Societies and Organizations

Societies in Canada

• CAP: Canadian Association of Physicists
• RASC: Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

International Societies

• AAS: American Astronomical Society
• AIP: American Institute of Physics
• APS: American Physical Society
• ASP: Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• IAU: International Astronomical Union

Organizations in Canada

• ACURA: Association of Canadian Universities for Research in Astronomy
• CADC: Canadian Astronomy Data Centre
• CSA: Canadian Space Agency
• NSERC: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
• NRC: National Research Council
• URSI CNC: International Union of Radio Science – Canadian National Committee

International Organizations

• ESA: European Space Agency
• ESO: the European Southern Observatory
• NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• NOIRLab: National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Lab
• NRAO: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
• STScI: Space Telescope Science Institute