Note: As of April 25th, 2022 the Planning Committee has made the decision to move the conference to a virtual format due to the ongoing pandemic. Stay tuned for an update schedule!
Wednesday May 25th 2022
| Time (EDT) | Session/Event |
| 12:30pm – 1:00 pm | Opening Remarks |
| 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | KEYNOTE Cory Doctorow |
| 2:00 pm – 2:15 pm | Break |
| 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm | KEYNOTE The York University/Access Copyright case: Reflections and What Lies Ahead Howard Knopf & Ariel Katz |
| 3:15 pm – 3:30 pm | Break |
| 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | SESSION #1 Approaches to Controlled Digital Lending of Monographs at Canadian University Libraries Ann Smith (Acadia University) |
| 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | SESSION #2 Cultivating Copyright Custodians for the Digital Age: Law, Libraries and the Public Interest in Lending Mark Swartz (Queens University) & Bita Amani (Queens University) |
Thursday May 26th 2022
| Time (EDT) | Session/Event |
| 11:00 am – 12:00pm | KEYNOTE John Oswald |
| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | SESSION #1 Controlled Digital Lending: Next Steps for the Canadian Library Community Christina Winter (University of Regina) & Mark Swartz (Queens University) |
| 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | SESSION #2 Reading poetry and its paratexts for evidence of fair dealing [ Mark A. McCutcheon (Athabasca University) |
| 2:00 pm – 2:15 pm | Break |
| 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm | SESSION #1 License to View: Copyright & Films in the Age of Covid at a Canadian University Amy Lorencz (St. Mary’s University) |
| 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm | SESSION #2 Diverse National Copyright Frameworks of the Marrakesh Treaty Impede Access Victoria Owen (General Counsel NYPL) & Greg Cram |
| 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | SESSION #1 Before, During & After the Pandemic: Challenges in Accessing & Using Media in Academic Settings Kate Langrell (University of Saskatchewan) & Rumi Graham |
| 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | SESSION #2 Alternative Teaching Methods for Copyright Literacy Taylor Stevens (Mount Royal University) |
| 5:30 pm | Dinner |
Friday May 27th 2022
| Time (EDT) | Session/Event |
| 9:30 am – 10:30am | SESSION #1 Copyright in a time of transition Jane Secker (University of London) & Chris Morrison (University of Oxford) |
| 9:30 am – 10:30am | SESSION #2 CFLA Copyright Committee Annual Update Victoria Owen (University of Toronto), Alexandra Kohn (McGill University), & Brianne Selman (University of Winnipeg) |
| 10:30 am – 10:45 am | Break |
| 10:45 am – 11:45 pm | KEYNOTE Hachette v. Internet Archive: What it could mean for the future of libraries? Lila Bailey (Internet Archive), Peter Routhier (Internet Archive), Andrea Mills (Internet Archive Canada) & Kyle Courtney (Library Futures) |
| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Lunch |
| 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm | SESSION #1 Why the fair dealing chill? A look back at fair dealing’s misunderstood past. Heather Martin (University of Guelph) & Meera Nair |
| 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm | SESSION #2 Equitable Access is the Future of Libraries: A Facilitated Discussion with Library Futures Jennie Rose Halperin (Library Futures) |
| 2:15 pm | Closing Remarks |
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