Interested in starting your own student group?
Please complete the application form. Contact the CMSA if you have any questions.
Active Student Groups
Interested in starting your own student group?
Please complete the application form. Contact the CMSA if you have any questions.
Active Student Groups
The wilderness medicine society aims to facilitate the interests and career goals of medical students who want to specialize in wilderness medicine, or who want to contribute positively to the outdoor community by increasing their skills and knowledge of medical treatment in remote or extreme environments.
Contact: [email protected]
The running club for medical students aims to create a vibrant community focused on holistic well-being within the rigorous academic environment of medical education. Our purpose is to meet the unmet need for physical activity, social connection, and mental rejuvenation among medical students, ultimately contributing significantly to their overall student life experience. Our running club for medical students is not just about running; it's about fostering a culture of wellness, camaraderie, and community engagement.
Contact: [email protected]
The Swim Club provides a welcoming environment for Calgary Medical Students' Association members to swim, from recreational activities to advanced skills. By addressing an unmet need, the club offers a space for students to participate in events at venues that accommodate all various swimming abilities.
Contact: [email protected]
The Med Social Club is all about hosting low-cost, laid-back events where classmates can relax, have fun, and connect. We aim to foster a sense of community and camaraderie amidst the busy pace of medical school life.
Contact: [email protected]
Our goal is to organize drop in, recreational soccer for med students at the U of C of any skill level. We strive to create a laid back and fun environment to meet colleagues in medicine and enjoy the sport together.
Contact: [email protected]
A club for all med students interested in learning and playing various racket sports, including ping pong, badminton, tennis, squash, racquetball, padel and more
Contact: [email protected]
To provide recreational hockey opportunities for medical students and residents of all skill levels. We organize fun, relaxed, and inclusive ice-times, typically on Friday afternoon which has been a longstanding tradition within the University of Calgary medical program.
Contact: [email protected]
Whether you're a seasoned hooper or just wanted to have fun with your classmates, the Med Basketball Club welcomes University of Calgary medical students of all genders and skill levels to participate in our programming that sustains mind, body, and sense of community through a shared enjoyment of basketball.
Contact: [email protected]
The Med Aerials Club will help introduce and/or train students in the aerial arts, including, but not limited to aerial silks, aerial hoop (lyra), and pole athletics. The club will host aerial classes that welcome students and residents from all skill levels. The aerial arts serve as the perfect activity to promote physical and mental wellbeing, creativity, and community building. This club offers a unique experience that is often inaccessible to the average person. Please contact us with any questions or if you are interested in trying out aerials!
Contact: [email protected]
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Premier Danielle Smith
Office of the Premier
307 Legislature Building
10800 – 97 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta T5K 2B6
CC: The Alberta Medical Association
Dear Premier,
We, the Calgary Medical Students’ Association and the University of Alberta’s Medical Students’ Association, are writing to express our deep concern over announcements that your government will seek to expand private-pay options and bolster a parallel private healthcare system in Alberta. We stand with the Canadian Medical Association, Canadian Doctors for Medicare, and Friends of Medicare in asking you to reconsider this proposal. A two-tiered healthcare system will create severe inequities for those who cannot pay for access.
One of the five pillars of Canadian healthcare is accessibility — meaning every person deserves the same level of care regardless of socioeconomic status, complexity of medical needs, or ability to pay. This proposed system would pre-discriminate, allowing those with higher income or better insurance to move ahead of others. The most vulnerable — the elderly, unhoused, and critically ill children — are left without the care they need in a two-tiered system.
Longer waits for marginalized groups lead to more expensive healthcare overall. Kidney stones become larger and harder to treat, joints become more complex to replace, and expensive emergency room visits rise. These costs burden taxpayers. Meanwhile, the private tier introduces new co-pays, premiums, and interest charges.
Alberta is facing a significant health-human resource crisis. We need every healthcare worker we can train and recruit. Splitting our already limited workforce across public and private tiers only worsens shortages. In Quebec, after introducing a private system, the public system lost over 500 family physicians, with remaining doctors stretched thin. Quebec now accounts for over 70% of unfilled residency seats in Canada. This is not a future Alberta can afford.
As the next generation of physicians, we urge the UCP government to consider the long-term consequences for your constituents — many of whom will not have the means to access private medicine. We ask that you halt the expansion of private pay and instead strengthen our public healthcare system. A two-tiered system is not one we want to graduate into or practice in.
Sincerely,
Alberta’s Medical Students
The Calgary Medical Students’ Association
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The University of Alberta’s Medical Students’ Association
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