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Acronyms and Commonly Used Terms Acronyms and Commonly Used Terms ABE Adult Basic Education ABESAP Adult Basic Education Student Assistance Program (M)AEST Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training AIC (Student) Academic Integrity Committee APA Association of Professional Administrators APPC Academic Planning and Priorities Committee BCCAT British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer BCCIE British Columbia Centre for International Education BCCOL BC Centre for Open Learning BCOS Budget Committee of Senate BOG Board of Governors CABRO Crown Agencies and Board Resourcing Office CAC Campus Activity Centre CAUBO Canadian Association of University Business Officers CAUT Canadian Association of University Teachers CCAC Canadian Council on Animal Care CFI Canadian Foundation for Innovation CFS Canadian Federation of Students CIDA Canadian International Development Agency CIHR Canadian Institute of Health Research CRC Canada Research Chair CSSHE Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education CUBA Canadian University Boards’ Association CUPE Canadian Union of Public Employees ECUA+D Emily Carr University of Art and Design EPC Educational Programs Committee ESAC Environmental Sustainability Advisory Committee Instructional Development & Support Committee (Now IDSC Teaching and Learning Committee) KPU Kwantlen Polytechnic University MOU Memorandum of Understanding NSERC Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council OL Open Learning OM Old Main Building PLAR Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition PSEC Public Sector Employers’ Council Promotion, Tenure and Faculty Standards Committee (now PTFS the University Tenure and Promotion Committee) RFP Request for Proposal RRU Royal Roads University RUCBC Research Universities’ Council of British Columbia SFU Simon Fraser University SIAC Senate International Affairs Committee SIDIT Southern Interior Development Initiative Trust SLC Sabbatical Leave Committee SSHRC Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council TRU Thompson Rivers University TRU – OL Thompson Rivers University – Open Learning TRUFA TRU Faculty Association TRUSU TRU Students’ Union UBC University of British Columbia UBCO University of British Columbia – Okanagan UC Universities Canada UFV University of the Fraser Valley UNBC University of Northern British Columbia UVIC University of Victoria VIU Vancouver Island University .
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