| NATO Association of Canada | |
| Abbreviation: | NAOC |
| Formation: | 1966 |
| Type: | Registered charity |
| Purpose: | Promote knowledge and understanding of NATO |
| Headquarters: | Toronto, Ontario |
| Owners: | --> |
| Key People: | Robert Baines (CEO) |
| Affiliations: | Atlantic Treaty Association |
| Formerly: | Atlantic Council of Canada |
The NATO Association of Canada (NAOC; formerly the Atlantic Council of Canada)[1] is a non-governmental organization founded in 1966 to promote knowledge and understanding of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Canada.
NAOC is a member of the Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA) headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, which coordinates some forty similar organizations inside other NATO members and Partnership for Peace (PFP) nations. The vision of NAOC is to promote cultural, security and economic terms of the transatlantic relationship among Canada, the United States and the nations of Europe, and to be the premier sponsor and supporter of NATO in Canada.
, the NAOC is headed by its chairman, former Minister of Defence David Collenette, and the list of directors counts 51 persons., day-to-day operations are overseen by the President and CEO, Robert Baines. The association operates from its national office in downtown Toronto, Ontario, with a small professional staff, volunteers and interns, located across the country in Vancouver, Calgary and Montreal.
The association organizes and promotes conferences, seminars, roundtables, speakers' dinners and lunches, as well as holding an annual Spring Conference in Toronto and a Fall Conference in Ottawa. NAOC also releases several articles per week, on issues pertaining to peace, prosperity and security, to better educate Canadians about NATO.[2]