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Over the past 50 years, the Canadian Population Society has nurtured generations of applied demographers who utilize their demographic analytical skills in decision making in public, private, and non-profit sectors. The CPS also has created an inclusive space where applied demographers and academic researchers in interdisciplinary fields (e.g. sociology, geography, economics) inspire each other’s work. In this special 50th anniversary session, we invite three renowned applied demographers who have significant impacts on Canadian demographer communities over decades. Each speaker will reflect on their relationship with the CPS and their contributions to policy making pertaining to the Canadian population. They will also comment on how applied demography helps address timely population issues in social diversity, immigration, family, health, etc. This special session aims to inform junior scholars, especially students and postdoctoral fellows, of career opportunities outside academia to apply their demographic training to addressing policy-related questions.