UVic Libraries events calendar

Welcome to the UVic Libraries events calendar!

  • This page shows the next 25 events in the order they are happening. To see more, use the search box.  
  • This page displays public events only. If you have registered for a private event (thesis writer's intensive, for example), consult your email for more information.
  • Curious about all the workshops we offer? Our workshops menu lets you browse workshops by topic and access self-paced workshop materials. Instructors can request workshop sessions for their classes.

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Events and Workshops at UVic Libraries

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Offline Club

Join the Department of Writing and the Libraries in a space where you can turn off your devices to read, write, sketch and talk. Each Tuesday from 4-6 pm, all students are welcome to join a tech-free...  More
Date:
Tuesday, November 4, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Graduate students  
Offline Club

Bring Your Own Book Bookclub In-Person

Join us a Mearns-McPherson Library with your latest read for BYOB Bookclub! We will gather in the student lounge to read quietly for 15 minutes before a lightly guided discussion of what everyone is...  More
Date:
Wednesday, November 5, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
11:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
Mearns – McPherson Library, Main Foyer, New Student Lounge - Main Floor , Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Open to everyone  
Categories:
  Social Event  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 50 seats left
Bring Your Own Book Bookclub

Your AI research questions answered In-Person

Come talk to a librarian about using generative AI tools like ChatGPT for your research. We're on hand to answer questions like: • How reliable is AI-generated information for academic research? •...  More
Date:
Wednesday, November 5, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
11:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
135M Digital Literacy, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Graduate students  
Your AI research questions answered

Research Data Drop-In In-Person

The Research Data Drop-Ins are open to anybody at UVic, and will showcase services and supports for all things about your research and research data, featuring representatives from: UVic...  More
Date:
Wednesday, November 5, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
Digital Scholarship Commons A308
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff     Library staff  
Categories:
  DSC  
Research Data Drop-In

Information Session: Peter and Ana Lowens Student Fellowship Program Online

This information session will provide an overview of the Peter and Ana Lowens Student Fellowship Program available through UVic Libraries' Special Collections and University Archives. Open to all UVic...  More
Date:
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Time:
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Location:
Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students  
Categories:
  Orientation  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 22 seats left
Information Session: Peter and Ana Lowens Student Fellowship Program

Digital mindfulness: managing your digital devices In-Person

Being intentional about your use of digital devices is an important aspect of your digital wellbeing, including your ability to focus. Distraction from devices, apps, and notifications is a major...  More
Date:
Thursday, November 6, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
10:30am - 12:00pm
Location:
135M Digital Literacy, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Graduate students  
Digital mindfulness: managing your digital devices

Shades of grey: Introduction to grey literature Online

Is the prospect of finding grey literature giving you grey hairs? This introductory workshop is designed to be practical and informative, providing immediate skills you can apply to your...  More
Date:
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Time:
11:00am - 12:00pm
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 23 seats left
Shades of grey: Introduction to grey literature

From Satellite to Screen: Intro to QGIS with Raster Data Online

Note: This workshop is online only. QGIS is a free and open source desktop Geographical Information Systems (GIS) package. This introductory workshop will cover basic concepts in GIS and QGIS, and...  More
Date:
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Time:
11:30am - 1:00pm
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 15 seats left
From Satellite to Screen: Intro to QGIS with Raster Data

Literature Searching with Artificial Intelligence In-Person

About this workshop: Workshop participants will explore the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to assist with literature searching as part of literature reviews for their assignments and consider...  More
Date:
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Time:
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Location:
Digital Scholarship Commons A308
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 21 seats left
Literature Searching with Artificial Intelligence

Information Session: Peter and Ana Lowens Student Fellowship Program Online

This information session will provide an overview of the Peter and Ana Lowens Student Fellowship Program available through UVic Libraries' Special Collections and University Archives. Open to all UVic...  More
Date:
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Time:
4:00pm - 4:30pm
Location:
Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students  
Categories:
  Orientation  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 24 seats left
Information Session: Peter and Ana Lowens Student Fellowship Program

Unlock your government data In-Person

Do you need government data for your research? Statistics, demographics, elections and voting data, statutes and regulations, or financial data? Come talk with a librarian who can help make it...  More
Date:
Friday, November 7, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
10:00am - 11:00am
Location:
135M Digital Literacy, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Graduate students  
Unlock your government data

