All Set for TMC6 2020!

TMC6 is less than a week away! 

TMC is a participatory experience. Here are some ways that everyone can participate in TMC6. 

TMC6 papers are posted on this blog for everyone to read and discuss. 

• If you are coming to TMC, we strongly encourage you to read as many papers as you can before coming to the symposium.

• If you are not coming to the symposium, we invite you to be a virtual participant. Start by reading the papers and joining the discussion on this blog. 

The TMC6 program has been posted on the website. 

• See what's happening at the symposium on the TMC6 Schedule page

• All symposium interactive activities will be linked from the schedule page

Follow this blog.

• Our live blogger Jordan Graham will be reporting on events and discussions during the symposium, and will be sharing photos. 

• All updates will be posted to this blog.

Share the TMC6 experience. 

• Use the hashtag #TMCanada2020 to share papers, impressions and insights on social media.

• Consider using the OLA Super Conference hashtag #OLASC, too.

TMC6 Papers Table of Contents

Thanks for being a part of TMC6!

TMC6 Papers are Now Available

Many TMC6 papers have now been added to this TMCanada blog, ready for you to read and discuss. More papers will be added regularly as they are received. 

A Participatory Experience

TMC is a biennial research symposium and think tank. TMC invites researchers, school library practitioners, educational leaders and policy-makers to move forward together and collaboratively explore ideas, inspire each other and build collective knowledge of the learning commons approach as part of sustainable school improvement.

TMC is a participatory experience. Practitioners and researchers have submitted papers for consideration during the symposium. We are using this TMCanada blog to host the papers and associated discussions.

Be Part of the Discussion

As TMC participants, we strongly encourage you to read as many papers as you can before coming to the symposium, and to start participating in the online discussion associated with each paper on this blog. We also invite those of you who cannot attend the symposium in person to read the papers and participate in the discussion.

The papers have been posted on this website according to the four sub-themes of this symposium, however the editors acknowledge that many papers actually connect across more than one theme. Each paper has its own page complete with information about the author and a brief summary of the work. You will see a link inviting you to Read the Paper on each page. As you read you can add comments for the author in the comments section at the bottom of the page. The authors will appreciate your thoughts, questions and additional ideas and links and we encourage our authors to respond to comments. Remember, if you are not able to attend in person we would still appreciate your comments.

Please be sure to identify yourself as instructed when you post a comment. Anonymous comments may be removed by the moderator. 

Please Share! 

We want to share the great work of this symposium as far and wide as possible. Please use the hashtag #TMCanada2020 to share papers, impressions and personal insights. TMC6 is part of the Ontario Library Association Super Conference, so you may want to share some comments with the conference hashtag #OLASC

TMC6 Papers Table of Contents

Get Ready for TMC6 2020

The next Treasure Mountain Canada Research Symposium and Think Tank will take place on January 31 & February 1, 2020, as part of the Ontario Library Association Super Conference 2020 in Toronto, Ontario. Canadian School Libraries is pleased to be partnering with the Ontario School Library Association and The Association of Library Consultants and Coordinators of Ontario in presenting this event.

Connect to the Super Conference website to register.

We invite you to participate in this symposium and think tank.
Download and share this special invitation.

• Your TMC registration includes all day Friday at Super Conference.
• Your registration for the Full Super Conference includes TMC at no extra charge. (Full conference fees are variable: check the Super Conference website.)
• TMC registration includes Friday evening dinner and Saturday lunch and refreshments at no extra charge. TMC registration is not subject to late fees. (TMC registration: $275.00)

TMC6 Theme: Participatory Learning in the Library Learning Commons

Eric Walters

TMC6 Sub-Themes:

• Collaborative Environments
• Culturally Relevant and Responsive SLLC
• Accessibility for All
• Creativity and Innovation
• School Culture

TMC6 Keynote Speaker: Eric Walters, best-selling Canadian author

Get Ready for Treasure Mountain Canada 2020: View / download the PDF for more information about the theme and sub-themes, and tips for preparing for research, so that you can contribute to TMC6.

TMC6 Call for Papers: View / download the PDF for information about submitting a paper to the symposium. 

Taste of TMC5 Papers : Instructional Approaches

Culturally Relevant and Responsive School Library Learning Commons

Quotations from the Papers

"The documentation and sharing of learning in our makerspace has indeed made learning visible and has kindled conversation about making across the curriculum, resulting in an impact on teaching and learning not only in the library learning commons makerspace, but across the school." MelanieMulcaster

"Through the implementation of the library learning commons model, there will be more opportunities for wisdom to be cultivated, shared, and applied to students’ learning, and in the development of effective teaching and learning approaches." 

Mary-AnnMitchell-Pellett

"The entire school community should be a safe and supportive environment for all learners to develop, understand and value their own identity as well as the identity of others. The school library learning commons can be very instrumental in setting the tone for self-discovery and inclusiveness."

JudithSykes and Carol Koechlin

“As instructional leaders, teacher-librarians should always be thinking about ways to integrate reconciliation and Indigenous cultures within their schools…….. As educators, we have a tremendous role to play in the shaping of the Indigenous narrative in Canada. What we do, say, or don’t do and say, how we teach or the perspectives we champion in our Library Learning Commons have a tremendous impact on our students - Indigenous and non-Indigenous, alike.” Jo-AnneGibson

"Changing our practice as educators often requires changes in the way we think about the world, that is, changes in our often-unexamined assumptions about what is reality. The work of considering new-to-us theoretical frameworks and discourses is difficult and often uncomfortable." 

DianneOberg,PhD

"Windows and mirrors analogy - Make sure your students can see out the windows to learn about others, but they also need to see themselves in your school and Library learning Commons community to feel acknowledged and included." VivianneVogarty