Wednesday, June 03, 2026

Free online conference: Information in Repair

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The 54th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS) is free online 22-26 June 2026. The times given on the program are in Pacific Daylight Time (which is, for example, 8 hours behind UK time (BST) and 9 hours behind Paris time. The theme is Information in Repair
Refreshingly "There is no need to register-Zoom links will be available on the program site" 
The program is here https://cais2026.ca/program/ There are numerous sessions that catch the eye including: 
- Critical pedagogies and practices for care and connection in online teaching and learning (Panel) with Tami Oliphant, Danielle Allard, Heather Hill, Kirk MacLeod, Lorisia MacLeod, & Pamela McKenzie 
- Reparative information literacies of civic engagement for racial justice in the American South: Exploratory qualitative perspectives of public library staff in the domain of economy: Bharat Mehra, Kimberly Black, Baheya Jaber, & Kaurri C. Williams-Cockfield 
- The Actuality of the obsolete: Inscriptions, traces, and the documentary life of zines: Iulian Vamanu

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