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Membership

Eligibility

Membership is free and open to individuals involved in full or part-time diabetes research, education, and patient care (i.e. scientists, physicians, nurses, dietitians, pharmacists, etc.), and whose primary appointment/employment (more than 50% of total salary) is with the University of Toronto or one of its affiliated institutions listed below.  Postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, undergraduate students, research associates and technicians are not eligible for membership; however, they are welcome to join our e-mail distribution list to receive announcements regarding the Centre's programs and events.

Fully Affiliated Institutions Community Affiliated Institutions
  • Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care
  • Bloorview Kids Rehab
  • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
  • The Hospital for Sick Children
  • Mount Sinai Hospital
  • St. Michael's Hospital
  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
  • Toronto Rehab
  • University Health Network (i.e. Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, and Princess Margaret Hospital sites)
  • Women's College Hospital
  • Bridgepoint Health
  • Credit Valley Hospital
  • George Hull Centre for Children and Families
  • Hincks-Dellcrest Centre
  • Humber River Regional Hospital
  • Lakeridge Health Network
  • Markham-Stouffville Hospital
  • North York General Hospital
  • Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences
  • Providence Healthcare
  • The Royal Victoria Hospital
  • Scarborough Hospital
  • St. John's Rehabilitation Hospital
  • St. Joseph's Health Centre
  • Southlake Regional Health Centre
  • Surrey Place Centre
  • Toronto East General Hospital
  • Trillium Health Centre
  • West Park Healthcare Centre

Benefits of Membership

  • Membership with the BBDC is free and allows individuals to become eligible to apply for the Centre's various funding programs. (Note: Not all BBDC members are eligible to apply for all BBDC programs. For example, the Archie Sopman program is only open to those employed at the University Health Network. Specific eligibility requirements are outlined for each funding program.)
  • Each research member's diabetes-related activities and contact information are posted on the BBDC's website which enables local and foreign trainees to locate potential supervisors at the University, and helps facilitate the development of collaborative diabetes-related activities.
  • Membership enables individuals to attend the BBDC's Annual Scientific Day and other events which may be open to BBDC members and their trainees only.
  • Members are automatically added to the BBDC's E-mail distribution list (see below). Therefore, they will never miss announcements regarding the Centre's educational activities, seminars, or funding programs and application deadline dates.

How to Register Your Free Membership

To request free membership, interested individuals should contact the BBDC by e-mail at diabetes.bbdc@utoronto.ca with the following information:

  1. Your name, complete mailing address, phone, fax, and e-mail address. Links to other web sites where your profile appears may also be provided.
  2. University of Toronto faculty: Please provide your University departmental affiliation, faculty appointments held, and hospital appointments if applicable.
    Allied health care professionals: Please provide your U of T hospital affiliation and professional titles.
  3. Provide a brief description of your diabetes-related activities (research, clinical, or educational). If applicable, provide references of up to 3 papers published within the last year related to your diabetes research.

The information you provide will be posted on the BBDC's website and all members are automatically added to our e-mail distribution list (see below).

Maintaining Membership Status

All members are required to keep their BBDC membership profile up to date on the BBDC's website. This is a pre-requisite for maintaining eligibility for membership and funding.  Once a year, members are reminded to provide the following:

  1. Up-to-date contact information including complete mailing address, phone, fax, e-mail and other web site profile links.
  2. Description of current diabetes-related activities (research, clinical, and/or educational). Maximum 200 words.
  3. If applicable, references of up to 3 papers published within the last year related to the diabetes research described.

Join Our E-mail Distribution List

The BBDC sends all of its correspondence by e-mail. Our members and others who join our e-mail distribution list will receive correspondence such as BBDC Seminar notices; BBDC funding program announcements; our quarterly newsletter; announcements of upcoming BBDC events; and all other announcements regarding the Centre's activities. Anyone with an interest in diabetes is welcome to join our e-mail distribution list.  All e-mail addresses are kept confidential and we do not share our e-mail list with anyone. If you wish to be added to this list, send an e-mail to diabetes.bbdc@utoronto.ca. Please note that we only e-mail BBDC-related announcements. We can, however, post other diabetes-related event notices on the BBDC's bulletin board upon request.