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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.
- Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
- Agriculture and Food Council of Alberta
- Alberta Food Processors Association
- American Nutrition Association
- Animal Nutrition Association of Canada
- Canadian Association for Food Studies
- Canadian Federation of Agriculture
- Canadian Healthcare Association
- Canadian Health Food Association
- Canadian Nutrition Society
- Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association
- Canadian Society of Nutrition Management
- Dietitian Central
- Dietitians of Canada
- Edmonton Business Association
- Edmonton Unlimited
- eHUB
- Engineering Incubator
- Food Processing Skills 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.