How to Join, Renew or Donate to CASCA

Why Join CASCA:

The Canadian Anthropology Society is a bilingual organization operating at a national level. We are your organization, representing the interests of anthropologists and the discipline nationally. CASCA organizes the largest anthropological conference in the country and collaborates with other anthropological organizations across the country, continent and world. We provide travel grants to graduate students to help them start up their careers, and provide a bilingual venue for publishing academic papers via our journal Anthropologica. If you would like more information as to how to join CASCA or the benefits of joining CASCA, we encourage you to contact our Membership Manager, Karli Whitmore.

Membership Fees:

All CASCA memberships include a subscription to the journal Anthropologica and enable you to register for CASCA's annual conference.

Mandate:

Promote anthropology in Canada.
Support anthropological research.
Disseminate anthropological knowledge in the academic milieu and to the wider public.

Donations:

Did you know that CASCA is a Registered Charity? It is CASCA's activities as a Learned Society which make CASCA qualify as a Registered Charity. Gifts from individual or corporate donors are welcomed. Official tax receipts for gifts will be issued. The Charities Division says that donors cannot benefit in more than a nominal way from their own gifts. That means that no receipts may be given for membership subscriptions. If you would like to donate additional monies, over and above your membership fees, to CASCA, you will be issued a tax receipt We invite you to contact the Treasurer of CASCA, Dr. Robert Adlam for more information.

If you wish, you may indicate which of CASCA's charitable programs you want to support by selecting from:

Anthropologica, CASCA's bilingual journal with a worldwide readership.
The Student Travel Reimbursement program, which helps Anthropology Graduate Students present papers at CASCA.
The Salisbury award, commemorating the achievements of McGill University applied anthropologist Richard Salisbury. There is an annual competition for the Salisbury award to fund research by an Anthropology graduate student.
The Weaver-Tremblay award recognizes professional achievement in Applied Anthropology, and CASCA's programs in general.

All donations are welcome, large and small, and it is your support that will ensure that anthropology continues to grow and thrive in Canada.

Online Registration:

Joining or renewing your CASCA membership is merely a click away. By clicking on the aforementioned link, you will be redirected to our online membership registration form. Here you will provide your personal information and will be able to pay using a credit card.

Guidelines:

All of the categories must be filled in the online form and be sure to verify all the information before submitting the form;
Your membership must be renewed each and every year as renewal is not automatic;
Please note that your membership fees will not be reimbursed once paid.

A receipt will be generated after payment of your fees. Please print the online receipt for your records as no other receipt will be issued to you.

Register by Mail:

If you would prefer not to make your payment on-line, you can download and print out the CASCA membership form and send it, along with your payment by cheque (made out to CASCA) or credit card to the following address:

CASCA
c/o Department of Anthropology
Mount Allison University
144 Main Street
Sackville NB E4L 1A7

Additional Information:

Your CASCA membership is valid in the year in which you are paying, unless otherwise stipulated. For example, if you pay for your membership between January 1st and December 31st, 2009 your membership will be valid for the year 2009 and you will receive all 2009 issues of Anthropologica. To renew your membership for 2010 you should do so after January 1st, 2010.

Inquiries about membership, please contact our Membership Manager, Karli Whitmore.