ABPBC             Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia

ACAD               Alberta College of Art and Design

ACP                  Association of Canadian Publishers

ACTRA             Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists

ADAC               Art Dealers Association of Canada

ADISQ              Association québécoise de l’industrie du disque, du spectacle et de la vidéo

AI                     Artificial intelligence

ALAC                Artists and Lawyers for the Advancement of Creativity

AMBP              Association of Manitoba Book Publishers

AMII                Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute

ANEL                Association nationale des éditeurs de livres

ANSUT             Association of Nova Scotia University Teachers

AQED               Association québécoise pour l’éducation à domicile

AQPM              Association québécoise de la production médiatique

ARIN                American Registry for Internet Numbers

ARR                 Artist’s resale right

ARRQ               Association des réalisateurs et réalisatrices du Québec

BAnQ               Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec

BCBC               Business Coalition for Balanced Copyright

BCLA                British Columbia Library Association

CAA                 Canadian Authors Association

CAB                 Canadian Association of Broadcasters

CACN               Canadian Anti-Counterfeiting Network

CALJ                 Canadian Association of Learned Journals

CALL                Canadian Association of Law Libraries

CAPIC              Canadian Association of Professional Image Creators

CARFAC           Canadian Artists’ Representation

CARL                Canadian Association of Research Libraries

CASA                Canadian Alliance of Student Associations

CAUL               Council of Atlantic University Libraries

CAUT               Canadian Association of University Teachers

CBA                 Canadian Bar Association

CBC                 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

CCA                 Canadian Council of Archives

CaCC               Canadian Chamber of Commerce

CrCC                Creative Commons Canada

CCD                 Council of Canadians with Disabilities

CCI                   Canadian Copyright Institute

CCM                Coalition for Culture and Media

CCP                  Cultural Capital Project

CDPA               Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (UK)

CFLA                Canadian Federation of Library Associations

CFM                 Canadian Federation of Musicians

CFS                  Canadian Federation of Students

CHPC               House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage

CIC                   Colleges and Institutes Canada

CIMA               Canadian Independent Music Association

CIPPIC              Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic

CMA                Copyright Modernization Act

CMRRA            Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency

CMEC              Council of Ministers of Education, Canada

CMePA            Canadian Media Producers Association

CMuPA            Canadian Music Publishers Association

CNIB                Canadian National Institute for the Blind

CNOC              Canadian Network Operators Consortium

CPC                  Canadian Publishers Council

CPCC               Canadian Private Copying Collective

CPHSS              Canadian Publishers Hosted Software Solutions

CPSLDBC         Council of Post-Secondary Library Directors of British Columbia

CRKN               Canadian Research Knowledge Network

CRTC                Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

CSBA                Canadian School Boards Association

CSC                  Campus Stores Canada

CSCAIP             Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers

CTA                  Consumer Technology Association

CTF                  Canadian Teachers’ Federation

CULC               Canadian Urban Libraries Council

CUSMA            Canadian–United States–Mexico Agreement

CVA                  Copyright Visual Arts

DCH                 Department of Canadian Heritage

DFA                  Dalhousie Faculty Association

DGC                 Directors Guild of Canada

ECUAD             Emily Carr University of Art and Design

FCM                 Federation of Canadian Municipalities

FNC                  Fédération nationale des communications

GMMQ            Guilde des musiciens et musiciennes du Québec

HAC                 Hotel Association of Canada

HAP                 House of Anansi Press/Groundwoor Books

IATSE               International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees

ICMI                Indigenous Culture and Media Innovations

ICSAC               International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers

IFLAI                International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions

IFRRO              International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations

INDU                House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology

IPIC                  Intellectual Property Institute of Canada

IPU                   International Publishers Association

ISED                 Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development

ISP(s)               Internet service provider(s)

LMAs               Libraries, archives and museums

MMF               Manitoba Metis Federation Inc.

MPAC              Motion Picture Association-Canada

MRFHG            Maple Ridge Family History Group

MRU                Mount Royal University

MTAC              Movie Theatre Association of Canada

NCCRA             National Campus and Community Radio Association

NCTR               National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation

NMC                News Media Canada

OBPO              Ontario Book Publishers Organization

OMM              ole Media Management

OSP(s)              Online service provider(s)

OTW                Organization for Transformative Works

PGC                 Playwrights Guild of Canada

PIAC                 Public Interest Advocacy Centre

PMPA               Professional Music Publishers Association

PPC                  Professional Photographers of Canada

PWAC              Professional Writers Association of Canada

QLA                 Quebec Library Association

RAAVQ            Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec

RSU                  Ryerson Students’ Union

SACD               Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques

SAIT                 Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

SARTEC            Société des auteurs de radio, télévision et cinéma

SCAM              Société civile des auteurs multimedia

SCC                  Supreme Court of Canada

SCGC                Screen Composers Guild of Canada

SFU                  Simon Fraser University

SNE                  Syndicat national de l’édition

SOCAN             Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada

SODRAC          Society for Reproduction Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers in Canada

SPACQ              Société professionnelle des auteurs et des compositeurs du Québec

TPM(s)             Technology protection measure(s)

TSM                 Third Side Music Inc.

UBC                 University of British Columbia

UCRIU              Undergraduates of Canadian Research-Intensive Universities

UEQ                 Union Étudiante du Québec

UNB                 University of New Brunswick

UNEQ              Union des écrivaines et des écrivains du Québec

UK                    United Kingdom

US                    United States

WAC                Winnipeg Arts Council

WGC                Writers Guild of Canada

WSD                Winnipeg School Division No 1

WUC                Writers’ Union of Canada