Canadian Information Processing Society

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Canadian Information Processing Society - L'Association Canadienne de l'Informatique
CIPS
Type Not for profit
Founded 1958
Headquarters Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Key people John Boufford (President)
Industry Professional Society
Products Professionalism
Employees 5 (excluding volunteers)
Website www.cips.ca

The Canadian Information Processing Society (C.I.P.S) is the Information Technology professional society in Canada. The society certifies and regulates the Information Systems Professional (I.S.P) designation in most provinces. The society also performs accreditation of computer science and software engineering programs at Canadian universities. CIPS is responsible for defining the Canadian IT Body of Knowledge.

Each province has a provincial bodies that administers the legislation or regulation establishing the self-regulating professional body. This consists of the following bodies:

  • CIPS Alberta
  • CIPS British Columbia
  • CIPS Manitoba
  • CIPS New Brunswick
  • CIPS Nova Scotia
  • CIPS Ontario
  • CIPS Saskatchewan

In Québec, CIPS is partnered with the Fédération de l'informatique du Québec (FIQ). CIPS is the Canadian member organisation of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). IFIP works on establishing international standards for information technology and software engineering. CIPS is also a member of South East Asia Regional Computer Confederation (SEARCC).

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