Commonly Used Abbreviations
ABE – Adult Basic Education
ACT – American College Testing
ARUCC – Association of Registrars of the Universities and Colleges of Canada
AUCC – Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
AVP – Associate/Assistant Vice President
B – Billion
BA – Bachelor of Arts
BCCAT – BC Council on Admissions and Transfer
BCCIE – BC Council for International Education
BEd – Bachelor of Education
BEng – Bachelor of Engineering
BSc – Bachelor of Science
CACUSS – Canadian Association of College and University Student Services
CASE – Council for the Advancement and Support of Education
CASFAA – Canadian Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
CAUT – Canadian Association of University Teachers
CBIE – Canadian Bureau for International Education
CCAE – Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education
CCPA – Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
CEA – Canadian Education Association
CEO – Chief Executive Officer
CÉGEP – Collège d'enseignement général et professionnel (general and vocational colleges)
CFHSS – Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
CFO – Chief Financial Officer
CFS – Canadian Federation of Students
CFS-BC – Canadian Federation of Students-British Columbia
CFS-MB – Canadian Federation of Students-Manitoba
CFS-NL – Canadian Federation of Students-Newfoundland and Labrador
CFS-NS – Canadian Federation of Students-Nova Scotia
CFS-O – Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario
CFS-SK – Canadian Federation of Students-Saskatchewan
CIBC – Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
CICan – Colleges and Institutes Canada
CIHR – Canadian Institutes of Health Research
CIO – Chief Information Officer
CMEC – Council of Ministers of Education, Canada
COO – Chief Operating Officer
COU – Council of Ontario Universities
CSBA – Canadian School Boards’ Association
CUPE – Canadian Union of Public Employees
DSB – District School Board
ESL – English as a Second Language
ESDC – Employment and Social Development Canada (formerly HRSDC)
FTE – Full-time Equivalent or Full-load Equivalent
GMAC – Graduate Management Admission Council
GMAT – Graduate Management Admission Test
GPA – Grade Point Average
GRE – Graduate Record Examinations
GTA – Greater Toronto Area
HEQCO – Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario
KPI – Key Performance Indicator
LSAT – Law School Admission Test
M – Million
MA – Master of Arts
MBA – Master of Business Administration
MEd – Master of Education
MEng – Master of Engineering
MOOC – massive open online course
MOU – Memorandum of Understanding
MPHEC – Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission
MSc – Master of Science
NACC – National Association of Career Colleges
NAFTA – North American Free Trade Agreement
NSERC – Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
OCAS – Ontario College Application Service
OCUFA – Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations
OECD – Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
OPSEU – Ontario Public Service Employees’ Union
OUAC – Ontario Universities’ Application Centre
OUSA – Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance
PASBC – Post-Secondary Application Service of BC
PCAP – Pan-Canadian Assessment Program
PCCAT – Pan-Canadian Consortium on Admissions & Transfer
PhD – Doctor of Philosophy
PIAAC – Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies
PISA – Programme for International Student Assessment
PSE – Postsecondary Education
PT – Part-time
RBC – Royal Bank of Canada
R&D – Research and development
SAT – Scholastic Aptitude test
SMA – Strategic mandate agreement
StatsCan – Statistics Canada
STEM – science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
SSHRC – Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
TD – Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD Canada Trust)
VP – Vice-President/Vice-Provost/Vice-Principal
VPA – Vice-President/Provost/Principal Academic
