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.
- Agriculture and Food Council of Alberta
- Agri-Food Innovation Council
- Alberta Food Processors Association
- Alberta Institute of Agrologists
- Alberta Veterinary Medical Association
- Animal Nutrition Association of Canada
- Bioenterprise Canada
- Canadian Agri-business Education Foundation
- Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council
- Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network
- Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute
- Canadian Association of Agri-Retailers
- Canadian Environmental Network
- Canadian Federation of Agriculture
- Canadian Forage and Grassland Association
- Canadian Organic Growers
- Canadian Society for Horticulture Science
- Canadian Society of Agronomy
- Canadian Society of Soil Science
- Canadian Veterinary Medical Association
- Edmonton Business Association
- Edmonton Unlimited
- eHUB
- Engineering Incubator
- Farm Management Canada
- Protein Industries Canada
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.