International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS)

The International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS), founded in 1981, is an incorporated non-profit organization governed by a Board of Directors and an elected four-member Executive Committee with a permanent Secretariat based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

The ICCS is a federation of 23 national and multi-national Canadian Studies associations and 5 associate members in thirty-nine countries. The ICCS network links over 7,000 academics and researchers. These "Canadianists" publish hundreds of scholarly articles and books on Canadian topics; organize colloquia, seminars and conferences on Canada; and through their teaching and seminars reach over 150,000 students.