COMMON ACRONYMS

Every organization has its jargon and indecipherable abbreviations.  
The BCTF/RTA is no exception.  Here’s some lists that we hope will
help you find your way through the maze of acronyms tossed casually
​into many ​documents you receive from the BCTF/RTA. 

• RTA ACRONYMS
• BCTF ACRONYMS​

EXTERNAL RESOURCES

​British Columbia 

• British Columbia Teachers' Federation
• British Columbia Association of School Psychologists
• Teacher Regulation Branch
• ​Richmond Retired Teachers Association
• BC Retired Teachers’ Association
• BC School Superintendents’ Association
• Teacher Qualification Service (British Columbia)
• ​Employment Insurance Service Canada
• ​Teachers' Pension Plan

School Districts / Trustees 

• BC school districts contact information
• BC School Trustees Association site features policies from BC school districts and a list of school board trustees by district.
• The Canadian Schools Boards Association is the national voice of school boards in Canada. Publications and projects include poverty, youth justice, and social inclusion.
• Map – BC School Districts
• Standard School Calendar
• BC Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils
• British Columbia Principals’ and Vice-Principals’ Association
• BC School Superintendents’ Association
• BC School Trustees Association
• B.C. Public School Employers’ Association, the employers’ association for public school boards and the Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique.
• Education Canada Network lists job postings for most BC school districts.
• Public Sector Employers’ Council (PSEC) site includes links to labour legislation and web sites.

​​Canada

• Alberta Teachers’ Association
• Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens
• Association des enseignantes et des enseignants francophones du Nouveau-Brunswick
• Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ)
• Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario
• Manitoba Teachers’ Society
• New Brunswick Teachers’ Association
• Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers’ Association
• Northwest Territories Teachers’ Association
• Nova Scotia Teachers Union
• Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association
• Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation
• Ontario Teachers’ Federation

Government Agencies

• British Columbia Public School Employers' Association
• Government of British Columbia’s website 
• B.C. Government Directory
• Community Learning Network
• Members of the Legislature (MLAs)
• ​Ministry of Advanced Education
• Ministry of Children and Family Development
• Ministry of Education 
• Analysis and Reporting on K-12 Education
• Annual Reports and Service Plans
• EdInfo
• Funding
• Integrated Resource Packages
• Manual of School Law
• Policy site
• School Districts / Contacts
• Standard School Calendar
• Ministry of Labour and Citizens’ Services
• Government of Canada
• Canadiana 
• Learning Resources (Statistics Canada) connects students and teachers to free Canadian information and teaching resources.
• Provincial/Territorial Departments and Ministries Responsible for Education in Canada (Council of Ministers of Education)
• U.S. Department of Education, including the Education Resource Organizations Directory
• WorkSafeBC (Formerly Workers’ Compensation Board)​

    Legislation

• BC Employment Standards Act
• ​BC Schools Act
• Freedom of Information and Privacy Commission of BC includes the legislation and orders and decisions.
• Labour Relations Code
• Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
• Manual of School Law
• Order in Council and Ministerial Order Resumes
• The Revised Statutes and Consolidated Regulations of British Columbia​

    Labour

• B.C. Federation of Labour
• Current Disputes (BC Federation of Labour)
• Buy Union – Buy Canadian directory (BC Union Label Trades Council)
• AFL/CIO (American Federation of Labor/Congress of Industrial Organizations)
• B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union
• B.C. Nurses’ Union
• Canadian Association of Labour Media, a network of union publications and editors.
• Canadian Auto Workers (National)
• CAW Local 111 (employees of Translink – Coast Mountain)
• Canadian Labour Congress
• The Canadian Labour History site, created by the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation, traces the history of Canadian labour from 1850 to 1999.
• Canadian Union of Postal Workers
• Canadian Union of Public Employees, British Columbia division
• Canadian Union of Public Employees. Stop Workplace Bullying
• CUPE Local 116 represents employees at the University of British Columbia.
• Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of BC
• Health Sciences Association
• Hospital Employees’ Union
• International Labour Organization site contains a wide variety of information pertaining to the world of work.
• LaborNet
• Labour Environmental Alliance Society brings together labour and environmentalists to find common projects and common strategies.
• The Labour Jurisdictions Information Exchange (Canadian Association of Administrators of Labour Legislation) links to the federal and provincial government labour sites.
• Labour Relations Board of British Columbia
• LabourStart, an excellent starting site for labour activists, offers current news and discussion forums.
• LabourStart TV
• Public Service Alliance of Canada
• Workers’ Health and Safety Centre, and occupational health and safety organization in Ontario.
• Working TV, a labour television program broadcast weekly on community access TV in BC.​