|
GLOSSARY OF CANADIAN ARTS ACRONYMS |
||
| Acronym | Organization | Web Site |
| GENERAL ARTS | ||
| CCA |
Canadian Conference of the Arts |
|
| CHRC |
Cultural Human Resources Council |
|
| ARTS FUNDERS | ||
| APASF | Alberta Performing Arts Stabilization Fund | |
| BCAC | British Columbia Arts Council | www.bcartscouncil.ca |
| CBAC | Council for Business and the Arts in Canada | www.businessforarts.org |
| CCA | Canada Council for the Arts | www.canadacouncil.ca |
| CTF | Canadian Television Fund | www.canadiantelevisionfund.ca |
| MAC | Manitoba Arts Council | www.artscouncil.mb.ca |
| NLAC | Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council | www.nlac.nf.ca |
| NSAC | Nova Scotia Arts Council (Replaced by the Nova Scotia Arts and Culture Partnership Council) | see: www.gov.ns.ca/dtc/culture.html |
| OAC | Ontario Arts Council | www.arts.on.ca |
| OSAC | Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils | www.osac.sk.ca |
| SAB | Saskatchewan Arts Board | www.artsboard.sk.ca |
| TAC | Toronto Arts Council | www.torontoartscouncil.org |
|
PERFORMING ARTS -- Arts Service Providers |
||
| ACTR |
Association for Canadian Theatre Research |
|
| APN |
Alberta Playwrights' Network |
|
| ASTRO |
Association of Summer Theatres 'Round Ontario |
|
| ATPAM | Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers | www.atpam.com |
| CANSCAIP |
Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers |
|
| CAPACOA |
Canadian Arts Presenting Association |
|
| CDA |
Canadian Dance Assembly |
|
| CEAD |
Centre des auteurs dramatiques |
|
| CIAYA | Canadian Institute of the Arts for Young Audiences | |
| CITT |
Canadian Institute for Theatre Technology |
|
| CMPA |
Canadian Music Publishers Association |
|
| CQIIT |
Centre quebecois de l'institut international du theatre |
|
| CQT |
Conseil quebecois du theatre |
|
| DUO |
Dance Umbrella of Ontario |
|
| HTT/SSH |
Historic Theatres' Trust/Societe des salles historiques |
|
| MAP | Manitoba Association of Playwrights | www.autobahn.mb.ca/~map |
| TNS | Theatre Nova Scotia | |
| OC | Orchestras Canada | |
| PACT | Professional Association of Canadian Theatres | |
| PARC | Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre | www3.ns.sympatico.ca/parcoffice/ |
| PASONS | Performing Arts Societies Organizations of Nova Scotia | |
| QDF | Quebec Drama Federation | www.quebecdrama.org |
| SOCAN | Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada | www.socan.ca |
| SPC | Saskatchewan Playwrights Centre | |
| STAF | Small Theatre Administrative Facility | www.theatreadmin.com |
| TAI | Theatres Associes Inc | |
| TO | Theatre Ontario | www.theatreontario.org |
| TTA | Toronto Theatre Alliance | www.theatreintoronto.com |
| GVPTA | Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance | www.theatre.ubc.ca/gvpta |
|
PERFORMING ARTS -- Membership, Unions, Organizations, Associations |
||
| AAAPNB | Association acadienne des artistes profesionnels du Nouveau-Brunswick | www.aaapnb.ca |
| ACTRA | Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists | www.actra.ca |
| ADC | Associated Designers of Canada | www.designers.ca |
| AFM | American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada | www.afm.org |
| AFofM | American Federation of Musicians Union | |
| APASQ | Association des profesionnels des arts de la scene du quebec | |
| CAEA | Canadian Actors' Equity Association | www.caea.com |
| CAPPRT | Canadian Artists & Producers Professional Relations Tribunal | www.capprt-tcrpap.ic.gc.ca |
| CTA | Canadian Theatre Agreement | see http://www.caea.com/agreements/agree.php |
| CUPE | Canadian Union of Public Employees | www.cupe.ca |
| IATSE | International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada | http://www.iatse-intl.org |
| PGC | Playwrights Guild of Canada | www.playwrightsguild.ca |
| UDA | Union des artistes | www.uniondesartistes.com |
|
MEDIA ARTS -- Arts Service Organizations |
||
| CAB | Canadian Association of Broadcasters | www.cab-acr.ca |
| CFC | Canadian Film Centre | www.cdnfilmcentre.com |
| CFTPA | Canadian Film and Television Production Association | www.cftpa.ca |
| CRTC | Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission | www.crtc.gc.ca |
| CSTC | Canadian Screen Training Centre | www.cstc.ca |
| DGC | Directors Guild of Canada | www.dgc.ca |
| IMAT | Interactive Multimedia Arts and Technology Association | www.imat.ca |
| IPF | Independent Production Fund | www.ipf.ca |
| ITAC | Info Technology Association of Canada | |
| LIFT | Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto | www.lift.on.ca |
| NAPTE | National Association of Television Programming Executives | www.natpe.org |
| NFB | National Film Board of Canada | www.nfb.ca/e |
| NSI | National Screen Institute | www.nsi-canada.ca |
| OFDC | Ontario Film Development Corporation – see OMDC | |
| OMDC | Ontario Media Development Corporation | www.omdc.on.ca |
| TDF | Toronto Documentary Forum | www.hotdocs.ca |
| TFTO | Toronto Film and Television Office | www.torontofilmpermits.com |
| TIFFG | Toronto International Film Festival Group | http://www.e.bell.ca/filmfest/2003/tiffgyearround/default.asp |
| WGC | Writers Guild of Canada | www.writersguildofcanada.com |
| WIFT | Women in Film and Television - Toronto | www.wift.com |
|
MEDIA ARTS -- Membership, Unions, Organizations, Associations |
||
| ACTRA | Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists | www.actra.com |
| IATSE | International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada | http://www.iatse-intl.org |
| NABET | National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians | www.nabetcwa.org |
|
LITERARY ARTS -- Arts Service Organizations |
||
| CAA | Canadian Authors Association | www.canauthors.org/ |
| CAJ | Canadian Association of Journalists | www.eagle.ca/caj |
| CANSCAIP | Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers | www.canscaip.org |
| CCW | Capital Crime Writers | |
| CMPA | Canadian Magazine Publishers Association | www.cmpa.ca |
| CPA | Canadian Poetry Association | www.mirror.org/cpa/ |
| PWAC | Periodical Writers Association of Canada | www.pwac.ca |
| WFNB | Writers' Federation of New Brunswick | www.sjfn.nb.ca/community_hall/W/Writers_Federation_NB/ |
| WGA | Writers Guild of Alberta | www.writersguild.ab.ca |
|
LITERARY ARTS -- Membership, Unions, Organizations, Associations |
||
| TWUC | The Writers Union of Canada | www.writersunion.ca |
|
VISUAL ARTS -- Arts Service Organizations |
||
| ICOM | International Council of Museums | www.icom.museum |
| OAAG | Ontario Association of Art Galleries | www.oaag.org |
| VAO | Visual Arts Ontario | www.vao.org |
|
VISUAL ARTS -- Membership, Unions, Organizations, Associations |
||
| ARRCO | Association of Artist-Run Centres and Collectives of Ontario | www.arcco.ca |
| CARFAC | Canadian Artists' Representation/Le Front des artistes canadiens | www.carfac.ca |