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UVic Libraries Events Calendar

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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Exhibition: DIS – displaced, dispersed, dispossessed

In-Person / Online
DIS – displaced, dispersed, dispossessed Sept 16 – Dec 5, 2026 Legacy Downtown | 630 Yates St. Lekwungen Territory Curated by Sherri Shinobu Kajiwara, Director/Curator at the Nikkei...  More
Date:
Saturday, October 17, 2026 Show more dates
Time:
10:00am - 4:00pm
Location:
Legacy Gallery (Map ), Legacy Art Gallery
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff     General public     Library staff     Open to everyone  
Categories:
  Arts and Crafts     Celebration     Exhibition     Lecture or talk     Social Event  
Exhibition: DIS – displaced, dispersed, dispossessed

WARA-WARA: An Exhibition of Street Art and Graffiti from Yogyakarta, Indonesia

In-Person
WARA-WARA An Exhibition of Street Art and Graffiti from Yogyakarta, Indonesia Sept 16 – Dec 5, 2026 Legacy Downtown | 630 Yates St. Lekwungen Territory WARA-WARA brings together 21 artists...  More
Date:
Saturday, October 17, 2026 Show more dates
Time:
10:00am - 4:00pm
Location:
Legacy Gallery (Map ), Legacy Art Gallery
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff     General public     Library staff     Open to everyone  
Categories:
  Arts and Crafts     Exhibition  
WARA-WARA: An Exhibition of Street Art and Graffiti from Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Saturday Afternoon Classic Movie - King Kong

In-Person
Come watch a classic movie in the comfort of the student lounge! Relax and take in the movie in a comfy chair, or use it as background noise while you study. This week's movie is King Kong!
Date:
Saturday, October 17, 2026
Time:
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Location:
New Student Lounge - Main Floor , Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Open to everyone  
Saturday Afternoon Classic Movie - King Kong

From Ideas to Apps: Create Apps & Learning Games with Generative AI

In-Person
Imagine bringing your ideas for custom apps and learning games to life without ever writing a single line of code. This hands-on workshop introduces you to the world of “vibe coding, “a modern...  More
Date:
Monday, October 19, 2026
Time:
10:00am - 11:30am
Location:
Digital Scholarship Commons A308, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff     Library staff  
Categories:
  Artificial Intelligence (AI)     DSC  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 17 seats left
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Getting Started with Covidence: Streamline Systematic and Scoping Reviews

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:
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Time:
10:00am - 11:00am
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! - 11 seats left
Getting Started with Covidence: Streamline Systematic and Scoping Reviews

Systematic Reviews Workshop 3: The Next Steps: translating searches, tracking, reporting and study selection (Online)

Online
This virtual workshop will cover the remaining steps of the data collection phase of your systematic review/knowledge synthesis review project and introduce you to the study selection process. This is...  More
Date:
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Time:
10:00am - 12:00pm
Audience:
  Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 2 seats left
Systematic Reviews Workshop 3: The Next Steps: translating searches, tracking, reporting and study selection (Online)

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:
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 19 seats left
Data Management Plans (DMPs)

Intro to Lexis+

In-Person
Join Lexis+ trainer Angeline Han as she walks through using the Lexis+ database and Lexis Protege AI tools. Registrants will gather together in room A145 to attend this virtual session.
Date:
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Time:
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Location:
Priestly Library A145, Diana M. Priestly Library
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 30 seats left

Citations made easy: Intro to Zotero

In-Person
Are citations giving you a headache? Do you find the intricacies of citation styles like APA or MLA confusing? Tired of the last-minute rush to create a correctly formatted bibliography? If so - you...  More
Date:
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Time:
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Location:
Room 129, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 18 seats left
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Advanced Qualitative Data Analysis & Coding with NVivo

Online
In this advanced workshop you will be introduced to creating cases and classifying them using NVivo. Generally, you can use cases classifications to record information about your study subjects, which...  More
Date:
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Time:
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff     Library staff  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 23 seats left
Advanced Qualitative Data Analysis & Coding with NVivo

