| AMS | Alma Mater Society (Queen's Undergraduate Student Government) |
| CA | Collective Agreement (QUFA) |
| CAUT | Canadian Association of University Teachers |
| CCLA | Canadian Civil Liberties Association |
| CFS | Canadian Federation of Students (CFS-O Canadian Federation of Students - Ontario) |
| CMCA | Committee to Manage the Collective Agreement (QUFA) |
| COU | Council of Ontario Universities (i.e., of their chief administrators) |
| CTAQ | Clinical Teachers' Association of Queen's University |
| FCS | Federation of Canadian Students |
| FGM | Fall General Meeting |
| FLABU | Faculty, Librarian/Archivist Bargaining Unit |
| GREB | General Research Ethics Board |
| HRO | Human Rights Office |
| JCAA | Joint Committee for Administering the Agreement (QUFA & University Administration) |
| KLC | Kingston Labour Council |
| MET | Ministry of Education and Training (Ontario) |
| OCUFA | Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations |
| OFL | Ontario Federation of Labour |
| OPIRG | Ontario Public Interest Research Group |
| PACC | Political Action and Communications Committee (QUFA) |
| PARTEQ | Partners in Technology at Queen's |
| PER | Professional Expense Reimbursements |
| QUFA | Queen's University Faculty Association |
| QUSA | Queen's University Staff Association |
| ROR | Right of Reappointments (for Sessional Adjuncts & Term Adjuncts) |
| SABU | Sessional Adjunct Bargaining Unit |
| SCAD | Senate Committee on Academic Development (Queen's) |
| SCAPTL | Senate Committee on Appointment, Promotion, Tenure and Leave (Queen's) |
| SGM | Spring General Meeting |
| SGPS | Society of Graduate and Professional Students |
| SJCAA | Sessional Adjunct Joint Committee for Administering the Agreement (QUFA & University Administration) |
| UAEO | University Advisor on Equity Office |
| UPAC | University Promotion Advisory Committee (Queen's; see CA Article 32.3) |
| USAT | University Survey of Student Assessment of Teaching Sub-Committee (formerly QUEST) |
