Membership Criteria

There shall be the following classes of membership in the Academy:

Full members, associate members, members in training, affiliate members, life members,

inactive members, distinguished members and honorary members.

• Physicians who have received certification of fellowship in psychiatry from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, or by a provincial college in the province in which they practice, or hold such other specialist qualifications in psychiatry as shall be acceptable to the Board; and
• Have satisfactorily completed two years of training in geriatric psychiatry or have primarily practised geriatric psychiatry for a minimum of 3 years or have had at least one year of training in an approved program and have primarily practised geriatric psychiatry for a minimum of one year; and
• Are legally qualified medical practitioners who are acceptable to the Board.

• Physicians who have received certification of fellowship in psychiatry from the Royal  College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, or by a provincial college in the province in which they practice, or hold such other specialist qualifications in psychiatry  as shall be acceptable to the Board; and
• Have satisfactorily completed on year of training in geriatric psychiatry and have primarily practise geriatric psychiatry for less than one year; and
• Are legally qualified medical practitioners who are acceptable to the Board.

Members-in-Training

• Members-in-training are physicians who are registered in an approved postgraduate training program in  psychiatry. They may apply to become members-in-training and remain such, as long as they are registered in such a training program. Members-intraining who go on to further fellowship training may extend their member-in-training status by one year upon application and providing documentation of being enrolled in such a training program.

Affiliate Members

• Affiliate members are individuals who, by the nature of their professional or volunteer activities, have an interest in geriatric psychiatry and are acceptable to the Board.

Life Members

• Life members are full members of the Academy who have reached the age of sixty-five (65) and have been active members of the Academy for the previous consecutive 30 years.
• In special circumstances, the membership committee may recommend to the Board for life membership full members who, at the age of sixty-five, have not achieved thirty consecutive years of active membership.

Distinguished Members

• Distinguished members are psychiatrists who have achieved pre-eminence in the area of Geriatric Psychiatry and upon whom the Academy wishes to bestow special recognition. There shall be no more than twelve (12) distinguished members at any one time.

Honorary Members

• Honorary members are individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of mental health and upon whom the Academy wishes to bestow special recognition.

Inactive members

• Any member who is unable to continue payment of fees as a consequence of hardship of illness may apply to the Membership Committee to become an Inactive Member.  Inactive members shall have no voting privileges, shall pay no fees but shall be entitled to receive the publications of the Academy.