Membership Categories

The Quebec Sleep Research Network includes four (4) categories of members:

• Regular Member
• Partner Member – Research Staff
• Partner Member – Knowledge User
• Partner Member – Care Partner
• Student Member

Regular Member:

A regular member is a researcher or clinician-researcher, as defined in status 1 to 4.b of the FRQ Rules (https://frq.gouv.qc.ca/regles-generales-communes/), who is involved in research on sleep, circadian rhythms, or dreams. This member must submit a membership request to the Network.

Partner Member:

A partner member refers to any individual who does not hold researcher status or who corresponds to status 4.c, 4.d, or 4.e of researcher, as defined by the FRQ rules (https://frq.gouv.qc.ca/regles-generales-communes/). Partner members bring expertise or experiential knowledge directly related to sleep, circadian rhythms, or dreams.

The Sleep Network recognizes three subcategories of partner members:

Research Staff Partner: This member contributes to research on sleep, circadian rhythms, or dreams, does not qualify as an independent researcher, but is affiliated with an institution recognized by the FRQ Health division and works within a regular member’s research team.

Knowledge User Partner: This member possesses expertise in sleep, circadian rhythms, or dreams, which they apply to improve health and well-being in Quebec. Examples include psychologists, nurses, managers, physicians, etc.

Care Partner: This member has a specific interest in sleep research, circadian rhythms, or dreams, or in improving these among the population. They are actively involved in organizing or carrying out activities of the Sleep Network.

Student Member:

A student member is an individual enrolled in a college or undergraduate program who has a clear interest in sleep, circadian rhythms, or dreams. This also includes individuals at the master’s, doctoral, or postdoctoral levels who are involved in research activities supervised by a regular member of the Network. Student members cease to be members when they are no longer supervised by a regular member of the Sleep Network. All student members must be enrolled in a Quebec-based educational institution.