MRIA introduces pro-rated membership dues and fees for first-time members of the Association, for a membership ending on December 31, 2012, at the following discounted rates:

• New Regular members can join at the reduced rate of $251*.
• New Practitioners with less than 2 years of work experience in the industry can join at the reduced rate of $139* Please inform your friends and colleagues in the industry, and enroll your new employees so they can start receiving the benefits of MRIA membership.
  * plus $70 activation fee, plus applicable taxes.
• New Corporate members can join at the reduced rate of $251 (plus taxes), which includes an Individual membership for the Corporate representative (a $70 Activation fee still applies). Preferred Research Registration fees and Annual Qualitative Research Registry fees are also pro-rated.

To join MRIA as a new Individual Member or as a new Corporate Member, click here for a link to the MRIA Portal, where you will be able to join the Association online, simply and efficiently. For more information, contact us at membership@mria-arim.ca.

L'ARIM offre une cotisation réduite pour les nouveaux membres de l'Association, pour une adhésion se terminant le 31 décembre 2012, aux tarifs suivants:

• Les nouveaux membres réguliers peuvent adhérer au tarif réduit de 251$*.
• Les nouveaux praticiens ayant moins de deux ans d'expérience professionnelle dans l'industrie peuvent adhérer au tarif réduit de 139$*. Veuillez informer vos amis et collègues de l'industrie et adhérer vos nouveaux employés afin qu'ils puissent bénéficier des avantages d'une adhésion à l'ARIM.
  * Frais d'activation de 70$ en sus, plus taxes.
• Les nouveaux membres corporatifs peuvent adhérer au tarif réduit de 251$ (plus taxes), incluant une adhésion de membre individuel pour le représentant corporatif (frais d'activation de 70$ en sus). Les tarifs préférentiels pour l'enregistrement des sondages et les frais annuels du Registre de la recherche qualitative sont aussi réduits au prorata.

Si vous désirez adhérer à l'ARIM à titre de nouveau membre individuel ou de nouveau membre corporatif, cliquez ici, où vous pourrez compléter votre transaction en ligne, simplement et efficacement. Pour plus d'information, n'hésitez pas à nous contacter à membership@mria-arim.ca.

Celebrate excellence in marketing research with MRIA's prestigious annual awards. Winners will be announced and celebrated at the 2012 Excellence Awards Gala Soiree being help in St. John's Newfoundland, as part of MRIA's national conference, on the evening of Thursday May 31 2012. For more information, click here.

At the MRIA 2012 Annual General Meeting, we experienced a most unusual event – standing room only (unheard of in governance circles). We are delighted to present your new 2012-13 Board of Directors: Officers & Directors, Portfolio Chairs and Chapter Presidents. Photos of the auspicious occasion can be seen here.

In its 11th year, GRIT is the leading and most comprehensive survey of the global market research industry. We ask ourselves: What will our industry look like in five years? Will we even recognize it as market research? Who will be the change agents, and what new players will we be competing against? To find the answers, click here.

November 3, 2011 – Mississauga, ON - The MRIA Institute for Professional Development is pleased to announce that two of our Association’s prestigious academic awards have gone national, with recipient eligibility extended to students at higher education institutions across Canada. To read complete Press Release, click here.

• Native groups take feds to court over scrapping of mandatory long-form census
• EU scolds Harper government for StatsCan controversy
• Liberals move to reinstate long-form census
• Tories haul out 'coalition' label in census spat
• Government study reveals significant errors in voluntary census
• Brief from MRIA on Long-Form Portion of the Canadian Census
• PM told to ‘rethink’ census
• MRIA CALLS FOR RETENTION OF MANDATORY LONG-FORM CENSUS QUESTIONNAIRE

This is a Call To Action to MRIA Client-Side Researcher Corporate members; and a Call To Re-commitment on the part of Corporate Research Agency members. All Gold Seal and Basic Corporate Research Agency members of the Association are obligated to register all of their research projects with MRIA's Research Registration System, and Client-Side Corporate members are encouraged to insist that their agency suppliers do so. For more info click here.

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