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 borrow a DVD recording of lectures that you may have missed.
• Notification of upcoming webcasts.
• Post-secondary students are eligible for our eight annual $1,000 scholarships.
• Access to support groups in different parts of the province.
• Receive our twice-a-year 12-page hard copy newsletter.
• Receive monthly e-newsletters to keep you up to date on news, events, and funding opportunities.
• Invitations to social events like our annual Shakin' Not Cured gala and annual 5K Poker Walk.
• 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 four staff.
• Financial subsidies for kids to attend the fully accessible Zajac Ranch and Camp Eureka as well as any of the three BC Lions Society for Children with Disabilities camps.
• Voting privileges at our Annual General Meeting held each spring.
• Free tickets for kids events through the Kids Up Front Foundation.

Other opportunities that we've repeatedly offered to Society members include all-expense paid trips for kids to Disneyland through the Dreams Take Flight program and tickets to Roberto Luongo's private suite (Lui's Crease Club) at Vancouver Canucks hockey games.

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

Membership is $10 for an individual or $50 for an organization. Memberships are valid for one year following each of our Annual General Meetings held in the spring.

Our membership base grew by another 37% in 2010 and by 1,144% over the past seven years, a testament to the value existing and new members found in our services, resources, and programs.

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