canadienne du Sommeil (SCS) is a professional organization whose membership is primarily made up of sleep medicine practitioners, sleep researchers, polysomnographic technicians and students.
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Description
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 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
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.