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WISEST Youth Council STEAM Art Exhibition | June 2 - June 30 (excluding weekends)

This exhibit features select pieces from the 2024 and 2025 STEAM Art Exhibitions, hosted by the WISEST (Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science, & Technology) Youth Council. In this typically...  More
From:
Monday, June 2, 2025
To:
Monday, June 30, 2025
Location:
Rutherford Library South
Audience:
  All Audiences  
Categories:
  Exhibits  

3D Design Basics In-Person / Online

3D modelling has become a common practice and a necessary part of learning in fields such as engineering, medicine, architecture and industrial and textile design. It has also become a prominent...  More
Date:
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Time:
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Location:
2-20A, Digital Scholarship Centre
Audience:
  Graduate Students     Undergraduate Students     Faculty  
Categories:
  Digital Scholarship Tools  
Registration Type:
In-Person (online registration required) / Online Registration
Register! - 40 seats left

History, Classics and Religion's MAKERS MARKET | June 26

Check out this FREE MARKET in support of the students' of HIST 479/679 - Tk’emlúps te Secwepemc History Field School! Come and browse unique and handmade treasures, a curated selection of home and...  More
Date:
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Time:
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location:
Rutherford Library North
Audience:
  All Audiences  
Categories:
  Events  

Support your Research with Spatial/GIS Data Resources! Online

Delivered by Larry Laliberte, Maps/GIS Librarian, this session will provide participants with an overview of the current landscape of GIS data and historical map access, resources, and emerging...  More
Date:
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Time:
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location:
Remote Delivery via Zoom
Audience:
  All Audiences  
Categories:
  Support Your Research  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 21 seats left

Drop-in Learning and Study Session with a Learning Specialist In-Person

Join a group drop-in at Sperber Library and to learn about and apply efficient strategies such as studying, note-taking, reading, exam strategies, or time management with a Learning Specialist. All...  More
Date:
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Time:
1:30 PM - 3:20 PM
Location:
Sperber Teaching & Learning Lab, Sperber Health Sciences Library
Audience:
  Graduate Students     Undergraduate Students  

Drop-in Learning and Study Session with a Learning Specialist In-Person

Join a group drop-in on the 4th floor of Cameron Library and to learn about and apply efficient strategies such as studying, note-taking, reading, exam strategies, or time management with a Learning...  More
Date:
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Time:
9:30 AM - 11:20 AM
Location:
Cameron Library 4-02, Cameron Library
Audience:
  Graduate Students     Undergraduate Students  

Drop-in Learning and Study Session with a Learning Specialist In-Person

Join a group drop-in at Sperber Library and to learn about and apply efficient strategies such as studying, note-taking, reading, exam strategies, or time management with a Learning Specialist. All...  More
Date:
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Time:
1:30 PM - 3:20 PM
Location:
Sperber Teaching & Learning Lab, Sperber Health Sciences Library
Audience:
  Graduate Students     Undergraduate Students  

Drop-in Learning and Study Session with a Learning Specialist In-Person

Join a group drop-in on the 4th floor of Cameron Library and to learn about and apply efficient strategies such as studying, note-taking, reading, exam strategies, or time management with a Learning...  More
Date:
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Time:
9:30 AM - 11:20 AM
Location:
Cameron Library 4-02, Cameron Library
Audience:
  Graduate Students     Undergraduate Students  

Saved From the Fire In-Person

Instructors: Linda Quirk and Maia Trotter (Bruce Peel Special Collections). Description: This hands-on workshop offers participants the opportunity to examine some of the books that at one time or...  More
Date:
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Time:
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Location:
Bruce Peel Special Collections
Audience:
  Graduate Students     Undergraduate Students     Faculty     Staff  
Registrations open at 8:00 AM Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Teeny Marvels In-Person

Instructor: Robert Desmarais (Bruce Peel Special Collections). Description: This hands-on workshop will invite participants to handle a variety of miniature books and discuss why they captivate...  More
Date:
Friday, September 19, 2025
Time:
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location:
Bruce Peel Special Collections
Audience:
  Graduate Students     Undergraduate Students     Faculty     Staff  
Registrations open at 8:00 AM Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Curator’s Exhibition Tour: Forgers, Fakers, and Publisher-Pirates In-Person

Tour Guide: Linda Quirk (Bruce Peel Special Collections). Description: Tour Peel’s new exhibition with the curator to hear some of the stories behind the stories. There will be plenty of time to b...  More
Date:
Monday, September 22, 2025
Time:
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Location:
Bruce Peel Special Collections
Audience:
  Graduate Students     Undergraduate Students     Faculty     Staff  
Registrations open at 8:00 AM Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Secrets to Success in Archival Research In-Person / Online

