Subject Organizations

Subject Area Organizations

A curat­ed list of orga­ni­za­tions aligned with the pro­gram areas at North Island Col­lege. Not com­pre­hen­sive — please share any miss­ing orga­ni­za­tions or PD oppor­tu­ni­ties to ctli@nic.bc.ca

Accounting

• Char­tered Pro­fes­sion­al Accoun­tants Cana­da (CPA) — Web­site
  • Pro­fes­sion­al Devel­op­ment & Resources
• Glob­al Con­fer­ence Alliance Inc
  • Upcom­ing Con­fer­ences 

Accessible Larning

• Dis­abil­i­ty Resource Net­work of BC (DRNBC) — Web­site
• Inter­na­tion­al Asso­ci­a­tion of Spe­cial Edu­ca­tion (IASE) — Web­site
• Jour­nal of Inclu­sive Post Sec­ondary Edu­ca­tion (JIPE) — Web­site
• PacRim Inter­na­tion­al Con­fer­ence on Dis­abil­i­ty and Diver­si­ty — https://pacrim.coe.hawaii.edu/

Adventure Guiding

• Asso­ci­a­tion for Expe­ri­en­tial Edu­ca­tion (AEE) — Web­site
• Asso­ci­a­tion of Out­door Recre­ation and Edu­ca­tion — Web­site
• Guide Out­fit­ters Asso­ci­a­tion of British Colum­bia — Web­site
• Out­door Coun­cil of Cana­da — Web­site
• Pad­dle Cana­da — Web­site
• Sea Kayaks Alliance of BC — Web­site
• Wilder­ness Tourism Asso­ci­a­tion of BC — Web­site
• Wilder­ness Edu­ca­tion Asso­ci­a­tion (WEA) — Web­site
  • Find­ing True North: Guid­ing Wilder­ness Edu­ca­tion with Inten­tion­al­i­ty Con­fer­ence (Black Moun­tain, North Car­oli­na)

Biology

• Col­lege of Applied Biol­o­gists — Web­site
• Asso­ci­a­tion for Biol­o­gy Lab Edu­ca­tion (ABLE) — Web­site
• Nation­al Asso­ci­a­tion of Biol­o­gy Teach­ers (NABT) — Web­site
• Asso­ci­a­tion of Col­lege and Uni­ver­si­ty Biol­o­gy Edu­ca­tors (ACUBE) — Web­site
• The West­ern Con­fer­ence on Sci­ence Edu­ca­tion — Web­site

Business

• Asso­ci­a­tion for Busi­ness Sim­u­la­tion and Expe­ri­en­tial Learn­ing (ABSEL) — Web­site
• Nation­al Busi­ness Edu­ca­tion Asso­ci­a­tion (NBEA) — Web­site
• Acad­e­my of Busi­ness Edu­ca­tion — Web­site
• Asso­ci­a­tion for Career and Tech­ni­cal Edu­ca­tion — Web­site
• Glob­al Con­fer­ence Alliance Inc
  • Upcom­ing Con­fer­ences 

Chairs — department chairs

• Uni­ver­si­ty of Man­i­to­ba — Extend­ed Edu­ca­tion — Web­site
  • Heads and Chairs: Lead­ing Aca­d­e­m­ic Depart­ments Course
• Aca­d­e­m­ic Impres­sions — Web­site
  • Train­ing and Resources

Chemistry

• Col­lege Chem­istry Cana­da — Web­site
• Chem­i­cal Insti­tute of Cana­da — Edu­ca­tion Divi­sion — Web­site
• The West­ern Con­fer­ence on Sci­ence Edu­ca­tion — Web­site

Digital design and development

• Asso­ci­a­tion of Reg­is­tered Graph­ic Design­ers (RGD Cana­da) — Web­site

early childhood educators

• Ear­ly Child­hood Edu­ca­tors of BC - Web­site
• Cana­di­an Asso­ci­a­tion for Young Chil­dren — Web­site
• Nation­al Asso­ci­a­tion for the Edu­ca­tion of Young Chil­dren — Web­site

Education

• Cana­di­an Soci­ety for the Study of High­er Edu­ca­tion (CSSHE-SCEES) — Web­site
• Open/Technology In Edu­ca­tion, Soci­ety, and Schol­ar­ship Asso­ci­a­tion (OTESSA) — Web­site
• Col­leges and Insti­tutes Cana­da — Web­site

EducationAL DEVELOPMENT (Teaching and learning centre work)

• Soci­ety for Teach­ing and Learn­ing in High­er Edu­ca­tion (STLHE) — Web­site
• Edu­ca­tion­al Devel­op­ment Com­mu­ni­ty in Cana­da (EDCC-CDPC) — Web­site
• POD Net­work — Web­site
• Inter­na­tion­al Con­sor­tium for Edu­ca­tion­al Devel­op­ment (ICED) — Web­site
  • Con­fer­ences

Engineering and Physics

• Cana­di­an Asso­ci­a­tion of Physi­cists (CAP) — Web­site
• Cana­di­an Engi­neer­ing Edu­ca­tion Asso­ci­a­tion — Web­site

