UVic Libraries events calendar

Welcome to UVic Libraries events calendar. Here you'll find a wide variety of events.  This page shows the next 25 events in the order they are happenning. To see more, please use the search box.  

 This page displays public events at UVic Libraries. If you have registered for a private event (thesis writer's intensive, for example), you will need to consult your email for a registration link.

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Events and Workshops at UVic Libraries

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Summer Reading Challenge In-Person

Earn your Reading Badges! Grab your Sash at either Library to start the reading challenges. For every Reading Badge won enter your name in our draw for Movie Tickets at Cinecenta! Full contest...  More
From:
Monday, May 5, 2025
To:
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Location:
Mearns – McPherson Library, Main Foyer, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Open to everyone  
Categories:
  Engagement Events  
Summer Reading Challenge

Library Tours for International Students In-Person

Join us for a tour of the McPherson Library/Mearns Centre for Learning and explore all the ways your library supports your academic journey, including research, citation and writing help, study...  More
Date:
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Time:
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Graduate students  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 50 seats left
Library Tours for International Students

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:
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Time:
2:00pm - 3:30pm
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! - 24 seats left
Intro to Image Editing with Photopea

Data Management Plans (DMPs) Online

Aimed at grad students and faculty researchers, this lecture-style workshop reviews the key components of a data management plan (DMP) and offers guidance on using the DMP Assistant, a bilingual tool...  More
Date:
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 16 seats left
Data Management Plans (DMPs)

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:
Monday, June 16, 2025
Time:
2:30pm - 4:00pm
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 18 seats left
Data Analysis with Excel

GenAI: NotebookLM a Personal RAG Tool for Research & Productivity (Intermediate) Online

Note: This workshop will be held online via Zoom. About the Workshop This workshop focuses on using NoteBookLM, a personal Generative AI (GenAI) tool, that becomes an expert on the specific...  More
Date:
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Time:
10:30am - 12:00pm
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Categories:
  DSC     Artificial intelligence (AI)  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 18 seats left
GenAI: NotebookLM a Personal RAG Tool for Research & Productivity (Intermediate)

Summer Reading Challenge In-Person

Earn your Reading Badges! Grab your Sash at either Library to start the reading challenges. For every Reading Badge won enter your name in our draw for Movie Tickets at Cinecenta! Full contest...  More
From:
Thursday, June 19, 2025
To:
Thursday, July 31, 2025
Location:
Mearns – McPherson Library, Main Foyer, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Open to everyone  
Categories:
  Engagement Events  
Summer Reading Challenge

Introduction to Covidence Online

Covidence is a web-based platform that streamlines the process of conducting comprehensive literature reviews, including systematic reviews, scoping reviews, meta-syntheses, and meta-narratives. In...  More
Date:
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Time:
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location:
Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff     General public  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 17 seats left
Introduction to Covidence

Canva Co-Working Session Online

Note: This will be held online via Zoom. If you have previously attended one of our Canva workshops and have some questions to ask or just need some scheduled time set aside to work on your projects,...  More
Date:
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Time:
10:00am - 11:30am
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 26 seats left
Canva Co-Working Session

Intro to 3D Design & Print Online

Note: This workshop is online via Zoom. Are you a UVic student, staff, or faculty member and want to learn more about designing objects digitally and printing them on our 3D printers? If so, then...  More
Date:
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Time:
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 20 seats left
Intro to 3D Design & Print

Laser Cutting Ocean Floor Contour Maps In-Person

Note: This workshop will be held in person About This Workshop Bathymetry is the study and visualization of the ‘beds’ or ‘floors’ of bodies of water, and helps us create ocean floor contour maps. A...  More
Date:
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Time:
10:30am - 12:00pm
Location:
Digital Scholarship Commons A308
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 19 seats left
Laser Cutting Ocean Floor Contour Maps

Data Visualization, Mapping, & Visual Narratives Online

Note: This workshop will be held online Why Data Visualization? Data Visualization tools allow you to take large amounts of text, and make create meaning from it. Data Visualization tools can often...  More
Date:
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Time:
10:30am - 12:00pm
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 15 seats left
Data Visualization, Mapping, & Visual Narratives

Research Data Drop-In In-Person

Have questions about your research data, but aren’t sure who to talk to? This drop-in session is open to anybody at UVic looking for answers about research and research data, featuring...  More
Date:
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Time:
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Location:
Digital Scholarship Commons A308, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Open to everyone  
Research Data Drop-In

Buttonhole Bookbinding Workshop In-Person

Learn how to make your own book with paper, string, and a needle. Supplies included! Registration required.
Date:
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Time:
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Digital Scholarship Commons A308
Audience:
  Open to everyone  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register!
Buttonhole Bookbinding Workshop

Summer Reading Challenge In-Person

Earn your Reading Badges! Grab your Sash at either Library to start the reading challenges. For every Reading Badge won enter your name in our draw for Movie Tickets at Cinecenta! Full contest...  More
From:
Friday, August 1, 2025
To:
Friday, August 29, 2025
Location:
Mearns – McPherson Library, Main Foyer
Audience:
  Open to everyone  
Categories:
  Engagement Events  
Summer Reading Challenge