Exhibition: DIS – displaced, dispersed, dispossessed

In-Person / Online
DIS – displaced, dispersed, dispossessed Sept 16 – Dec 5, 2026 Legacy Downtown | 630 Yates St. Lekwungen Territory Curated by Sherri Shinobu Kajiwara, Director/Curator at the Nikkei...  More
Date:
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 Show more dates
Time:
10:00am - 4:00pm
Location:
Legacy Gallery (Map ), Legacy Art Gallery
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff     General public     Library staff     Open to everyone  
Categories:
  Arts and Crafts     Celebration     Exhibition     Lecture or talk     Social Event  
Exhibition: DIS – displaced, dispersed, dispossessed

WARA-WARA: An Exhibition of Street Art and Graffiti from Yogyakarta, Indonesia

In-Person
WARA-WARA An Exhibition of Street Art and Graffiti from Yogyakarta, Indonesia Sept 16 – Dec 5, 2026 Legacy Downtown | 630 Yates St. Lekwungen Territory WARA-WARA brings together 21 artists...  More
Date:
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 Show more dates
Time:
10:00am - 4:00pm
Location:
Legacy Gallery (Map ), Legacy Art Gallery
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff     General public     Library staff     Open to everyone  
Categories:
  Arts and Crafts     Exhibition  
WARA-WARA: An Exhibition of Street Art and Graffiti from Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Practical Data Skills: Pre-Register Your Study

Online
Practical Data Skills Workshop Series Gain foundational research and data skills through short, 30-minute interactive lessons. Each session is a stand-alone introductory workshop, so feel free to...  More
Date:
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Time:
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Audience:
  Open to everyone  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 23 seats left
Open Science logo surrounded by different colour representing different stages of the research lifecycle

Cozy Collage

In-Person
Kick back with us for an afternoon of low-stakes collage crafting. A space to settle, dream, and regulate among community. We look forward to seeing you! All materials will be provided. This is a drop...  More
Date:
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Time:
2:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Digital Scholarship Commons A308, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Open to everyone  
Categories:
  Arts and Crafts  
Cozy Collage

Qualitative Data Analysis with QualCoder

Online
Introduction to QualCoder Qualitative data analysis (QDA) software plays an increasingly important role in supporting researchers in organizing, coding, and interpreting complex datasets such as...  More
Date:
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Time:
2:30pm - 4:00pm
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff     Library staff  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 25 seats left
Qualitative Data Analysis with QualCoder

Beyond the Ban

In-Person
Join us for the first event in our Beyond the Ban series, focused on facilitating conversations about intellectual freedom in libraries to advance civil discourse and strengthen democratic...  More
Date:
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Time:
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Location:
Kula Lounge (Main Floor) (Map )
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 17 seats left
Event logo with green and white speech balloons and an open book and Beyond the Ban written in blue and green text

Exhibition: DIS – displaced, dispersed, dispossessed

In-Person / Online
DIS – displaced, dispersed, dispossessed Sept 16 – Dec 5, 2026 Legacy Downtown | 630 Yates St. Lekwungen Territory Curated by Sherri Shinobu Kajiwara, Director/Curator at the Nikkei...  More
Date:
Thursday, October 22, 2026 Show more dates
Time:
10:00am - 4:00pm
Location:
Legacy Gallery (Map ), Legacy Art Gallery
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff     General public     Library staff     Open to everyone  
Categories:
  Arts and Crafts     Celebration     Exhibition     Lecture or talk     Social Event  
Exhibition: DIS – displaced, dispersed, dispossessed

WARA-WARA: An Exhibition of Street Art and Graffiti from Yogyakarta, Indonesia

In-Person
WARA-WARA An Exhibition of Street Art and Graffiti from Yogyakarta, Indonesia Sept 16 – Dec 5, 2026 Legacy Downtown | 630 Yates St. Lekwungen Territory WARA-WARA brings together 21 artists...  More
Date:
Thursday, October 22, 2026 Show more dates
Time:
10:00am - 4:00pm
Location:
Legacy Gallery (Map ), Legacy Art Gallery
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff     General public     Library staff     Open to everyone  
Categories:
  Arts and Crafts     Exhibition  
WARA-WARA: An Exhibition of Street Art and Graffiti from Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Data Horror Stories: A Survival Guide

