Supporting professions in , and particularly those members of the Societies, through education, advocacy, membership services and research promotion. The founding meeting was held in Montreal and was attended by Wilder Penfield, Allan Waters, Walter Hyland, Jean Saucier, Francis McNaughton and Roma Amyot.
The first general meeting of the Association was held at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto and was attended by 38 prospective members from across the country. The Association was established to represent neurology, neurosurgery and neurobiology and Dr. Wilder Penfield was named first president. In 1965, the Canadian Neurological Society, representing both neurologists and neurosurgeons, was dissolved and two new Societies were formed representing two distinct disciplines - the new Canadian Neurological Society for neurologists and the Canadian Neurosurgical Society for neurosurgeons. A liaison committee, with executive officers from the two Societies, was formed to administer conjoint activities. This committee was important in planning the first annual joint meeting held in 1965 - the first Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences. In subsequent years, the two Societies were joined by the Canadian EEG Society (later named the Canadian Society of Clinical Neurophysiologists) and the Canadian Association of Child Neurology. In 1990, the Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences was formally incorporated with a Board of Directors representing each of the four member Societies, with a permanent Secretariat Office in Calgary. In 2006, the name was changed to the Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation (CNSF). Forming multidisciplinary relationships is essential to establishing and maintaining a significant role within the medical community, and facilitating advancements in the research of neurological disorders. In subsequent years the Canadian Society of Neuroradiology and the Canadian Stroke Consortium joined the CNSF. The CNSF Today
This unique partnership of neurologists, neurosurgeons, clinical neurophysiologists, child neurologists and neuroscientists continues to hold a combined annual Congress in June every year. Additionally, the CNSF now publishes the Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences (CJNS) through Cambridge University Press – Cambridge Core.
