Membership Info

Several Memberships are available through AIC. The Agri-Food Innovation Council supports its membership – scientists and other professionals – who share science-based objectives to protect the agri-based resource and to improve its capacity to serve Canadians and the world. AIC helps members profitably invest their intellectual capital to satisfy business, consumer and societal demands of contemporary agriculture (e.g. from improving yields to discovering and extracting new value streams from agri-based products.)

Your Membership Benefits

As a Member, AIC membership benefits include:

• Promotion of your association or business on the AIC website
• Through your designated representative, your business or association will be consulted when AIC takes a stand on an issue, prepares a policy document, etc.
• Preferred rate for AIC events including as an exhibitor at our conference and to participate in our annual policy event
• Access to our popular AIC Weekly Notes for the latest in news, events and parliamentary business
• Free copies of policy papers prepared and distributed by AIC
• Members who provide services as a professional agrologist or who are certified crop advisors have access to preferred rates for professional and commercial general liability insurance.
• Access to a credible network of expertise and contacts in professional and scientific agriculture to open doors for you
• Career advancement opportunities through on-line personnel and volunteer listings
• Promotion of your events on our event calendar
• Current national representation by the uniting of perspectives from around the country

Reciprocal membership with other organizations

AIC may look at reciprocal memberships with other organizations provided that:

• Their aim includes furthering the interests of the agri-food sector, although their primary focus lies outside of the scope of research and innovation, and
• That the exchange of services could reasonably be expected to advance AIC’s interests

Organizations interested in reciprocal membership with AIC should reach out directly. Please be advised that reciprocal membership is not automatically accepted as it must be reviewed by the AIC Membership Committee.

**Please send an email to office@aic.ca should you or your organization wish to be considered for reciprocal membership.

Membership Fees

Several memberships are available through AIC:

Individual – $100.00 + applicable taxes
Academia – $500.00 + applicable taxes
Businesses (50+ employees) – $650.00 + applicable taxes
Businesses (under 50 employees) – $ 250.00 + applicable taxes
Federal government departments and agencies – $1,000.00 + applicable taxes
Provincial government departments and agencies – $500.00 + applicable taxes
National not-for-profit – $500.00 + applicable taxes
Provincial not-for-profit – $300.00 + applicable taxes
Reciprocal Membership – Free of charge

Make sure you have a definitive voice in the legislative and political process impacting Canadian agriculture. You are essential to the power of the AIC voice.