Active

New members:
According to the APC bylaws, there are several requirements that must be met before applicants are granted membership. You must be a qualified Canadian prosthodontist to join APC as an Active member. The pertinent bylaws are copied below for your reference.

 

If your professional credentials are obtained outside of Canada or the USA, please see our foreign trained dentist section for information and links about obtaining professional credentials in Canada.

 

After filling out the online form, and on receipt of copies of your qualification documents (per bylaws section 6.1), the executive council will review them and present your application to the members at the next Annual General Meeting.

Active Members
An Active Member shall be a dentist who meets one of the following criteria on the date of application and is accepted by vote of membership:

  i) is acknowledged to be a specialist in prosthodontics by the licensing authority of any province in Canada.

  ii) has successfully completed training in prosthodontics at a university accredited to provide training in the specialty of prosthodontics by the Commission on Dental Accreditation in Canada (CDAC) or by the American Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA);

  iii) holds Fellowship (in Prosthodontics) in the Royal College of Dentists of Canada.

Application
Completed applications, submitted by the applicant, for all categories of membership, excepting Honorary and Life, shall be returned to the National Office along with the applicable annual membership fee and, in the case of Active and Non-Resident applicants, a copy of the applicant's provincial specialty license or post graduate diploma from a prosthodontic specialty program accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation in Canada (CDAC) or by the American Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) in the United States.

Applicants are required to meet the eligibility requirements adopted by the Executive Council.

An applicant shall officially become a member upon approval of his/her application by the Executive Council, a sub committee thereof or by the President as the Council?s nominee, and acceptance by the membership at an Annual General Meeting.