Training & Events

Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC)

The ACCC is the national, voluntary membership organization created in 1972 to represent colleges and institutes to government, business and industry, both in Canada and internationally.

With an Ottawa-based Secretariat, ACCC interacts with federal departments and agencies on the members' behalf and links college capabilities to national industries. As another part of its mandate, ACCC organizes conferences and workshops for college staff, students and Board members to facilitate networking and participation in national and international activities such as sector studies, awards programs and linkages.

Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC)

The AUCC is the voice of Canada's universities. The AUCC represents 94 Canadian public and private not-for-profit universities and university-degree level colleges.

Since 1911, they have provided strong and effective representation for their members, in Canada and abroad. Their mandate is to facilitate the development of public policy on higher education and to encourage cooperation among universities and governments, industry, communities, and institutions in other countries. They provide services to member universities in three main areas:
• public policy and advocacy
• communications, research and information-sharing
• scholarships and international programs

Canadian Education Association (CEA)

The Canadian Education Association, a national charitable organization, founded in 1891, is committed to improving education through research and dialogue.

CEA works together with organizations that share their values in building vibrant public education and learning systems fundamental to democratic and civil society.

Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC)

ICTC is a not-for-profit sector council dedicated to creating a diverse, prepared and highly educated Canadian ICT industry and workforce. ICTC is a catalyst for change, pushing for innovations that will provide standards, labour market intelligence, career pathways and immigration initiatives for the Canadian ICT industry, educators and governments.

Cisco and ICTC work together to help develop the quantity and quality of ICT professionals needed to maintain and improve Canada’s position as a leader in the global marketplace.

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)

INAC supports Aboriginal people (First Nations, Inuit and Métis) and Northerners in their efforts to:
• improve social well-being and economic prosperity;
• develop healthier, more sustainable communities; and
• participate more fully in Canada's political, social and economic development - to the benefit of all Canadians.

INAC is one of the federal government departments responsible for meeting the Government of Canada's obligations and commitments to First Nations, Inuit and Métis, and for fulfilling the federal government's constitutional responsibilities in the North. INAC's responsibilities are largely determined by numerous statutes, negotiated agreements and relevant legal decisions. Most of the Department's programs, representing a majority of its spending - are delivered through partnerships with Aboriginal communities and federal-provincial or federal-territorial agreements.

Cisco and INAC work together to meet this mandate.

Skills/Compétences Canada

Skills/Compétences Canada is a national, not-for-profit organization that actively promotes careers in skilled trades and technologies to Canadian youth.

World Skills

WorldSkills is a not for profit membership association open to agencies or bodies which have a responsibility for promoting vocational education and training in their respective countries/regions. WorldSkills operates worldwide and is politically and denominationally neutral.

WorldSkills provides a unique means of exchange and comparison of world-class competency standards in the industrial trades and service sectors of the global economy. The continued growth of WorldSkills attests to the fact that traditional trade and craft skills along with the newer technology multi-skilled vocations make an essential contribution to the economic and social well being of peoples everywhere.

Calgary is proud to host the 40th WorldSkills Competition from 1-7 September 2009