The Atlantic Council of Canada (ACC) is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) founded in 1966 to promote knowledge and understanding of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Canada.
The ACC is a member of the Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA) headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, which coordinates some forty similar organizations in other NATO member and Partners for Peace (PfP) nations. The vision of the ACC is to promote the critical importance in cultural, security and economic terms of the transatlantic relationship among Canada, the United States and the nations of Europe and be the premier sponsor and supporter of NATO in Canada.
The Council is headed by the Chairman, the Honourable Bill Graham, and day-to-day operations are overseen by the President, Julie Lindhout. The ACC operates from its national office in downtown Toronto, Ontario, with a small professional staff supported by volunteers and interns.
The Council organizes and promotes conferences, seminars, roundtables, speakers’ dinners and lunches as well as an annual Spring Conference in Toronto and a Fall Conference in Ottawa.