About the CCMG

Vision Statement

“The voice of medical genetics in Canada”

Mission Statement

CCMG is a national Canadian organization that serves its members, governments and the public by:

Certifying individuals who provide medical genetics services
Establishing the professional and ethical standards of medical genetics services
Establishing standards of medical genetics training
Providing professional and public education
Informing public policy

Values/Principles/Beliefs

We demonstrate LEADERSHIP through:

Having a responsible certification process
Driving public policy
Advocating for our profession
Providing quality education for our members, trainees, the public and our profession
Encouraging and fostering collaborative Canadian research

We hold ourselves to the highest ETHICAL standards by:

Having integrity in all we do
Holding the public/patient interest foremost in our practices
Having a fair, open and transparent certification process

We strive for EXCELLENCE in all we do.

We are INCLUSIVE by:

Supporting our members
Valuing partnerships and collaboration
Encouraging participation
Valuing cohesion as well as differences and diversity
Having effective communication

Critical Success Factors

A growing, effective, committed and engaged membership.
A recognized, respected and active role in forming public policy for genetics in medicine.
The high value that hospitals, academic institutions and provincial health care systems place on CCMG certified individuals.
An organization with sustainable financial resources.