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.
- Alberta College of Social Workers
- American Sociology Association (US)
- Canada School of Public Service
- Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (US)
- Canadian Association of Programs in Public Administration
- Canadian Association of Journalists
- Canadian Authors Association
- Canadian Population Society
- Canadian Sociological Association
- Editors Canada
- Edmonton Social Planning Council
- Institute of Public Administration of Canada
- International Sociology Association
- Public Affairs Association of Canada
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
- Society for the Study of Social Problems
- Statistical Society of Canada
- Writers' Guild of Alberta
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.