This page is intended as an overview of CPA membership categories. The CPA Bylaws define different membership categories to serve different purposes and abilities. There are six (6) types of Class A membership: regular, lifetime, early career, institutional, community, and corporate, and one (1) type of Class B membership: Honourary. An Honourary membership is solely for the purpose of invited participation in a meeting, workshop or conference, and the recipient does not have the right to receive notice of, attend, or vote at a meeting of members.
Voting membership refers to the voting member categories under CPA Bylaws. Members in the categories are individuals who are involved in permafrost-related activities, and those that are interested in the mission of the CPA - to bring communities, researchers and practitioners together to advance our understanding of permafrost environments.
Membership |
Regular* |
Early Career* |
Lifetime |
Community |
Institutional |
Corporate |
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Description |
Available to an individual who is interested in a one year membership. | Available to an individual who is interested in a one year membership, and is enrolled full-time in high school or post-secondary, or has completed their most recent educational qualification within the last four years. | Available to an individual who is interested in a lifelong membership. | Available to a local government agency, municipality or a recognized land claims organization operating at the community, provincial or territorial level who are interested in a one year membership. | Available to an educational institution or a department thereof, or a Federal, Provincial, or Territorial government department or agency, interested in a one year membership. | Available to a business, corporation, not- for-profit corporation or group interested in a one year membership. |
Voting |
Entitled to one (1) vote at all meetings of members. | Entitled to one (1) vote at all meetings of members. | Entitled to one (1) vote at all meetings of members. | Entitled to one (1) vote at all meetings of members. The vote shall be made by a member representative in the name of the Community Member. | Entitled to one (1) vote at all meetings of members. The vote shall be made by a member representative in the name of the Institutional Member. | Entitled to one (1) vote at all meetings of members. The vote shall be made by a member representative in the name of the Corporate Member. |
Cost ($) |
100 + GST/HST | 30 + GST/HST | 1500 + GST/HST | 50 + GST/HST | Silver: 500 + GST/HST Gold: 1000 + GST/HST |
Silver: 500 + GST/HST Gold: 1000 + GST/HST |
* The CPA and the Canadian Canadian Geotechnical Society are pleased to offer a discounted membership for a CPA-CGS combo. For regular members, the combined registration fee is $300 and for students, it is $55.
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