Become a Member

The BC Epilepsy Society brings the voice of our constituency — our members — to community and provincial forums. We also collaborate with other organizations to improve services and to break down the barriers to those living with epilepsy, and their families.

Members of the BC Epilepsy Society enjoy the following benefits:

• Free admission to our annual Speaking of Epilepsy lecture series or you can get a recording of lectures that you may have missed.
• Post-secondary students are eligible for our annual $1,000 scholarships.
• Access to support groups in different parts of the province.
• Receive our twice-a-year 12-page newsletter.
• Receive monthly e-newsletters to keep you up to date.
• Invitations to social events.
• Invitations to our Parent Education Days at BC Children’s Hospital.
• Access to our comprehensive resource library.
• Online, on phone, and in-person support of our three full time staff.
• Financial subsidies for kids to attend the fully accessible Zajac Ranch and the three BC Lions Society for Children with Disabilities camps.
• Voting privileges at our Annual General Meeting each spring.
• Free tickets for kids events through the Kids Up Front Foundation.

Other opportunities that we've recently offered to Society members include all-expense paid trips for kids to Disneyland and tickets to Roberto Luongo's private suite at a Vancouver Canucks hockey game.

We deliver free Partners in Teaching workshops in schools that provide seizure awareness and epilepsy first aid training to school staff.

Membership is only $10 for an individual or $50 for an organization. Memberships are valid for one year from our Annual General Meeting held in March.

Our membership base grew by another 55% last year and by 824% over the past six years, a testament to the value existing and new members found in our services, resources, and programs. In 2009, our membership already exceeds our total for all of last year.

Click here to download an application form, and become a member today.