Trade and industry associations

Trade or industry associations can sometimes be excellent sources for statistics and other industry information, as well as for contact names.

• Associations Canada : an encyclopedic directory — available via our Canada's Information Resource Centre (CIRC) database
• National Industry Associations — a list of major associations from the Government of Canada
• Canadian Network — from the Trade Commissioner Service highlights key associations in science and technology areas.

General academic business associations

• Academy of Management
  • Journals published by the Academy of Management
• Administrative Sciences Association of Canada
  • Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences
• American Management Association

Specialized academic associations

Accounting

Canadian

• Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada
• Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia
• Canadian Academic Accounting Association

US / International

• International Federation of Accountants
• American Accounting Association
  • AAA journals via Business Source Complete
• Financial Accounting Standards Board
  • Note: SFU has print copies of the FASB Standards in the Library: HF 5601 S83. Proposed standards are available via the FASB site.
• AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants) Online

Human resources / Management & organization studies

Canada

• Chartered Professionals in Human Resources of British Columbia and Yukon
• EthicsCentre CA: "Canadian Centre for Ethics and Corporate Policy"
• Canadian Council of Human Resources Associations
• Canadian Institute of Management
• Centre for Applied Ethics (UBC)

United States

• Society for Human Resource Management

Finance

• Advocis: The Financial Advisors Association of Canada
• American Finance Association
• Canadian Institute of Financial Planning
• Canadian Bankers Association
• Financial Markets Association of Canada
• Institute of Canadian Bankers
• International Fiscal Association - Canada
• Treasury Management Association of Canada

International business

• Academy of International Business
• Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada

Management Information Systems (MIS)

• Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS)
• Center for Women in Technology
• CIO Association of Canada - Vancouver Chapter
• TECHNATION (formerly: Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC))

Marketing

• Canadian Institute of Marketing
• Canadian Advertising Research Foundation
• American Marketing Association - BC Chapter

Technology & operations management

• Canadian Operational Research Society/Société Canadienne de Recherche Opérationnelle
• Decision Sciences Institute
• International Federation Of Operational Research Societies
• Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
• International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making
• Operational Research Society