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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 2020

I Read Canadian Day

February 19, 2020

Website: 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, 2020

Website: 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

ACA@UBC 12th Annual Seminar and Symposium

February 13, 2020

Theme: From Accountability to Memory: The Duty to Document, the Right to Destroy, the Need to Preserve

Information Without Borders

Information Without Borders 2020

February 11, 2020

Theme: Information at Home

Forum for Information Professionals (FIP) 2020 Conference

Forum for Information Professionals (FIP) 2020 Conference

February 7, 2020

Theme: There and Back Again: Resilience and Libraries

Treasure Mountain Canada 2020

Treasure Mountain Canada 2020

January 31, 2020

Theme: Participatory Learning in the Library Learning Commons

2020 Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) Canada Chapter Annual Program

January 30, 2020

Website: 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 …

Canadian Association of Research Libraries

Open Education Leadership Essentials (OeLE) Event

January 27, 2020

Website: 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 Logo

Family Literacy Day 2020

January 27, 2020

Website: 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, …