Canadian associations
- American Medical Writers Association (Canada Chapter)
- AMWA is an international, nonprofit professional organization that promotes excellence in biomedical communication. AMWA brings together medical, allied-health and science communicators and educators interested in improving the quality and effectiveness of biomedical communication in all media.
- Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada
- AMTEC is Canada's national association for educational media and technology professionals, offering annual conferences, publications, workshops, media festivals, and awards.
- Association for the Export of Canadian Books
- The AECB is a nonprofit organization with a mandate to help Canadian publishers develop foreign markets and promote export sales of their books, by providing financial assistance and market intelligence. The AECB is not an exporter or distributor.
- Association des journalistes indépendants du Québec (AJIQ)
- Association nationale des éditeurs de livres
- L'Association nationale des éditeurs de livres regroupe les maisons d'édition québécoises et canadiennes de langue française. L'Association s'emploie à promouvoir les intérêts de la profession et du public lecteur, que ce soit, par exemple, en défendant la liberté d'expression, le respect du droit d'auteur ou l'accès universel au livre comme outil 'éducation.
- Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia
- This site provides members, educators, the media, and the general public with information relating to the British Columbia book publishing industry.
- Association of Canadian Publishers
- The Association of Canadian Publishers (ACP) represents over 130 Canadian-owned book publishers, with members from all provinces, and members from the literary, general trade, education, and scholarly sectors. ACP encourages the writing, publishing, distribution, and promotion of Canadian books.
- Association of Manitoba Book Publishers
- Association of Translators and Interpreters of Alberta
- Association of Translators and Interpreters of Nova Scotia
- Association of Translators and Interpreters of Ontario
- Associations and Organizations Related to Information Studies
- A list of links maintained by the University of Toronto Faculty of Information Studies.
- Book and Periodical Council
- Formed in 1975, the BPC is the umbrella organization for associations involved in the writing and editing, publishing and manufacturing, distribution, and selling and lending of books in Canada.
- Book Publishers' Professional Association
- The BPPA's mandate is to further professional attitudes and involvement among those engaged in the Canadian book publishing industry. Through its evening programs, the BPPA provides a forum for its members, and the public at large, to discuss relevant issues in publishing, while its seminar series offers professional development opportunities.
- Canada Council for the Arts / Conseil des Arts du Canada
- The Canada Council is an independent, arm's length organization created by the Parliament of Canada in 1957 to foster and promote the arts. The Council provides a wide range of grants and services to professional Canadian artists.
- Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators in Communications
- CAPIC was created in 1978 as a national non-profit association dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the rights and interests of photographers and illustrators working in the Communication Arts.
- Canadian Authors Association
- The CAA, founded in Montreal in 1921, is Canada's national association for writers of every kind, for those actively seeking to become writers, and for those who want to support writers.
- Canadian Booksellers Association
- The CBA promotes the interests of Canadian booksellers.
- Canadian Children's Book Centre
- The CCBC is a national, nonprofit organization founded in 1976 to promote and encourage the reading, writing, and illustrating of Canadian children's books by supporting the Canadian children's publishing industry.
- Canadian Conference of the Arts
- The Canadian Conference of the Arts is Canada's oldest and largest arts advocacy group. Founded in 1945 by the leading artists of the day, the CCA was created to impress upon governments and the general public the importance of the arts and cultural industries in Canadian society.
- Canadian Copyright Institute
- Founded in 1965, CCI is an association of creators, producers, and distributors of copyright works. The institute's objectives are to encourage a better understanding of the law of copyright; to engage in and foster research in Canadian, foreign, and international copyright law; to encourage the collective administration of copyright that will enable creators and producers of intellectual property to receive fair remuneration for their work; and to work with other organizations concerned with the protection of intellectual property rights towards improving copyright legislation and enforcement.
- Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (CANCOPY)
- CANCOPY is a nonprofit organization founded by Canadian writers and publishers. CANCOPY acts on behalf of artists, writers, and publishers to grant permission to copy. A licensing fee or royalty is collected and given back to the artist, writer, or publisher.
- Canadian Library Association
- The mission of the Canadian Library Association is to provide leadership in the promotion, development, and support of library and information services in Canada.
