ABOUT IABC/TORONTO

Welcome to the IABC/Toronto chapter Web site.

As the largest chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators, we provide access to products, services, activities and networking opportunities in Toronto and around the world. We help people and organizations achieve excellence in corporate communications, public relations, employee communication, marketing communication, public affairs and other forms of communication.

IABC Accreditation

What is accreditation?
Who is it for?
The three steps to accreditation
Exam dates and locations
IABC/Toronto’s accredited business communicators (ABCs)

1. What is accreditation?

Accreditation is IABC’s professional development program to achieve designation. It offers professional communicators a way of demonstrating their ability to think and plan strategically and to successfully manage those skills essential to effective business communication. Candidates meeting all requirements of the program earn the designation accredited business communicator (ABC).

2. Who is it for?

The accreditation program is aimed at those who are ready to move into communication management. Candidates must have a minimum of five years’ experience in the communication profession and a bachelor’s degree, or a total of nine years’ combined experience and/or post-secondary education.

3. The three steps to accreditation

Application: Provide your education and work experience on the Becoming an Accredited Business Communicator form. Send it to IABC International’s world headquarters in San Francisco, with half the full amount of the US$290 US fee (for non-members the fee is US$500). The other half is payable after you qualify to take the examination by submitting an acceptable portfolio.
Qualification: Submit two work samples with detailed statements of objectives and results. The portfolio is worth 25 per cent of the total score.
Examination: Complete the four-hour written and half-hour oral exam.
- Written exam—the written exam contains three sections: general knowledge of business communication, developing a full-range communication program and philosophy of business communication. It’s worth 58 per cent of the total.
- Oral exam—candidates are presented with a case situation and must identify the problem and present a proposed solution. This exam is worth 17 per cent of the total.

4. Exam dates and locations

Exams are held in Toronto in the spring and fall. For more information, contact IABC/Toronto to find out more about its Accreditation College Curriculum - a program to assist all members interested in becoming accreditade.

5. IABC/Toronto’s accredited business communicators (ABCs) as of April 11, 2008.

Brenda Abraham, ABC	Pam Agnew, ABC	Linda Andross, ABC
Shelley Elizabeth Aylesworth-Spink, ABC	Jennifer Ballantyne, ABC	Sonja Banic, ABC
Priya Bates, ABC	Sandra Beatie, ABC	Lisa Bednarski, ABC
Eric Bergman, ABC, APR, MC	Ralph Beslin, ABC, CPF	Alison Bing, ABC
Liz Boroweic, ABC	Gordon Braun-Woodbury, ABC	Amanda Brewer, ABC
John Bromley, ABC	Tanya Bruckmueller, ABC	Leanne Burkholder, ABC
John Cappelletti, ABC	Brent Carey, ABC	Jonathan Carson, ABC
Eileen Chadnick, ABC, ACPC	Ken Cherney, ABC, APR, MC	Angela Christopoulos, ABC
Wally Court, ABC, APR, Fellow	Nancy Covel, ABC, CIP	Jacqui d’Eon, ABC, P. Eng.
Craig DuHamel, ABC	Alix Edmiston, ABC	Heather Ferguson, ABC
Marie Fitzpatrick-Hall, ABC	Jayne Flinn-Burton, ABC	Katy Francis, ABC
Merry Garbutt, ABC	Ellen Gardner, ABC	Jennifer Garland, ABC
Matthew Glogowski, ABC, MBA	Lisa Hartford, ABC	Nandy Heule, ABC
Judith Irwin, ABC	Adrienne Jackson, ABC	Wendy Johnson, ABC, APR
Jeanette Jones, ABC	Paree Katharos, ABC	Brigette Kocijancic, ABC
Wendy Kubota, ABC	Corinne LaBossière, ABC, APR	Jo Langham, ABC
Liz Leake, ABC	Alexandra Marshall, ABC	Annette Martell, ABC, MC
Annie Massey, ABC	Carl Mavromichalis, ABC	Joan McAuley Endersby, ABC
Janice McNally, ABC	Amanda Mills Sirois, ABC	Paul Moore, ABC
Bill Murphy, ABC	Wendy Orton, ABC	Michela Pasquali, ABC
Janet Patterson, ABC	Sharon Paul, ABC, Fellow	Catherine Pitt, ABC
Robert Plant, ABC	Roberta Resnick, ABC, APR, MC, Fellow	Sarah Robertson, ABC
Gary Schlee, ABC	Karen Schwartz, ABC	Susan Scott, ABC
Felicia Shiu, ABC, APR	Maurice Simms, ABC	Sabita Singh, ABC
Lorraine Smith, ABC	Tim Tuck, ABC	Sharon Vanderwerff, ABC
Barbara Victor, ABC	Thomas Wallis, ABC	Jane Wilcox, ABC
Janet Wile, ABC, APR, MC	Sharon Wilks, ABC	Gary Williams, ABC
Julie Wilson, ABC	Anna V. Wong, ABC, MBA, MCIM	T. Rosemary Yeremian, ABC
Gemma Zecchini, ABC

For guidelines and tips, see Becoming an Accredited Business Communicator.