¶ Canadian Medical Association
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The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) is a Canadian professional association based in Ottawa, Ontario.
¶ History
The CMA purchased advertising airtime from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in the 2020-2022 period.[1]
Following Health Canada's approval of COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 6 months to 11 years old, the CMA participated in an advertising campaign called "Max the Vax" alongside 19 to Zero, the Regional Municipality of York and the Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies.[2]
¶ Organization
The CMA is the sole member of the Canadian Medical Association Foundation.[3] It is also a member of Organizations for Health Action (HEAL),[4] and is a client of Impact Public Affairs.[5]
¶ Personnel
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Owen Adams | Senior Advisor to the CEO[6] | COVID-19 Evidence Network to Support Decision-making (COVID-END) |
¶ Affiliations
The CMA is affiliated, associated, or otherwise partnered with:[7]
- Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC)
- Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada (AMMI)
- Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry
- Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society
- Canadian Association for Interventional Radiology
- Canadian Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine (CASEM)
- Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians
- Canadian Association of Gastroenterology
- Canadian Association of General Surgeons
- Canadian Association of Medical Biochemists
- Canadian Association of Nuclear Medicine
- Canadian Association of Paediatric Surgeons
- Canadian Association of Pathologists
- Canadian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE)
- Canadian Association of Physicians with Disabilities
- Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology
- Canadian Association of Radiologists
- Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgeons
- Canadian Cardiovascular Society
- Canadian College of Health Leaders[8]
- Canadian College of Medical Geneticists (CCMG)
- Canadian Critical Care Society
- Canadian Dermatology Association
- Canadian Federation of Medical Students
- Canadian Forces Health Services
- Canadian Geriatrics Society
- Canadian Hematology Society
- Canadian Life Insurance Medical Officers Association (CLIMOA)
- Canadian Medical Forum
- Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
- Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA)
- Canadian Neurological Society
- Canadian Neurosurgical Society
- Canadian Ophthalmological Society
- Canadian Orthopaedic Association
- Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS)
- Canadian Psychiatric Association
- Canadian Rheumatology Association
- Canadian Society for Long-Term Care Medicine (CSLTCM)
- Canadian Society for Vascular Surgery
- Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine
- Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
- Canadian Society of Cardiac Surgeons
- Canadian Society of Clinical Neuropsychologists (CSCN)
- Canadian Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
- Canadian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism
- Canadian Society of Internal Medicine
- Canadian Society of Nephrology
- Canadian Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
- Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians
- Canadian Society of Physician Leaders
- Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons
- Canadian Spine Society (CSS)
- Canadian Thoracic Society
- Canadian Urological Association
- Choosing Wisely Canada
- Cochrane Canada[9]
- College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)
- Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada (FMRAC)
- Federation of Medical Women of Canada (FMWC)
- Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada
- Occupational and Environmental Medical Association of Canada (OEMAC)
- Occupational Medicine Specialists of Canada
- Physician Innovator (PI)
- Public Health Physicians of Canada
- Resident Doctors of Canada
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
- Society of Gynecologic Oncology of Canada
- Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
- Society of Rural Physicians of Canada
- Trauma Association of Canada
¶ Activities
The CMA describes Timothy Caulfield as "Canada’s foremost health misinformation debunker."[10] It provides funding to The Canadian Press for health and wellness coverage.[11]
¶ External links
Final Release Package A-2023-00059 CBC, Advertising Companies. CBC/Radio-Canada. Retrieved October 1, 2023, from https://archive.org/details/final-release-package-a-2023-00059-cbc-advertising-companies ↩︎
Max the Vax. Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Charities. Retrieved October 11, 2022, from https://archive.ph/2022.10.11-154808/https://www.oacas.org/publications-and-campaigns/maxthevax/ ↩︎
About us. Canadian Medical Association Foundation. Retrieved September 15, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240915003606/https://cmaf-famc.org/about-us ↩︎
About Us. HEAL. Retrieved September 7, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.09.08-015404/https://www.healthaction.ca/about-us ↩︎
Clients. Impact Public Affairs. Retrieved September 9, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.09.08-080951/https://www.impactcanada.com/en/clients ↩︎
CMA Leadership. Canadian Medical Association. Retrieved September 15, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240915004017/https://www.cma.ca/about-us/who-we-are/cma-leadership ↩︎
Affiliates, Associated Societies and Observer Organizations. Canadian Medical Association. Retrieved September 15, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240915004151/https://www.cma.ca/about-us/who-we-are/collaborators/affiliates-associated-societies-and-observer-organizations ↩︎
Partnerships. Canadian College of Health Leaders. Retrieved April 17, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230417025417/https://cchl-ccls.ca/partnerships/ ↩︎
Partners. Cochrane Canada. Retrieved April 22, 2021, from http://archive.today/2021.04.22-051708/https://canada.cochrane.org/partners-0 ↩︎
A physician-focused response to Canada’s health care crisis. Canadian Medical Association. Retrieved September 13, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.09.13-031028/https://www.cma.ca/our-focus/physician-focused-response-canadas-health-care-crisis ↩︎
About Us. The Canadian Press. Retrieved September 11, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240911041206/https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/site/about.html ↩︎