Professional Associations
The following list reflects some of the professional associations that a student may want to consult for career advice, work search assistance and labour market information. There might also be volunteer and/or conference opportunities, either locally or distance, available for students.
Directories are databases or collections of links to companies and professional organizations that operate in a specific industry or sector. Directories can help you identify organizations that operate in your area of study and directories may be found on professional association pages that include member companies or sponsors.
Professional Associations
- ABTEC5000 Directory
- Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (amii)
- Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (US)
- Association of Data Scientists (US)
- ARMA International
- Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network
- Canadian Artificial Intelligence Association
- Canadian Bankers' Association
- Canadian Information Processing Society
- Canadian Security Association
- Canadian Telecommunications Association
- CIO Association of Canada
- Computing Research Association
- Edmonton Unlimited
- Entertainment Software Association of Canada
- Edmonton Regional Innovation Network (ERIN)
- Game Developer
- Information and Communications Technology Council
- International Game Developers Association
- International Society for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
- National Cybersecurity Consortium
- Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology
- TechNation
Depending on the time and effort that the professional association has put into developing its career information, an association’s website can include the following information::
- How to join the professional association, especially as a student member
- Information about certification and licensing
- Access to professional events
- Contact information to find a mentor, or a graduate advisor, or to set up an information interview
- Niche job boards that are relevant to the profession - job boards that are password protected cannot be scraped by Indeed or LinkedIn.