Instructor: Linda Quirk (Bruce Peel Special Collections). Description: The moment of discovery and insight in an archive can be thrilling! But for many, the world of archives is a mysterious place and...  More
Date:
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Time:
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Location:
Remote Delivery via Zoom
Audience:
  Graduate Students     Undergraduate Students     Faculty     Staff  
Registrations open at 8:00 AM Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Teeny Marvels In-Person

Instructor: Robert Desmarais (Bruce Peel Special Collections). Description: This hands-on workshop will invite participants to handle a variety of miniature books and discuss why they captivate...  More
Date:
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Time:
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location:
Bruce Peel Special Collections
Audience:
  Graduate Students     Undergraduate Students     Faculty     Staff  
Registrations open at 8:00 AM Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Forgers, Fakers, and Publisher-Pirates: Tour for U of A Library Workers & Library School Students In-Person

Tour Guide: Linda Quirk (Bruce Peel Special Collections). Description: Current and future information professionals are invited to tour Peel’s new exhibition with the curator and to consider the p...  More
Date:
Monday, September 29, 2025
Time:
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Location:
Bruce Peel Special Collections
Audience:
  Graduate Students     Undergraduate Students     Faculty     Staff  
Registrations open at 8:00 AM Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Poison Books In-Person

Instructor: Carolyn Morgan (Bruce Peel Special Collections). Description: Poison books have been in the news as of late, and many of the stories have tended to focus on one particular colour:...  More
Date:
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Time:
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Location:
Bruce Peel Special Collections
Audience:
  Graduate Students     Undergraduate Students     Faculty     Staff  
Registrations open at 8:00 AM Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Medium and Message: Publishing Formats Through the Ages In-Person

Instructors: Linda Quirk and Sarah Severson (Bruce Peel Special Collections). Description: This hands-on in-person workshop offers the opportunity to consider the impact of a wide variety of print...  More
Date:
Thursday, October 2, 2025
Time:
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location:
Bruce Peel Special Collections
Audience:
  Graduate Students     Undergraduate Students     Faculty     Staff  
Registrations open at 8:00 AM Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Making Marbled Paper In-Person

Instructors: Jeff Papineau, Maia Trotter, and possibly Michaela Stang (Bruce Peel Special Collections). Description: Beautifully-bound rare books often feature endpapers that are decorated in...  More
Date:
Monday, October 6, 2025
Time:
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Location:
Bruce Peel Special Collections
Audience:
  Graduate Students     Undergraduate Students     Faculty     Staff  
Registrations open at 8:00 AM Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Poison Books In-Person

Instructor: Carolyn Morgan (Bruce Peel Special Collections). Description: Poison books have been in the news as of late, and many of the stories have tended to focus on one particular colour:...  More
Date:
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Time:
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Location:
Bruce Peel Special Collections
Audience:
  Graduate Students     Undergraduate Students     Faculty     Staff  
Registrations open at 8:00 AM Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Making Marbled Paper In-Person

Instructors: Jeff Papineau, Maia Trotter, and possibly Michaela Stang (Bruce Peel Special Collections). Description: Beautifully-bound rare books often feature endpapers that are decorated in...  More
Date:
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Time:
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Location:
Bruce Peel Special Collections
Audience:
  Graduate Students     Undergraduate Students     Faculty     Staff  
Registrations open at 8:00 AM Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Fish Out of Water: 700 Years of Fishes on the Page In-Person / Online

Celebrating the re-launch of the updated digital exhibition! Instructor: Justin Hanisch (Book Collector and Expert Curator). Description: We are inextricably linked to water. We build our cities near...  More
Date:
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Time:
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Location:
Remote Delivery via Zoom
Audience:
  Graduate Students     Undergraduate Students     Faculty     Staff  
Categories:
  Remote Delivery  
Registrations open at 8:00 AM Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Where Do Our Ideas About Witchcraft Come From? In-Person / Online

Instructors: Robert Desjardins (Faculty of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies), François Pageau (Campus Saint-Jean), and Linda Quirk (Bruce Peel Special Collections). Description: Explore very early...  More
Date:
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Time:
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Location:
Remote Delivery via Zoom
Audience:
  Graduate Students     Undergraduate Students     Faculty     Staff  
Categories:
  Remote Delivery  
Registrations open at 8:00 AM Tuesday, September 2, 2025