Is shift work taking a toll on your nights and your days? Listen to CSS’ Vice President Clinical, Dr. Michael Mak, discuss the impact of shift work on sleep on CBC’s Ontario Today With Amanda Pfeffer. In this insightful episode, you will hear the testimonies of multiple shift workers as well as the…
Dear CSS members, Due to recent changes in our payment system, specifically with PayPal, we are transitioning all membership accounts to our new payment processor, Stripe. For security reasons, we are unable to transfer credit card information between the two platforms. Therefore, we will need to delete current accounts that are still using the PayPal platform.…
Wake Up Narcolepsy is inviting you to their Town Hall in Toronto on Saturday, April 6 2024. The event will take place at the Toronto Public Library – Barbara Frum Branch from 10AM to 3PM (ET). To register to this event, send an email to wuntownhall@wakeupnarcolepsy.org
The Société Antille-Guyane du Sommeil is planning the first International Sleep Days of the French West Indies & French Guiana. The congress will be held in Le Gosier, Guadeloupe, from March 7 to 9, 2024. The program will focus on sleep pathologies and complications. For more information, click here.
The Canadian Sleep Society is happy to announce that its next national conference will take place in Montréal, Québec, between March 14th and March 16th 2025! To learn more about the conference and register, click here.
Dear CSS members, In order to promote exchanges between the various research teams within our society and to showcase our student members, we are launching a new project of monthly seminars. These seminars would take place virtually and last for approximately 1 hour during which two students and/or postdoctoral fellows would have the opportunity to…
Dear Canadian Sleep Society members, The Canadian Sleep Research Consortium is launching a new series of free webinars on sleep for healthcare providers, researchers, and students. Join them on October 12, 2023 to learn about insomnia phenotypes with Dr Fernandez-Mendoza from Penn State University. More information here: www.researchsleep.ca/workshops-webinars
Have You Been Affected by the Recall of CPAP Devices? In June 2021, Philips Respironics recalled a large number of CPAP and other positive airway pressure (PAP) medical devices over concerns about potential health risks. Researchers from the University of Ottawa and University of Calgary are conducting a survey of patients from across Canada who…
The Canadian Sleep Society is proud to congratulate Dr. John Fleetham, former Vice-President Clinical at the CSS, for his appointment as a member of the Order of Canada! This appointment recognizes his incredible work in sleep disorder medicine as well as for his mentorship of the next generation of sleep scientists. The Order of Canada…
JOB VACANCY OPSEU 4106 REFERENCE#: 23-OPSEU4106-93953 Title: Sleep Lab Tech Department: Sleep Disorders Lab Position Number: 50070905 Hours of Work: Part-Time Position; Night Shifts Rate of Pay: $32.83-$37.79 Union: OPSEU4106 Central Location: Kingston General Hospital Site DESCRIPTION: The sleep laboratory technologist assesses, plans, implements, evaluates and documents care provided to patients in…