Association of Canadian Cartoonists
Canadian professional association
The Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists (ACEC) is a professional association founded in 1988 in Winnipeg to promote the interests of editorial cartoonists in Canada.
In 2015, it changed its name to Association of Canadian Cartoonists.
Townsie awards recognize exceptional contributions to cartooning in Canada.
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4809679. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1988 and 2015.
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