Academic Integrity Support In-Person

Do you have questions about academic integrity in your research assignments? Are you feeling uncertain about: citing sources, including images and indigenous knowledge? choosing research...  More
Date:
Friday, November 7, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
135M Digital Literacy, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Graduate students  
Academic Integrity Support

Movie Saturday In-Person

Come hang out in the student lounge and enjoy a free classic movie! Movies play every Saturday at 3pm in the foyer of the main floor of the library. Pull up a seat, or enjoy the ambiance of a classic...  More
Date:
Saturday, November 8, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Mearns – McPherson Library, Main Foyer, New Student Lounge - Main Floor
Audience:
  Open to everyone  
Categories:
  Social Event  

Offline Club

Join the Department of Writing and the Libraries in a space where you can turn off your devices to read, write, sketch and talk. Each Tuesday from 4-6 pm, all students are welcome to join a tech-free...  More
Date:
Tuesday, November 11, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Graduate students  
Offline Club

Your AI research questions answered In-Person

Come talk to a librarian about using generative AI tools like ChatGPT for your research. We're on hand to answer questions like: • How reliable is AI-generated information for academic research? •...  More
Date:
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
11:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
135M Digital Literacy, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Graduate students  
Your AI research questions answered

Your AI research questions answered In-Person

Come talk to a librarian about using generative AI tools like ChatGPT for your research. We're on hand to answer questions like: • How reliable is AI-generated information for academic research? •...  More
Date:
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
135M Digital Literacy, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Graduate students  
Your AI research questions answered

Digital mindfulness: managing your digital devices In-Person

Being intentional about your use of digital devices is an important aspect of your digital wellbeing, including your ability to focus. Distraction from devices, apps, and notifications is a major...  More
Date:
Thursday, November 13, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
10:30am - 12:00pm
Location:
135M Digital Literacy, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Graduate students  
Digital mindfulness: managing your digital devices

Intro to Image Editing with Photopea Online

Note: This workshop will be held online via Zoom. Photopea a user-friendly and free web-based tool that helps people edit their photos and graphics, and looks and operates very similar to Adobe...  More
Date:
Thursday, November 13, 2025
Time:
10:30am - 12:00pm
Location:
Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 28 seats left
Intro to Image Editing with Photopea

Qualitative Data Analysis with NVivo Online

Note: This workshop is online only. NVivo is software for computer assisted qualitative data analysis. In this introductory workshop, participants will learn about the uses and benefits of working...  More
Date:
Thursday, November 13, 2025
Time:
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 31 seats left
Qualitative Data Analysis with NVivo

Unlock your geospatial and numeric data In-Person

Do you need help finding or using geospatial data--data about almost anywhere on Earth? Or numeric data, like statistics? Come talk with a librarian who can help to find and use these specialized...  More
Date:
Thursday, November 13, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Location:
135M Digital Literacy, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Graduate students  
Unlock your geospatial and numeric data

Unlock your government data In-Person

Do you need government data for your research? Statistics, demographics, elections and voting data, statutes and regulations, or financial data? Come talk with a librarian who can help make it...  More
Date:
Friday, November 14, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
10:00am - 11:00am
Location:
135M Digital Literacy, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Graduate students  
Unlock your government data

Academic Integrity Support In-Person

Do you have questions about academic integrity in your research assignments? Are you feeling uncertain about: citing sources, including images and indigenous knowledge? choosing research...  More
Date:
Friday, November 14, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
135M Digital Literacy, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Graduate students  
Academic Integrity Support

Movie Saturday In-Person

Come hang out in the student lounge and enjoy a free classic movie! Movies play every Saturday at 3pm in the foyer of the main floor of the library. Pull up a seat, or enjoy the ambiance of a classic...  More
Date:
Saturday, November 15, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Mearns – McPherson Library, Main Foyer, New Student Lounge - Main Floor
Audience:
  Open to everyone  
Categories:
  Social Event  

Intro to Infographics with Canva Online

Note: This workshop is online only. Are you a UVic student, staff, or faculty member and want to learn more about creating infographics? If so, then this hands-on workshop will give you an...  More
Date:
Monday, November 17, 2025
Time:
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 30 seats left
Intro to Infographics with Canva

Data Analysis with Excel Online

Note: This workshop is online only. Are you a UVic student, staff, or faculty member and are interested in using Excel for data analysis? If so this workshop is for you. In this self-paced, hands-on...  More
Date:
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Time:
10:30am - 12:00pm
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 32 seats left
Data Analysis with Excel