加拿大-中国科学技术协会（英文缩写：CCSST，简称：加中科协）为一个非政治，非牟利的专业团体。1993年，数十位志同道合的华人华侨科技人士汇聚一堂，共同创建了志在促进加拿大与中国两国之间科学技术合作和人员交流，帮助华人华侨专业人士在加拿大获得平等发展机会的科学技术协会。

先行者怀着满腔的热情和殷切的期望为广大的科技人才拓展出了一个广阔的平台，成立之初即得到了加中两国学术界的积极支持，两国学术界的顶级学者欣然接受邀请成为协会的顾问，为初期加中科协的发展献言进策提供了强大的支持。

时至今日，加中科协已经拥有注册会员两千余人，其中75% 以上的会员理事有博士和硕士学历。会员中包含世界级及加拿大科学界领先人才、加拿大政府前任官员、中国863计划学科带头人、中国国家重点实验室主任、中国政府经济科技顾问、全国青联委员等各领域全方位专业人才精英。

与此同时，加中科协还拥有北京大学校友会、复旦大学校友会等团体会员十余家，并与加拿大国家研究院、不列颠哥伦比亚大学（UBC）、加拿大高级研究学院（CIFAR）、加拿大林业研究院、西蒙菲沙大学（SFU）、清华大学校友会等研究机构和团体建立了紧密的协作联系，充分掌握世界最新的科技动态和研发方向。

20年来，加中科协与加中两国政府、产业界、学术界进行着持续而广泛的交流与合作，许多著名专业人士受邀担任协会的名誉顾问或顾问。当中有中国科学院前院长周光召博士；中国国家自然科学基金会前主任张存浩博士；全加华人联合会主席蔡宏安先生；加拿大前联邦高级官员、亚太经合组织（APEC）理事张克彦博士；BC省前科委主任周石榕博士；温哥华市前副市长，中侨互助会行政总监陈志动先生等。

CCSST is a nonpartisan and non-profit professional organization. It was founded in 1993 by a group of Chinese and Canadian scientists and high-tech professionals who shared the common goals and objectives. Its purpose is to promote the collaboration in science and technology domains between Canada and China and assist Canadian Chinese professionals in seeking equal employment opportunities and career development in Canada

These CCSST founders with a big heart hoped to develop a broad platform for science and technology cooperation, professional exchange and career development for many talented professionals. As soon as CCSST was founded, it gained active support from the academia both in Canada and China. A number of well-known academic figures accepted the invitation as the CCSST’s advisors and they have made a great contribution to the initial growth of CCSST.

Currently, CCSST has more than 2000 registered members, over 75% members have doctoral and/or master’s degrees. Among them are many world-class talented members including Canadian well-known scientists, former Canadian government officials, National High-tech R&D Program of China (863 Pro-gram) leaders, China State Key Laboratory Directors, Chinese government economic/scientific advisers, as well as China Youth Federation committee members.

In addition, CCSST has many group members, including Vancouver Beijing University Alumni Association, Fudan University Alumni Association. CCSST has also established broad collaborative relationships with National Research Council of Canada, University of British Columbia (UBC), and Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), the Canadian Institute of Forestry and Simon Fraser University (SFU).

In the last twenty years, CCSST has enjoyed a broad cooperation with all levels of Canadian and Chinese government and many organizations in the industrial and academic worlds. Among many well-known CCSST’s advisors were and are Dr. Zhou, Guangzhao, For-mer President of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dr. Zhang, Cunhao, Former Director of National Natural Science Foundation of China, Mr. David Choi, the National Executive Chair of the National Congress of Chinese Canadians, Dr. Keith Zhang, High-ranking Federal Officer and Director of APEC, Dr. Suezone Chow, Chairman of Science Council of British Columbia, Mr. Tung Chan the former Councilor and the former Deputy Mayor of the City of Vancouver.