Member Organizations

Access Copyright was founded in 1988 by Canadian creators and publishers and creators and publishers continue to be a driving force in the organization. Each year, at our Annual General Meeting, the member organizations that make up Access Copyright are given an opportunity to vote to fill vacancies on the Board of Directors.

Creator groups

Canadian Artists' Representation (CARFAC)
Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators in Communications (CAPIC)
Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT)
Canadian Authors Association (CAA)
Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP)
Crime Writers of Canada (CWC)
Federation of British Columbia Writers (FBCW)
League of Canadian Poets (LCP)
Manitoba Writers' Guild (MWG)
Outdoor Writers of Canada (OWC)
Playwrights Guild of Canada (PGC)
Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC)
Saskatchewan Writers Guild (SWG)
The Writers' Union of Canada (TWUC)
Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador (WANL)
Writers' Federation of New Brunswick (WFNB)
Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS)
Writers Guild of Alberta (WGA)

Publisher groups

Alberta Magazine Publishers Association (AMPA)
Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia (ABPBC)
Association of Canadian Publishers (ACP)
Association of Canadian University Presses (ACUP)
Association of Manitoba Book Publishers (AMBP)
Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association (APMA)
Book Publishers Association of Alberta (BPAA)
Canadian Association of Learned Journals (CALJ)
Canadian Business Press (CBP)
Canadian Educational Resources Council (CERC)
Canadian Music Publishers Association (CMPA)
Canadian Publishers' Council (CPC)
Literary Press Group (LPG)
Magazine Association of BC (MABC)
Magazines Canada
Newspapers Canada (Canadian Community Newspapers Association and Canadian Newspaper Association)
Organization of Book Publishers of Ontario (OBPO)
Saskatchewan Publishers Group (SPG)