- Canadian Music Reproduction Rights Agency
- CMRRA is Canada's largest music licensing agency, representing more than 30,000 music publishers and copyright owners. The Canadian Music Publishers Association (CMPA) is a trade association representing the interests of music publishers and copyright owners doing business in Canada.
- Canadian Newspaper Association
- The Canadian Newspaper Association (CNA) is a nonprofit organization, representing 101 Canadian daily newspapers (English and French).
- Canadian Press
- National news agency that provides information and wire copy to more than 100 Canadian daily newspapers. Publishes the CP Stylebook and other reference works.
- Canadian Publishers' Council
- The Canadian Publishers' Council, as Canada's main English-language book publishing trade association, founded in 1910, represents the interests of 30 companies who publish books and other media for elementary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, professional and reference, retail, and library markets.
- Canadian Science Writers' Association
- The CSWA is a national alliance of professional science communicators, in all media, whose mission is to cultivate excellence in science writing and science journalism and to increase public awareness of science in Canadian culture.
- Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers
- CANSCAIP is a group of professionals in the field of children's culture with members from all parts of Canada. For 20 years, CANSCAIP has been instrumental in the support and promotion of children's literature through newsletters, workshops, meetings and other information programs for authors, parents, teachers, librarians, publishers, and others.
- Canadian Standards Association
- Indexing Society of Canada
- The Indexing Society of Canada was established in 1977 to encourage the production and use of indexes and abstracts, to promote the recognition of indexers and abstractors, to improve indexing and abstracting techniques, and to provide a means of communication among individual indexers and abstractors across Canada.
- International Association of Business Communicators (US)
- British Columbia | Toronto
- IABC includes over 13,000 professional communicators worldwide from various backgrounds: corporate industry, government, nonprofit, human resources, public relations and advertising. The BC Chapter has a membership of more than 300 professionals.
- League of Canadian Poets
- LCP is Canada's national association of professionally published and practicing poets.
- Literary Press Group
- The Literary Press Group of Canada is a non-profit association of Canadian-owned and operated book publishers.
- Magazines Canada
- Magazines Canada is a not-for-profit organization whose primary purpose is to serve as the marketing arm for its member consumer magazines in Canada.
- Movement for Canadian Literacy
- National coalition that promotes adult literacy and numeracy in business, education, government, and labour.
- National Literacy Program
- The National Literacy Program works to promote literacy as an essential component for a learning society and to make Canada's social, economic and political life more accessible to people with weak literacy skills.
- Ordre des traducteurs et interprètes agréés du Québec
- OTIAQ regroupe près de 2 000 professionnels de la traduction, de la terminologie et de 'interprétation exerçant dans les milieux les plus divers, dans tous les domaines et offrant près de 50 combinaisons de langues.
- PEN Canada
- PEN Canada -- the Canadian chapter of International PEN, founded in England in 1921 to represent "Poets, Essayists and Novelists" -- works on behalf of writers, at home and abroad, who have been forced into silence for writing the truth as they see it.
- Professional Writers Association of Canada
- The Professional Writers Association of Canada is a non-profit organization founded in 1976. PWAC's membership includes over 400 professional freelance writers, journalists, editors, and communications experts. It offers professional development, colleague support, political lobbying, and helps to set standards of practice for the publishing industry in Canada.
- Plain Language Online Training / Langage courant en direct
- Playwrights Guild of Canada
- Playwrights Guild of Canada (formerly Playwrights Union of Canada) is the national, nonprofit association of professional playwrights.
- Réseau des traducteurs et traductrices en éducation
- Saskatchewan Publishers Group
- Scholarly Societies Project
- The Scholarly Societies Project at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, has been created to facilitate access to information about scholarly societies across the world.
- Society for Technical Communication (US)
- Alberta | Eastern Ontario | Manitoba | Montreal | Southwestern Ontario | Toronto | West Coast
- STC is a nonprofit international organization and is the largest professional society devoted to technical communication.
- Society of Graphic Designers of Canada
- Society of Translators and Interpreters of British Columbia
- Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois
- L'UNEQ regroupe près de 1000 écrivains : des poètes, des romanciers, des auteurs dramatiques, des essayistes, des écrivains pour la jeunesse, des auteurs d'ouvrages scientifiques et pratiques. La mission de l'UNEQ : travailler à la promotion et à la diffusion de la littérature québécoise au Québec et à l'étranger, de même qu'à la reconnaissance du métier d'écrivain.
