About Campus Stores Canada

Campus Stores Canada (CSC) was established in October 2004 as a joint effort on behalf of the Western Canadian College Stores Association (WCCSA) and the Eastern Association of College Stores (EACS), as a national face to provide education, professional development and professional support to the Canadian Campus Retail Industry.  Combining the efforts of both regional associations, CSC establishes a strong national network among institution-owned campus stores, achieving unity and support from province to province.

Store membership is restricted to post secondary institution-owned stores. CSC presently represents 93 member stores nationwide.

Suppliers to campus stores can apply to become a vendor partner, listing themselves as one of the official suppliers of our member stores.  We currently have over 100 Partners offering a wide variety of Goods and Services to our members. 

CSC holds two major events annually:

• CSCEx - This annual exposition event comprises a Two-day Trade Show, a day of Education sessions, member meetings, and occasionally tours of suppliers or bookstores.  The trade show typically has around 80 Partner Companies in approximately 110 booth spaces, focused on the merchandise retail side of the industry.  This is a buying show where Managers and Buyers from member stores across Canada attend to place orders of hot products for the coming school year.
• CSC Symposium - The fall symposium event attracts over 150 registrants annually.  This educational conference focuses on store management and the publishing side of the campus bookstore sector, including informative sessions on future trends, management techniques and personnel training that enhances the skill set of the campus bookstore managers and staff

CSC Mission: To provide a unified voice for and deliver quality education and services to Canadian post-secondary, institutionally owned and operated Campus stores, enabling them to serve their institutions in the most effective manner.

CSC Vision: Canadian Campus stores are recognized by administrators, faculty, students and staff as being central to their institution's mission.