ACA

Academic Cooperation Association

ACCC

Association of Canadian Community Colleges

AIESEC

Association for International Exchanges of Students in Economics and Commerce

APEC

Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation

AUCC

Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada

AUF

Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (university office for francophone people)

CBIE

Canadian Bureau for International Education

CEC

Canadian Education Centre

CHEG

Canadian Higher Education Group

CIDA

Canadian International Development Agency

COL

Commonwealth of Learning

CREPUQ

Conférence des recteurs et principaux des universités du Québec (Conference of Rectors and Principals of Quebec Universities)

CUPID

Canadian University Projects in International Development

CUSO

Canadian University Service Overseas

DFAIT

Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

ECTS

European Credit Transfer System

EIP

Educational Institutions Program [CIDA]

ERASMUS

European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students

ETS

École de technologie supérieure (school of advanced technology)

GNP

gross national product

ICDS

Institutional Cooperation and Development Services [CIDA]

IDRC

International Development Research Centre

IFI

international financial institution

IMHE

Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education [OECD]

IOHE

Inter-American Organization for Higher Education

IQRP

Internationalization Quality Review Process

MRC

Medical Research Council of Canada

NAFTA

North American Free Trade Agreement

NCE

Network of Centres of Excellence

NGO

nongovernmental organization

NRC

National Research Council of Canada

NSERC

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

OC

Order of Canada (Officer)

ODA

official development assistance

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

SAP

structural-adjustment program

SPB

Special Programmes Branch [CIDA]

SSHRC

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

TOEFL

Test of English as a Foreign Language

UBC

University of British Columbia

UISP

University Initiated Scholarship Program [CIDA]

UMAP

University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific

UNB

University of New Brunswick

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UPCD

University Partnerships in Cooperation and Development [CIDA]

UPEI

Univeristy of Prince Edward Island

UQAM

Université du Québec à Montréal

UQTR

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

UVF

Université virtuelle francophone (virtual francophone university)

UWI

University of the West Indies

UWO

University of Western Ontario

WETV

Global Access Television

WUSC

World University Service of Canada