Events - Awareness Day/Week/Month 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
Canadian Library Month 2020
October 1, 2020Theme: One card, one million possibilities
Right to Know Week 2020
September 28, 2020____
International Archives Week 2020
June 8, 2020Theme: Empowering Knowledge Societies
Freedom to Read Week 2020
February 23, 2020Website: http://www.freedomtoread.ca/freedom-to-read-week/ Freedom to Read Week is an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom, which is guaranteed them under the Charter …
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 …
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, …
Canadian School Library Day 2019
October 28, 2019Website: https://www.canadianschoollibraries.ca/csld/ Theme: Celebrating Leading Learning’s 5th Anniversary! Hashtag: #CSLD2019 Canadian School Libraries applauds the brilliant work that school libraries accomplish every single day across Canada. We invite everyone to …
Open Access Week 2019
October 21, 2019Theme: Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge
Ontario Public Library Week 2019
October 20, 2019Theme: A Visit Will Get You Thinking