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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Data Management Plans (DMPs) Online

This workshop offers a foundational understanding of research data management and Data Management Plans (DMPs). Geared towards graduate students and faculty researchers, this lecture-style session...  More
Date:
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Time:
10:00am - 11:00am
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 20 seats left
Data Management Plans (DMPs)

Practical Data Skills: Citizen Science Online

What You’ll Learn: Open Science & Scholarship - Discover practical skills that empower you to contribute meaningfully to open science —making your work more accessible, equitable, and...  More
Date:
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Time:
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Audience:
  Open to everyone  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 14 seats left
Practical Data Skills: Citizen Science

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, October 29, 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

Halloween Open House Workshop in the Farallon BOOook Arts Lab In-Person

Halloween Open House in the Farallon BOOook Arts Lab We are hosting an open house print workshop, where everyone is welcome to come print a spooky, scary, fun little print, and explore our historic...  More
Date:
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Time:
10:00am - 2:00pm
Location:
Book Arts Lab (Room 086) , Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff     General public     Library staff     Open to everyone  
Categories:
  Farallon Book Arts Lab  
Halloween Open House Workshop in the Farallon BOOook Arts Lab

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, October 30, 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

Advanced Zotero: Beyond the basics Online

Are you ready to take your Zotero skills to the next level? In this advanced workshop, we’ll delve deeper into the powerful features of Zotero, a free software that streamlines the process of...  More
Date:
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Time:
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 11 seats left
Advanced Zotero: Beyond the basics

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, October 30, 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, October 31, 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, October 31, 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

Halloween Creepy Craft In-Person

Join us for a seasonal craft! We will be painting rocks with any Hallowe'en themes you desire! All supplies included. Free event! Registration encouraged. We anticipate this event being popular...  More
Date:
Friday, October 31, 2025
Time:
2:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Digital Scholarship Commons A308, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Categories:
  Arts and Crafts  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 14 seats left
Halloween Creepy Craft

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 1, 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  

Gathering Colour: Making Pigments with Artist Caitlin ffrench In-Person

Pigments surround us in many forms. Gathering colour to work with in your art practice is a way of collaborating with the natural world. In this workshop you will learn the health, safety, ethics, and...  More
Date:
Monday, November 3, 2025
Time:
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Book Arts Lab (Room 086)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff     General public  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register!
Gathering Colour: Making Pigments with Artist Caitlin ffrench

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! - 25 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! - 24 seats left
Shades of grey: Introduction to grey literature

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  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 34 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! - 27 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