Memberships & Journal Subscriptions

Our annual memberships follow the calendar year and are valid from January 1st - December 31st.

Any person engaged or interested in the fields of mineralogy, crystallography, petrology, geochemistry and economic geology is invited to join the Mineralogical Association of Canada. There are many good reasons to become a member of MAC or renew your existing membership. As a member you will be supporting the mineralogical community and a society-run journal published by a non-profit organization.

Our Memberships:

Regular Membership

REGULAR MEMBERSHIP : our standard membership option at our regular membership rate.

Student Membership

STUDENT MEMBERSHIP : membership for students at a discounted rate (must be currently enrolled for the calendar year and provide faculty contact to verify student status).

Retired Membership

RETIRED MEMBERSHIP : membership for retired members at a discounted rate (must have held regular MAC membership for at least 5 years).

Lifetime Membership

LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP : life members receive all membership perks each year plus a subscription to our electronic journal.

Included with Membership:

Subscription to Elements Magazine

All memberships include a subscription to Elements Magazine mailed bi-monthly, as well as digital access to the magazine.

Elements is an international magazine of mineralogy; geochemistry, and petrology.

20% discount at MAC Bookstore

All members receive 20% off our publications available on our online bookstore.

Discounted registration for our annual meeting

All members will receive discounted registration rates for our annual meeting. This year's will be GAC-MAC Sudbury.

+ OPTIONAL The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology

Members have the option to subscribe to access of our electronic journal The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology, formerly known as The Canadian Mineralogist (this is automatically included with Lifetime Memberships). Memberships that include a journal subscription will also have electronic access to all published volumes of our journal.

If you wish to subscribe and receive this bi-monthly subscription, please add the "Membership + Journal Subscription" options on your selected membership's product page to your cart.

Journal subscription is available at a discounted rate for Student and Retired Members and is included with Lifetime Membership. For institutional subscriptions, see Institutional Subscriptions.

Become a member or renew for 2023...

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