Welcome to Treasure Mountain Canada
School library learning commons research symposium and think tank.
A Canadian School Libraries project.
Collaboratively exploring ideas to build collective knowledge of the learning commons approach as sustainable school improvement. Treasure Mountain Canada symposiums are held every other year, in locations across Canada and in partnership with other organizations / associations.
Registration opens the week of November 11, 2025
Canadian School Libraries is pleased to be holding the seventh biennial TMC symposium, presented in partnership with the Ontario School Library Association (OSLA) and Ontario Library Association (OLA), and The Association of Library Consultants and Coordinators of Ontario, and will be held at the OLA Super Conference, to be held January 29 to February 1, 2025.
TMC8 Theme: Foundations for School Library Learning Commons in Canada: A Framework for Success
TMC8 Sub-Themes:
- Physical and Virtual LLC spaces
- Technological Infrastructures
- Human Resources
- Accessibility
- Ethical Standards
- LLC Management
- A Culture of Growth
- Accountability
Go to the TMC8 2025 page of this website, your Symposium starting point.
Learn more about each symposium.
TMC7, 2022 (New Westminster, BC): Post-Pandemic Library Learning Commons: From Crisis to Invention
TMC6, 2020 (Toronto, ON): Participatory Learning in the Library Learning Commons
TMC5, 2017 (Winnipeg, MB): Culturally Relevant and Responsive School Library Learning Commons
TMC4, 2016 (Toronto, ON): Growing Impact of Leading Learning
TMC3, 2014 (Victoria, BC): Building Bridges to the Future
TMC2, 2012 (Ottawa, ON): Learning for the Future
TMC1, 2010 (Edmonton, AB): Transforming Canadian School Libraries
All TMC papers are available in the Canadian School Libraries Research Archive. One point of access to scholarly and practitioner research about the school library learning commons.
