Membership  Benefits

Membership in the professional organization representing toxicology in Canada, providing a recognized voice for matters affecting policy and funding.

Annual Symposium

Members receive reduced rate registration fees for the STC Annual Symposium. This first-class symposium emphasizes recent advances in toxicology and provides opportunities:

• to meet with colleagues sharing common interests from industry, government, and academia.
• for regular members and students to present their latest toxicological research findings,
• to enhance graduate student training, financially supported by privately-sponsored and STC-sponsored travel awards for students to attend the annual symposium.

STC News/Nouvelles

Members receive the official newsletter of the Society, STC News/Nouvelles, which provides a Canadian perspective on toxicological news. In addition to many features including regular editorial columns, the newsletter provides a forum for all members to express their views on toxicological issues.

STC WorldWideWeb homepage

http://www.stcweb.ca, containing up-to-date information on Society's activities and links to other toxicology-related sites.

Membership in IUTOX

Regular STC members are also members of the International Union of Toxicology (IUTOX), which holds congresses and supports toxicology initiatives in developing countries.

Meeting notifications

Members receive notifications of national and international conferences, meetings and workshops.

Post-doctoral fellows and graduate student rates

Post-doctoral fellows and graduate students receive reduced rates for membership and for symposium registration fees.

Public awareness initiatives

(e.g. "Principles of Toxicology" document and slideset, "Toxicology Education in Canada" document). ·

Opportunity to participate in the development of the discipline of toxicology in Canada, through membership on STC committees and on the Board of Directors.