Canadian Sleep Society
The Canadian Sleep Society / Société Canadienne du Sommeil 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.
Vision
Healthy Sleep for Healthy CanadiansMission Statement
The Canadian Sleep Society is a national organization committed to improving sleep for allCanadians 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 to publish a position paper on portable monitoring for sleep apnea in the .
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.The host cities for our past meetings:
| 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
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 |