Building a Nation of Readers

Canadian School Libraries is participating in two important projects to promote Canadian books and build a nation of readers.  

Our TMC6 keynote speaker Eric Walters has been a driving force behind this very first I Read Canadian Day. CSL would like every school in Canada to participate, and encourage you to promote this event in your school districts and libraries. Visit the I Read Canadian Day website to sign up. It’s free! The website has all sorts of resources for you, including a toolkit created by a CSL committee.

The Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC) is taking Canadian children’s books to where youth already are: YouTube.

Plans are underway for a YouTube channel to showcase videos and links to resources about Canadian books for children and youth. The channel, called Bibliovideo, will be promoted as a destination for young readers, librarians, teachers, parents, authors, illustrators, researchers and others who want to locate and learn more about great Canadian books for young people.

The CCBC is committed to ensuring that there is better digital access and promotion of these exceptional Canadian books to raise awareness and promote literacy.

With funding from the Canada Council for the Arts, Bibliovideo is the first step in a long-range digital strategy being developed by a consortium of organizations led by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre that includes the Association of Canadian Publishers/49thKids, Canadian School Libraries, CANSCAIP, Communication-Jeunesse and IBBY Canada.

Read more about Bibliovideo and view the promotional video on the CCBC website.

View the Bibliovideo promotion on Vimeo. 

The CCBC would like your perspective as educators and librarians about what you would like to see on Bibliovideo.

Please take a few minutes to respond to this short survey from the CCBC. 

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.