Senior Member is IEEE's distinguished membership grade approved and assigned by the IEEE Admission and Advancement Committee only for IEEE members with 10 years in their profession and at least 5 years of significant technical or professional performance.

This page has three parts.   Part 1 explains why the IEEE Toronto Section encourages you to consider upgrading your membership if you are of Member or Associate Member grade - the reasons why we believe it is in your professional self-interest.   Part 2 explains what experience you need to have and what information you need to provide to qualify.   Part 3 explains the two choices of process, and exactly what steps to follow to be successful.  

• Part 1. Advantages to Members
  
  
  • The professional recognition of your peers for technical and professional excellence.
    
    
  • An attractive fine wood and bronze engraved Senior Member plaque to proudly display.
    
    
  • Up to $25.00 gift certificate toward one new Society membership.
    
    
  • A letter of commendation to your employer from the IEEE President on the achievement of Senior Member grade (upon the request of the newly elected Senior Member.)
    
    
  • Announcement of elevation in Section/Society and local newsletters, newspapers and notices.
    
    
  • In general, building your professional career is a continuing process with many facets - holding the highest IEEE membership grade that you qualify for is a simple step that you can take in that process. Holding a volunteer office in the IEEE is another way to demonstrate leadership skills that are considered valuable - especially by management when you are looking for a promotion or a new improved job - and more responsible IEEE leadership positions require SM grade.

• Part 2. Basic SM Requirements  
  
  To be a successful candidate, you must:
  
  
  • be an engineer, scientist, educator, technical executive or originator in IEEE-designated fields;
    
    
  • have been in professional practice for at least ten years and have shown significant performance over a period of at least five of those years;
    
    
  • provide current address & contact information, education details (up to 3 degrees), and present occupation details;
    
    
  • find three Senior Members or Fellows to serve as references and provide (a) the candidate's name and IEEE Member Number, (b) their relationship to the candidate and (c) an explanation of how the candidate has significantly performed his/her professional duties for at least five years.
    
    
  • Use this link for more details - i.e. for examples of "significant performance"

• Part 3. The Process
  
  
  • There are two choices - Application or Nomination
    
    
  • In either case, three references are required from IEEE Senior Members or Fellows
    
    
  • Application - requires three references.   As the applicant, you must:
    
    
    • locate three people who will agree to serve as references, and submit the reference forms in a timely manner;
      
      
    • send to people acting as references a CV (about 2 pages) containing details of your professional education and work experience - and detailing five years of significant performance;
      
      
    • (As Applicant) complete this online web form (MS Word and PDF versions also available on linked page)
      
      
    • (As Reference) complete this online web form (MS Word and PDF versions also available on linked page)
    
    
    
  • Nomination - requires three references (see note below *)   As the nominator, you must:
    
    
    • locate and ask three people to serve as references, and submit the reference forms in a timely manner;
      
      
    • obtain from candidate a CV (about 2 pages) containing details of your candidate's professional education and work experience - and detailing five years of significant performance - and send to people acting as references.
      
      
    • View nomination instructions here.
      
      
  • * Note: if the nominator is a Senior Member or Fellow, only two additional references are required (the nomination form counts as one of the three references)
    
    
  • Please note: when the nominator is completing the Nomination form, the Nominating Section or Society is the "IEEE Toronto Section" (chapter names are not acceptable)