| AB | Alberta |
| ADHD | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
| AEST | Ministry of Advanced Education Skills and Training |
| AET | Assistant English Teacher |
| ALT | Assistant Language Teacher |
| BC | British Columbia |
| BCCT | British Columbia College of Teachers |
| BCTF | British Columbia Teachers’ Federation |
| BEd | Bachelor of Education |
| BHE | Bachelor of Home Economics |
| BIPOC | Black, Indigenous and people of colour |
| CEN | Comparative Ethnographic Narrative |
| COVID-19 | Coronavirus Disease and Pandemic |
| CP | Canadian Pacific |
| CTL | Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning |
| DEA | Drug Enforcement Administration |
| EAs | Educational Assistants |
| Ec | economics |
| EDI | Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion |
| EFL | English as a Foreign Language |
| ELL | English Language Learners |
| ESL | English as a Second Language |
| FNESC | First Nations Education Steering Committee |
| FTE | full time equivalent |
| ICT | Information and Communications Technology |
| IBL | inquiry-based learning |
| IE | Industrial Education |
| IEP | Individualized Education Plans |
| JICA | Japan International Cooperation Agency |
| K-16 | kindergarten through post-secondary |
| KSD 73 | Kamloops School District 73 |
| LGBTQ | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer |
| MA | Master of Arts |
| MEd | Master of Education |
| MEXT | Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture (of Japan) |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NWT | Northwest Territories |
| OCT | Ontario College of Teachers |
| OISE | Ontario Institute for the Studies of Education |
| ON | Ontario |
| PLCs | Professional Learning Communities |
| PhD | Doctor of Philosophy |
| PE | Physical Education |
| PMQs | Private Military Quarters |
| PD | Professional Development |
| PBL | project-based learning |
| SCES | Secwépemc Cultural Education Society |
| SES | Socioeconomic Status |
| SHAPE | Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Powers of Europe |
| SOGI | Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity |
| SSD 36 | Surrey School District 36 |
| S-STTEP | Self-study of teaching and teacher education practices |
| TESOL | Teaching English as an Other Language |
| TOC | Teacher on Call |
| TRU | Thompson Rivers University |
| TTOC | Teacher Teaching on Call |
| TGS | Think, Group, Share |
| TPS | Think, Pair, Share |
| UBC | University of British Columbia |
| UDL | universal design for learning |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| USA | United States of America |
| UT | University of Toronto |
| UVic | University of Victoria |
| VCR | video-tape recorder |
| VESTA | Vancouver Elementary School Teachers’ Association |
| VSB | Vancouver School Board |
| WWII | Second World War |
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