Human Services

• Cana­di­an Asso­ci­a­tion for Social Work Edu­ca­tion (CASWE-ACFTS) — Web­site
• Inter­na­tion­al Fed­er­a­tion of Social Work­ers (IFSW) — Web­site

Humanities and Social Sciences

• Fed­er­a­tion for the Human­i­ties and Social Sci­ences — Web­site
• Cana­di­an Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Asso­ci­a­tion (ACC-CCA) — Web­site
• Cana­di­an Asso­ci­a­tion for the Study of Dis­course and Writ­ing  — Web­site
• Cana­di­an His­tor­i­cal Asso­ci­a­tion (CHA — SHC) — Web­site
• Cana­di­an Lan­guages Asso­ci­a­tion (CLA-ACL) — Web­site
• Mod­ern Lan­guage Asso­ci­a­tion (MLA) — Web­site
• Cana­di­an Philo­soph­i­cal Asso­ci­a­tion — Web­site
• Amer­i­can Soci­o­log­i­cal Asso­ci­a­tion (ASA) — Web­site
• Cana­di­an Soci­o­log­i­cal Asso­ci­a­tion (CSA-SCS) — Web­site
• Inter­na­tion­al Soci­o­log­i­cal Asso­ci­a­tion (ISA) — Web­site
• Cana­di­an Psy­cho­log­i­cal Asso­ci­a­tion (CPA-SCD) — Web­site
• Amer­i­can Psy­cho­log­i­cal Asso­ci­a­tion (APA) — Web­site
  • Annu­al Con­fer­ence on Teach­ing — Web­site
• Nation­al Insti­tute on the Teach­ing of Psy­chol­o­gy (NITOP) — Web­site
  • Con­fer­ence and Events
• The Cana­di­an Soci­ety for the Study of Rhetoric — Web­site
• Inter­na­tion­al Coun­cil for Cana­di­an Stud­ies (ICCS) — Web­site

International Education

• British Colum­bia Coun­cil for Inter­na­tion­al Edu­ca­tion (BCCIE) — Web­site
• World Uni­ver­si­ty Ser­vices of Cana­da (WUSC) — Web­site

Leadership and Admin  — Higher Education

• Uni­ver­si­ty of Man­i­to­ba — Extend­ed Edu­ca­tion — Web­site
• Magna Pub­li­ca­tions — Lead­er­ship in High­er Edu­ca­tion Con­fer­ence — Web­site

Mathematics

• Cana­di­an Math­e­mat­i­cal Soci­ety (CMS) — Web­site
• First Year Math & Stats in Cana­da — Web­site
• Cana­di­an Math Edu­ca­tion Study Group — Web­site
• The West­ern Con­fer­ence on Sci­ence Edu­ca­tion — Web­site
• Pacif­ic Insti­tute for the Math­e­mat­i­cal Sci­ences — Web­site
• The Fields Insti­tute for Research in Math­e­mat­i­cal Sci­ences — Web­site

NURSING

• British Colum­bia Col­lege of Nurs­es & Mid­wives (BCCNM) — Web­site
• Cana­di­an Asso­ci­a­tion of Schools of Nurs­ing (CASN) — Web­site
  • Con­fer­ences
• Inter­na­tion­al Nurs­ing Asso­ci­a­tion of Clin­i­cal Sim­u­la­tion and Learn­ing (INACSL) — Web­site
• West­ern Cana­da Col­lab­o­ra­tive of Health Sci­ences Edu­ca­tors Soci­ety (WCCHSE) — Web­site
• West­ern North-West­ern Region Cana­di­an Asso­ci­a­tion of Schools of Nurs­ing — Web­site
  • Con­fer­ences 

Office Administration

• Admin­is­tra­tive Pro­fes­sion­als Con­fer­ence of Cana­da — Web­site
  • Annu­al Con­fer­ence
• Asso­ci­a­tion of Admin­is­tra­tive Pro­fes­sion­als — Web­site
  • Events
• Career Pro­fes­sion­als of Cana­da — Web­site

tourism and Hospitality

• Asso­ci­a­tion for Busi­ness Sim­u­la­tion and Expe­ri­en­tial Learn­ing (ABSEL) — Web­site
• Tourism Indus­try Asso­ci­a­tion of Cana­da (TIAC) — Web­site
• Tourism HR Cana­da — Web­site
• Tourism Indus­try Asso­ci­a­tion of BC (TIABC) — Web­site
• Inter­na­tion­al Soci­ety of Trav­el and Tourism Edu­ca­tors (ISTTE) — Web­site

Trades

• British Colum­bia Tech­nol­o­gy Edu­ca­tion Asso­ci­a­tion (BCTEA) — Web­site
• BC Cen­tre for Women in the Trades (BCCWITT) — Website
  • Events
• Cana­di­an Appren­tice­ship Forum (CAF-FCA) — Web­site
  • Events
• Cana­di­an Con­struc­tion Asso­ci­a­tion (CCA) — Web­site
• Canada’s Build­ing Trades Unions — Web­site
• Skilled­Trades­BC — Web­site

visual Arts

• Cana­di­an Soci­ety for Edu­ca­tion Through Art (CSEA-SCEA) — Web­site
• Uni­ver­si­ties Art Asso­ci­a­tion of Cana­da (UAAC- AAUC) — Web­site