CONTENTS
1) 2008 Annual Meeting Information is Online
2) COA Member Receives the Order of Nova Scotia
3) First Annual Hip Resurfacing Course
4) Who Will Be Your Next COA President?
5) CFBS Fellowship - Apply by November 1

1) 2008 ANNUAL MEETING INFORMATION IS ONLINE
A brand new web site devoted entirely to the 2008 Québec City Meeting can be accessed through the COA web site: http://www.coa-aco.org/.  Click on the "Click right here to access 2008 Annual Meeting information" link beside the Québec 2008 logo on the home page.  Travel, hotel and other preliminary information is currently posted.  Check back for updates as we develop the programme and activities that will take place from June 4-7 in la belle province.

Thank you to all COA members who submitted abstracts for presentation at the upcoming 2008 COA Annual Meeting.  The Programme Committee has already begun reviewing and scoring the submissions.  Authors will be contacted by e‑mail by the end of November whether or not their abstracts have been accepted as podium or poster presentations. 

2) COA MEMBER RECEIVES THE ORDER OF NOVA SCOTIA
Congratulations are extended to Dr. William Stanish (Halifax, NS) who received the Order of Nova Scotia from Premier Rodney MacDonald earlier this month.  Dr. Stanish has worked with elite athletes beginning with the 1976 Olympics in Montreal and was chief medical officer for the Canadian Olympic teams in 1984 and 1988. Dr. Stanish is a professor of orthopaedic surgery at Dalhousie University and has contributed to more than 182 publications including co-editing one of the world's major sports medicine texts. His positive attitude in dealing with patients and his ability to sell Nova Scotia have been instrumental in facilitating the recovery of patients and in the recruitment of doctors, coaches and athletes to the province. 

3) FIRST ANNUAL HIP RESURFACING COURSE
The First Annual U.S. Comprehensive Course on Total Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty will be held from November 8‑10, 2007 in Annapolis, Maryland.  A preliminary programme and registration form could be downloaded from the COA web site: http://www.coa-aco.org/.  Click on the "Member Services" tab on the top green menu, select "Calendar" and click on "American Events".  The events are listed in chronological order.  A large number of the course's faculty is made up of COA members.  You may also visit: http://www.hipresurfacingcourse.com/ for details.

4) WHO WILL BE YOUR NEXT COA PRESIDENT?
Dr. Brendan D. Lewis, Chair of the COA's Nominating Committee, is pleased to announce the opening of nominations for the position of Second-President Elect. The successful nominee will take over the presidency of the COA in July 2010 for a one-year term. We ask all members to please submit your nomination (you can nominate yourself and nominations do not need to be seconded at this point) to your regional Nominating Committee representative: B. Lewis (Atlantic) This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ; E. Bohm (Prairies) This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ; E. Harvey (Quebec) This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ; P. Wright (BC) This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ; M. McKee (Ontario)  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .  The Committee will select and present a nominee to the membership at the Annual Meeting in Quebec City next June.

If you are interested in becoming more involved with your Association and would like to join one of the COA Committees, please also contact your regional representative listed above.  A complete listing of COA Committees could be found on the COA web site.  Click on the "About the COA" option in the right hand menu and select "2007-2008 Committee Slate".

5) CFBS FELLOWSHIP - APPLY BY NOVEMBER 1
Applications are being accepted for the Canadian-French-Belgian-Swiss (CFBS) traveling fellowship.  If you are an orthopaedic surgeon under the age of 40 and want to experience orthopaedics in these beautiful European countries, then contact Trinity Wittman: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it / 514 874-9003 x 4 for details.  The applicant's native tongue does not need to be French, although he or she should have some competency in spoken French.  Applications must be received by November 1, 2007 for the tour that will take place in the Fall of 2008.

Is there a job opportunity in your centre?  Advertise it for FREE through the COA web site and Bulletin.  Contact Cynthia Vezina: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it   for details.