Events Past events
A listing of conferences/workshops of interest to the Canadian library and information management community. Specifically,
- international, national, regional, provincial, and local events in Canada;
- international and national events in the United States; and
- selected international events outside North America.
See also: Awareness and Promotional Events
To have your conference/workshop added, e-mail info@librarianship.ca

I Read Canadian Day
February 19, 2020Website: https://ireadcanadian.com/day/ Hashtag: #IReadCanadian The inaugural I Read Canadian Day is a national day of celebration of Canadian books for young people. This is a day dedicated to ‘reading Canadian’ …
LIS Mental Health Week 2020
February 17, 2020Website: https://tinyurl.com/lismentalhealth20 Hashtag: #LISMentalHealth The idea for LIS (Library and Information Studies) Mental Health week came from Cecily Walker and Kelly McElroy, who designated January 18-22, 2016 as the first #lismentalhealth …

ACA@UBC 12th Annual Seminar and Symposium
February 13, 2020Theme: From Accountability to Memory: The Duty to Document, the Right to Destroy, the Need to Preserve

Information Without Borders 2020
February 11, 2020Theme: Information at Home

Forum for Information Professionals (FIP) 2020 Conference
February 7, 2020Theme: There and Back Again: Resilience and Libraries

Treasure Mountain Canada 2020
January 31, 2020Theme: Participatory Learning in the Library Learning Commons
2020 Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) Canada Chapter Annual Program
January 30, 2020Website: https://www.cala-canada.org Established in September 2018, Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) Canada Chapter aims to promote librarianship and library services in Canada with a specific focus on enhancing communication among …

Ontario Library Association (OLA) Super Conference 2020
January 29, 2020Theme: Dream Here

Open Education Leadership Essentials (OeLE) Event
January 27, 2020Website: http://www.carl-abrc.ca/mini-site-page/oele2020/ The Open Education Leadership Essentials Event (OeLE) is a two-day event, designed by the CARL Open Education Working Group, to provide Canadian library practitioners with the information, skills …

Family Literacy Day 2020
January 27, 2020Website: https://abclifeliteracy.ca/family-literacy-day/ Family Literacy Day takes place every January 27th to raise awareness about the importance of reading and engaging in other literacy-related activities as a family. Since 1999, thousands of schools, libraries, …