TMC8 2025 Schedule

Friday Evening, January 31: Opening Dinner, Keynote, & Awards
Ballroom A, Intercontinental Hotel

5:30: Meet & Mingle

6:00: Welcome to TMC8 – Joseph Jeffery, Chair, Canadian School Libraries

6:15: Dinner

7:15: Keynote Speaker – Leslie Weir, Librarian and Archivist of Canada

7:45: Canadian School Libraries Awards

The Angela Thacker Memorial Award: Jennifer Brown and Diana Maliszewski

The Donald Hamilton School Library Advocacy Award: Wendy Burch Jones and the British Columbia Teacher-Librarians’ Association (BCTLA) Executive

8:15: Kick-Off Challenge – Melanie Mulcaster and Carol Koechlin

8:30: Closing Remarks – Joseph Jeffery

Visit the **TMCanada Blog** to view symposium papers and participate in discussions.

Saturday February 1: TMC8 Symposium
Ontario / Niagara Room, Intercontinental Hotel

7:45: Continental Breakfast

Capstone — TMC8 Sponsor, Saturday Meals & Refreshments

Morning Program

8:20: Land Recognition – Melanie Mulcaster

8:25: Welcome to TMC8 – Joseph Jeffery

8:40: Spotlight Speakers – Dr. Dianne Oberg and Diana Maliszewski: School Library Education in Canada: Leading for the Future. Challenge 1: Leading for the Future

9:10: Spotlight Speaker – Jennifer Casa-Todd: The Library Learning Commons at the Centre of AI Literacy

9:40: Challenge 2: Professional Learning for the Future

10:10: Break

10:30 Spotlight Speaker – Dr. Keith Curry Lance, Research Consultant: Voices of Decision-Makers

Library Media Source — Spotlight Speaker Sponsor

11:00: Table Talks – You will have the opportunity to participate in two table talks.

Table 1: Building Knowledge Together: Community Learning at Brisdale Public School, by Melanie Mulcaster
Table 2: The Crucial Role of District-Level Teacher-Librarians in Enhancing BC’s Educational Landscape: Advocating for Sustained School Library Leadership, by Cathy Fowler, Joseph Jeffery, and Shaunna MacDonald
Table 3: Bring Us Together: The Sustainable Development Goals in the SLLC, by Jennifer Aston
Table 4: Set The Books Free: Compelling reasons why your school library should embrace summer lending as a stand for equity, by Kelly Johnson
Table 5: Teaching Cyber-Education through Simulation and Games, by Timothy King
Table 6: “Dear School Library”: Advocacy from the Heart, by Wendy Burch Jones
Table 7: How might we ‘ sell’ the LLC within our schools? To staff ? To parents? To students? To administrators?, by Jeanne Buckley, Magda Kalkowska, Lisa Loffredi, and Natalie Kekki
Table 8: Building a Professional Learning Network, by Leigh Sanger

12:00: Challenge 3: Making Connections

Indigo Love of Reading — Saturday Morning Program Sponsor

12:30: Lunch

Afternoon Program

1:15: Spotlight Speaker – Alanna King: Improving Disability Representation through the School Library

1:45: Table Talks – You will have the opportunity to participate in two table talks.

Table 1: Building Inclusive Learning Commons, by Deidre-Ann Gardner
Table 2: School Library Design in British Columbia, by Joseph Jeffery and British Columbia Teacher-Librarians’ Association (BCTLA) Committee
Table 3: Embracing Participatory Learning Through LLC Extracurricular Programming, by Jenn Brown
Table 4: How do you solve a problem like Dewey?, by Jenny Chang, Lisa Seddon, and Sarah Wethered
Table 5: Decades of Data: Accountability and Impact with Annual Reports, by Diana Maliszewski
Table 6: Empowering Voices: The Importance of BC Teacher-Librarians in Union Activism and Advocacy, by Nicole Hurtubise and Tammy Le
Table 7: The Joy of Reading and Intermediate Students, by Angela Jackmann
Table 8: Impact of School Libraries on Student Success, by Catherine Wang, Maxwell Caballero, Rebecca Dragusin and Rita Maragha

Orca Book Publisher — Saturday Afternoon Program Sponsor

2:45: Stretch your legs! Mix it up!

2:55: Canadian School Libraries Survey Results – Joseph Jeffery

3:20: The Big Think – Carol Koechlin and Jennifer Casa-Todd

3:40: Closing Remarks – Joseph Jeffery

3:50: Adjournment

Thanks for participating in the important work of TMC8!

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