- World Literacy of Canada
- WLC is a nonprofit voluntary organization that works to promote adult literacy, raise public awareness, and fund community development programs in South Asia.
- Writers' Union of Canada
- Founded in 1973, The Writers' Union of Canada is a national organization of professional writers of books for the general public. The Union works to advance conditions for all writers, to unite writers for the advancement of their common interest, and to foster writing in Canada.
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International associations
- American Booksellers Association
- Founded in 1900, the American Booksellers Association is a trade organization pledged to protecting the well-being of book retailers and to promoting the availability of books.
- American Communication Association
- The ACA is the U.S. national professional organization of scholars, students, and practitioners in the field of communication studies. This site provides information about the ACA, a collection of materials on communication law and First Amendment issues, resources for teaching and research in communication studies, and an extensive reference resource page for scholars and activists.
- American Copy Editors Society
- ACES, a professional organization of copy editors, is dedicated to improving the quality of journalism and the working lives of journalists. While its primary focus is on newspaper copy editing, ACES welcomes editors from other publications, as well as academic representatives and students.
- American Dialect Society
- Founded more than a century ago, the American Dialect Society still is the only scholarly association dedicated to the study of the English language in North America -- and of other languages, or dialects of other languages, influencing it or influenced by it.
- American Library Association
- American Medical Writers Association
- AMWA is an international, nonprofit professional organization that promotes excellence in biomedical communication. AMWA brings together medical, allied-health and science communicators and educators interested in improving the quality and effectiveness of biomedical communication in all media.
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- Includes ACE (a searchable database of music titles, writers, performers, and publishers), the online edition of Playback, articles and music industry news, information about licensing, and more.
- American Society of Indexers
- American Society of Journalists and Authors
- American Society of Newspaper Editors
- American Translators Association
- Associated Press Managing Editors
- Associated Press Managing Editors is an association of U.S. and Canadian editors whose newspapers are members of The Associated Press. Since 1931, APME has been dedicated to advancing, improving, and promoting journalism through its own newspapers and through its relationship with the Associated Press news service.
- Association of American Publishers
- The Association of American Publishers (AAP), with some 200 members located throughout the United States, is the principal trade association of the book publishing industry.
- Association of American University Presses
- Association for Canadian Studies in the United States
- Association of Earth Science Editors (US)
- The goals of the AESE are to strengthen the profession of earth science editing, to foster education, and to promote the exchange of ideas of general and specific problems of selection, editing, and publication of research manuscripts, journals, serials, periodicals, and maps pertaining to the earth sciences.
- Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (UK)
- Association romande des correcteurs d'imprimerie
- L'Arci regroupe des correcteurs d'imprimerie, des ecrivains publics, des journalistes, des editeurs de toute la Suisse d'expression française. Le Trait d'Union, bulletin bimestriel de liaison, peut etre charge a distance (format PDF) a partir de la page Revue.
- Australian Societies of Editors
- Links and contact information for eight editorial societies and the Council of Australian Societies of Editors.
- Bibliographical Society of America
- Board of Editors in the Life Sciences
- The Board of Editors in the Life Sciences (BELS) was founded in 1991 to evaluate the proficiency of manuscript editors in the life sciences and to award credentials similar to those obtainable in other professions.
- Canberra Society of Editors, Australia
- Confédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Auteurs et Compositeurs
- CISAC est une organisation non gouvernementale sans but lucratif qui groupe 161 membres (159 sociétés d' auteurs et 2 organismes internationaux) appartenant à 87 pays. / CISAC, the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers, is a nonprofit, non-governmental organisation embracing 161 members (159 societies and two organisations) representing creators in 87 countries.
- Council of Editors of Learned Journals
- Council of Science Editors
- The Council of Science Editors (CSE) -- formerly the Council of Biology Editors -- aims to improve communication in the sciences by educating authors, editors, and publishers; by providing means of cooperation among persons interested in publishing in the sciences; and by promoting effective communication practices in primary and secondary publishing in any form.
- Dictionary Society of North America
- The Dictionary Society fosters scholarly and professional activities relating to dictionaries. A dictionary is defined as a list of words or other vocabulary items, with information about their meaning or other linguistic properties. The Society promotes the exchange of information and ideas among members through meetings, research projects, publications (such as a newsletter, a journal, bibliographies, directories), and any other means it may deem appropriate.
