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 Capital Airshed
- Alberta Council for Environmental Education
- Alberta Palaeontological Society
- Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
- Alberta Recreation and Parks Association
- American Meteorological Society
- Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA)
- Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (US)
- Canadian Association of Palynologists
- Canadian Energy Geoscience Association
- Canadian Institute of Geomatics
- Canadian Land Reclamation Association
- Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
- Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists
- Edmonton Social Planning Council
- Environmental Careers Organization
- Geological Association of Canada
- Geological Association of Canada (GAC) Paleontology Division
- International Association for Impact Assessment
- Palaeontological Association (UK)
- Rural Municipalities of Alberta
- Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
- Wood Buffalo Environmental Association
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.