The Education & Professional Development Committee promotes and supports Communities of Practice (COPs) to share information and experiences, increasing knowledge and awareness of timely and important issues in librarianship.
Please note that funding is available for COP projects. See our funding policy.
Current Communities of Practice include:
- Artificial Intelligence facilitated by Amanda Wheatley (amanda.wheatley@mcgill.ca)
- Climate Action facilitated by Michael Lines (mlines@uvic.ca)
- Data Visualization facilitated by Alexandra Wong (wongalex@yorku.ca) and Subhanya Sivajothy (subhanya.sivajothy@mcmaster.ca)
- Digital Accessibility in Academic Libraries (DAAL) facilitated by Mark Weiler (mweiler@alumni.sfu.ca) and Aneta Kwak (aneta.kwak@utoronto.ca)
- Displays, Outreach and Engagement facilitated by Anna Flak (flaka1@mcmaster.ca) and Andrea Johnston (andrea.johnston@rdpolytech.ca)
- Information Literacy facilitated by Helen Power (helen.power@usask.ca) and Carol Leibiger (c.leibiger@usd.edu)
- International Student Services facilitated by Courtney Lundrigan (clundrigan@uvic.ca)
- Research and Writing facilitated by Lydia Zvyagintseva (lydiaz@ualberta.ca) and Margaret Hoogland (hoogland.margaret@gmail.com)
If interested in joining a Community of Practice, please contact the facilitator. If interested in creating a new Community of Practice, please review the Community of Practice Guidelines and contact the EPD Committee chair Kathleen James (kathleen.james@ucalgary.ca).