You are invited you to join us for our very special annual CMDA-Edmonton Grad Banquet which will be held on Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 6:30 pm. Graduating students in Medicine/Dentistry, and Residents, will be recognized and honoured as our guests. Registration for the event begins at 6:00 pm, and we encourage you to come early. In a break with tradition, this year’s Graduation Banquet will be held in the Maple Leaf Room at Lister Centre on the University of Alberta Campus; this room is located on the 2ndLevel of the Centre (Please see the attached Directory Map at the end of this email). Lister Centre is located at 11613 – 87 Avenue, Edmonton NW on the University of Alberta campus, just East of the Jubilee Auditorium. Please see the attached map link for directions to The Lister Centre.
We are privileged to have as our guest speaker Dr. Margaret Cottle, MD, CCFP(PC) LM. Dr. Cottle is a Palliative Care physician in greater Vancouver, BC, working in Home Hospice programs. In addition, she is a clinical assistant professor at the University of BC, in the Division of Palliative Care in the Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Cottle speaks internationally about end-of-life issues and palliative care and has addressed members of the Canadian Parliament in 2006 and 2017. Dr. Cottle and her husband, Dr. Robin Cottle, an ophthalmologist, have sponsored the local student chapter of the Christian Medical and Dental Association of Canada for the past 30 years, inviting students into their home for weekly meals and studies. For our current evening celebration, she has entitled her talk “Shine: Being Faithful in Medicine”.
As you are aware, medical/dental students and residents who are graduating will attend this event at no cost to them. To ensure that this tradition is maintained, the following fees will apply to the attendees:
Graduates & Spouse/Guest: $40.00 per person
Residents & Spouse/Guest: $30.00 per person
Medical/Dental Students: $20.00 per person
Spouse/Guest attending Medical/Dental Students: $20.00
Retired Physicians/Dentists & Spouse: $30.00 per person
Non-Medical/Non-Dental Students: $20.00 per person
Graduating Medical/Dental Students: Free/No Charge
We’d like to have folks interested in attending our event to register online beforehand using the form below and permit the collection of fees prior to arriving (as we’ve had several requests from members to pursue this approach).
Please register by filling in the fields of the registration form. One can make payment online, or alternatively, one can still make a cash/cheque payment at the door of the event. Once the fields of the registration form are filled, you’ll be directed to a page that will obtain your credit card information (it takes a few seconds to reach the payment page, so be patient). Following the payment, you’ll receive an email/text confirming your registration/payment. This registration procedure allows us to better prepare for the catering requirements at each of our CMDA events.
Alternatively, if you wish to register with me in the traditional fashion, feel free to respond to me at my email address: doug.h@haberstock.ca. You’re welcome, then, to submit your fees at the registration table which will be present at the Maple Leaf Room entrance.
(PLEASE NOTE: If you wish to register your attendance with me directly, you are not required to register via this online version; however, you’re welcome to do so if you wish to make this your payment method.)
We encourage you to try this new means of replying to our CMDA-Edmonton invitations. Know that you can always contact me via email, or by phone, should you have any questions about our event, registration, etc.
Parking at Lister Centre is available at the surface parking lots M and R adjacent to the Centre. In addition, one can park on the surface at the Jubilee Auditorium, or within the Parkade located at the Jubilee Auditorium. Evening parking at lots M and R are $5.50, while evening parking at the Jubilee Auditorium ranges from $6.00 (surface) to $6.50 (parkade). Should you require additional information, it can be obtained via this link: https://www.ualberta.ca/parking-services/visitor-and-event-parking/rates.html.
We are looking forward to seeing you there as we celebrate with the graduating students!