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  • Home
  • ABOUT
    • Who Are We?
  • Information / Resources
    • School Calendar
    • Retirement Info & Workshops
    • External Resources
    • In Memoriam
    • FAQs
  • RTA Members (Secure)
    • RTA MEMBER HOME
    • General Information & FAQs
    • RTA Calendar
    • Collective Agreement & Salary Grid
    • RTA Constitution & By-Laws
    • Health & Wellness
    • RTA EXECUTIVE >
      • RTA Executive Committee
      • RTA Executive Meetings
    • Committees >
      • RTA/RSD Committees
      • RTA Committees
    • RTA General Meetings
    • Post & Fill / job share / Seniority / Qualifications
    • Professional Development
    • Remedy
    • Reporting
    • TTOC Resources
    • Social Justice
    • District Updates
    • Summer School
    • Forms - Pro-D, District, and more...
  • Contact

INFORMATION & RESOURCES

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.​