OPA Membership, Associates, and Affiliates
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Membership and Association with the Ontario Psychiatric Association is open to medical practitioners and healthcare professionals who qualify, whose applications have received approval of the Board, and who have paid the appropriate fee.
OPA Voting Member
OPA Voting Members fall under the following categories, and are allowed to participate in members’ meetings and to vote on OPA motions.
Full Member
A Full Member is a legally qualified practitioner who is licensed to practice medicine in Ontario and:
- agrees to further the purposes of the Corporation as contained in the Articles;
- agrees with the provisions in the Articles, By-laws and policies of the Corporation;
- is a legally qualified physician who is licensed to practice medicine in Ontario;
- is registered as a Fellow or Subspecialist Affiliate of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, in the field of Psychiatry;
- is in active practice in psychiatry or teaching psychiatry in an academic position; and
- meets such additional applicable membership application assessment criteria as may be determined by the Board from time to time.
Fee reduction for Full Members available for reduced hours or leaves of absence. Please email OPA (opa@eopa.com) with brief details of your circumstances.
Member-in-Training
A Member-in-Training:
- agrees to further the purposes of the Corporation as contained in the Articles;
- agrees with the provisions in the Articles, By-laws and policies of the Corporation;
- is registered in an accredited psychiatric residency or fellowship training program in Ontario;
- does not otherwise qualify to be a Full Member; and
- meets such additional applicable membership application assessment criteria as may be determined by the Board from time to time.
OPA Associate
OPA Associates are unable to vote at OPA member meetings, but are invited to attend and are qualified to receive other OPA benefits. OPA Associates would include the following:
- certified psychiatrists without active licence to practice independently in Ontario;
- certified psychiatrists who are licenced to practice independently in jurisdictions other than Ontario;
- trainees registered in an accredited psychiatric residency or fellowship training program in jurisdictions other than Ontario; or
- trainees, certified health practitioners and clinicians, or clinical researchers in a discipline closely related to psychiatry or mental health, in Ontario. Qualifying disciplines include medicine, medical psychotherapy, general practitioner psychotherapy, nursing, psychology, social work, registered psychotherapy, occupational therapy.
Honourary Affiliate
The Board may from time to time confer on anyone the status of Honourary Affiliate in recognition of their valuable service or long-standing contributions to the Association or the profession of psychiatry. Any Member or Directors may nominate an individual or organization to be granted the status of Honourary Affiliate.