- Editorial Freelancers Association (US)
- EFA is a national, nonprofit, professional organization of self-employed workers in the publishing and communications industries.
- The Electric Editors
- The Electric Editors is a free service for editors, proofreaders, indexers, translators, authors, publishers and other suppliers and users of professional publishing services. The Electric Editors provides three weekly e-mail discussion lists, a library of macros to assist on-screen editors, and a comprehensive and topical list of Internet links to support publishing professionals in their daily work.
- EASE – European Association of Science Editors
- The association is a non-governmental and non-profit-making organization operated for scientific and educational purposes. In spite of the word "European" in its name, EASE is international, with a quarter of its members coming from other continents.
- Fédération internationale des traducteurs
- International Association of Business Communicators
- IABC provides products, services, activities and networking opportunities to help people and organizations achieve excellence in public relations, employee communication, marketing communication, public affairs, and other forms of communication.
- International Organization for Standardization
- Established in 1947, ISO is a non-governmental, worldwide federation of national standards bodies from some 100 countries. The mission of ISO is to promote the development of standardization and related activities in the world with a view to facilitating the international exchange of goods and services, and to developing cooperation in the spheres of intellectual, scientific, technological, and economic activity.
- International Reading Association
- Promotes high levels of literacy by improving the quality of reading instruction through studying the reading process and teaching techniques.
- Investigative Reporters and Editors
- The Library Association (U.K.)
- The Library Association, with 25,000 members throughout the U.K. and in more than 100 countries, is the leading professional body for librarians and information managers.
- National Conference of Editorial Writers
- Newspaper Association of America
- PMA, the Independent Book Publishers Association (US)
- The Publishers Marketing Association (PMA) is a nonprofit trade association representing independent publishers of books, audio, video and CDs.
- Scholarly Societies Project
- The Scholarly Societies Project has been created by the University of Waterloo to facilitate access to information about scholarly societies across the world. Includes links to more than 1,150 resources.
- Small Publishers Association of North America
- Nonprofit trade association for independent presses and self-publishers.
- Small Publishers, Artists, and Writers Network
- Société belge des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs
- SABAM is the Belgian Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers, a performing and mechanical rights society.
- Society for Technical Communication
- The STC is a nonprofit international organization and is the largest professional society devoted to technical communication. STC is concerned with the education, improvement, and advancement of its members. Members include writers, editors, illustrators, printers, publishers, educators, students, engineers, and scientists in all areas of technology.
- Society of American Business Editors and Writers
- Members of the Society have joined together in the common pursuit of the highest standards of economic journalism, through both individual and collective efforts. Recognizing that economic freedom is inextricably linked to political freedom and that an informed citizenry can ensure that these freedoms are sustained, it is the Society's mission as an independent, not-for-profit organization to encourage comprehensive reporting of economic events without fear or favoritism and to upgrade skills and knowledge through continuous educational efforts. SABEW produces a newsletter called The Business Journalist.
- Society of Editors (Western Australia)
- Founded in 1992, as a professional organization of people involved in the publishing industry, either as freelance or in-house editors, copy editors, proofreaders, indexers, production managers, designers, etc. SOEWA functions partly as an educational group, improving and developing members' skills, and partly representing the interests of members in regard to such matters as establishing fees and minimum conditions of engagement.
- Society of English-Native-Speaking Editors (SENSE) Working in the Netherlands
- Society of Professional Journalists (US)
- Society for Editors and Proofreaders (UK)
- The SfEP is a non-profit-distributing organization with the twin aims of: promoting high editorial standards and achieving recognition of the professional status of its members. There are currently around 1400 members (mostly in the UK), providing a wide range of freelance editorial services to the publishing community and beyond. Corporate membership is also available to publishing companies.
- Society of Writers, Editors & Translators (Japan)
- The Society of Writers, Editors & Translators (SWET) is a group of people engaged mainly in these three professions, as well as in teaching, research, technical writing, rewriting, design, production, copywriting, and other areas related to the written word in Japan. Its membership is defined less by occupation than by a desire to share experience, information, and expertise involving English writing and publishing.
- Writers Guild of America
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