Abbreviation	Long-form
AI	Artificial intelligence
AODA	Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act
ARCDO	Anti-Racism and Cultural Diversity Office
BC	British Columbia
BITC	Biomanufacturing Innovation and Talent Centre
BLSS	Biomanufacturing and Life Sciences Strategy
BRIF	Biosciences Research Infrastructure Fund
BRN	Black Research Network
CAHSS	Canadian Animal Health Surveillance System
CanPath	Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health
CARTE	Centre for Analytics and AI Engineering
CASTL	Canadian Alliance for Skills and Training in Life Sciences
CATTI	Canadian Advanced Therapies Training Institute
CCABL3	Canadian Consortium of Academic Biosafety Level 3 Laboratories
CCEDRRN	Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network
CCRM	Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine
CDL	Creative Destruction Lab
CFI	Canada Foundation for Innovation
CFIA	Canadian Food Inspection Agency
CIFAR	Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
CIRN	Canadian Immunization Research Network
CPCSSN	Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network
CRAFT	Center for Research and Applications in Fluidic Technologies
CRCs	Canada Research Chairs
CTF	Clinical Trials Fund
CVPD	Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases
DSI	Data Sciences Institute
ECRs	Early career researchers
EDI	Equity, diversity and inclusion
EOC	Executive Oversight Committee
EoI	Expression of Interest
EPIC	Emerging & Pandemic Infection Consortium
FASE	Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
GMP	Good manufacturing practice
GmPro	CL3 GMP Production Facility
GTA	Greater Toronto Area
HI³	Health Intelligence and Innovation in Infectious Diseases
HLT	Hub Leadership Team
HQP	Highly qualified personnel
iCARE	Immunity of Canadians and Risk of Epidemics
IfP	Institute for Pandemics
IRN	Indigenous Research Network
JCB	Joint Centre for Bioethics
KM	Knowledge mobilization
LMIC	Low and middle-income countries
LTC	Long-term care
LTRI	Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute at Sinai Health
MbD	Medicine by Design
NBCC	Network Biology Collaborative Centre
NHP	Non-human primate
NIBRT	National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training
NML	National Microbiology Laboratory
NRC	National Research Council
OCI	Ontario Centre of Innovation
OHDP	Ontario Health Data Platform
PHAC	Public Health Agency of Canada
PHO	Public Health Ontario
PPE	Personal protective equipment
R&D	Research and development
RC	Resources committee
SGC	Structural Genomics Consortium
SPDC	Strategic Project Development Committee
SRC	Scientific Review Committee
STEM	Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
TAHSN	Toronto Academic Health Science Network
T-CAIREM	Temerty Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Education in Medicine
TCAP	Translation and Commercialization Advisory Panel
TDC	Training Development Committee
THIN	Toronto Human Immunology Network
TIAP	Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners
TIDE	Toronto Initiative for Diversity and Excellence
TMU	Toronto Metropolitan University
TPH	Toronto Public Health
UHN	University Health Network
UofT	University of Toronto
UTE	University of Toronto Entrepreneurship
UTM	University of Toronto Mississauga
VIDO	Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization
WBC	Western Biotherapeutics Centre