Online
Government data vanishes. Anonymous data comes back to haunt the researchers. A researcher’s data about spiders is a web of lies. All of these started as normal projects. Would you and your data be...  More
Date:
Thursday, October 22, 2026
Time:
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Location:
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:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 34 seats left
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Exhibition: DIS – displaced, dispersed, dispossessed

In-Person / Online
DIS – displaced, dispersed, dispossessed Sept 16 – Dec 5, 2026 Legacy Downtown | 630 Yates St. Lekwungen Territory Curated by Sherri Shinobu Kajiwara, Director/Curator at the Nikkei...  More
Date:
Friday, October 23, 2026 Show more dates
Time:
10:00am - 4:00pm
Location:
Legacy Gallery (Map ), Legacy Art Gallery
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff     General public     Library staff     Open to everyone  
Categories:
  Arts and Crafts     Celebration     Exhibition     Lecture or talk     Social Event  
Exhibition: DIS – displaced, dispersed, dispossessed

WARA-WARA: An Exhibition of Street Art and Graffiti from Yogyakarta, Indonesia

In-Person
WARA-WARA An Exhibition of Street Art and Graffiti from Yogyakarta, Indonesia Sept 16 – Dec 5, 2026 Legacy Downtown | 630 Yates St. Lekwungen Territory WARA-WARA brings together 21 artists...  More
Date:
Friday, October 23, 2026 Show more dates
Time:
10:00am - 4:00pm
Location:
Legacy Gallery (Map ), Legacy Art Gallery
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff     General public     Library staff     Open to everyone  
Categories:
  Arts and Crafts     Exhibition  
WARA-WARA: An Exhibition of Street Art and Graffiti from Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Bookbinding Workshop: Make your own Notebook

In-Person
Learn to make your own notebook with decorative pages and a custom cover. Take your new skills home and make more with no special tools. In this 90 minute workshop you will learn about paper grain,...  More
Date:
Friday, October 23, 2026
Time:
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Location:
Book Arts Lab (Room 086)
Audience:
  Open to everyone  
Categories:
  Farallon Book Arts Lab  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 13 seats left
Bookbinding Workshop: Make your own Notebook

Exhibition: DIS – displaced, dispersed, dispossessed

In-Person / Online
DIS – displaced, dispersed, dispossessed Sept 16 – Dec 5, 2026 Legacy Downtown | 630 Yates St. Lekwungen Territory Curated by Sherri Shinobu Kajiwara, Director/Curator at the Nikkei...  More
Date:
Saturday, October 24, 2026 Show more dates
Time:
10:00am - 4:00pm
Location:
Legacy Gallery (Map ), Legacy Art Gallery
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff     General public     Library staff     Open to everyone  
Categories:
  Arts and Crafts     Celebration     Exhibition     Lecture or talk     Social Event  
Exhibition: DIS – displaced, dispersed, dispossessed

WARA-WARA: An Exhibition of Street Art and Graffiti from Yogyakarta, Indonesia

In-Person
WARA-WARA An Exhibition of Street Art and Graffiti from Yogyakarta, Indonesia Sept 16 – Dec 5, 2026 Legacy Downtown | 630 Yates St. Lekwungen Territory WARA-WARA brings together 21 artists...  More
Date:
Saturday, October 24, 2026 Show more dates
Time:
10:00am - 4:00pm
Location:
Legacy Gallery (Map ), Legacy Art Gallery
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff     General public     Library staff     Open to everyone  
Categories:
  Arts and Crafts     Exhibition  
WARA-WARA: An Exhibition of Street Art and Graffiti from Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Saturday Afternoon Classic Movie - Beast From Twenty Thousand Fathoms

In-Person
Come watch a classic movie in the comfort of the student lounge! Relax and take in the movie in a comfy chair, or use it as background noise while you study. Continuing our monster movie theme, this...  More
Date:
Saturday, October 24, 2026
Time:
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Location:
New Student Lounge - Main Floor , Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Open to everyone  
Saturday Afternoon Classic Movie - Beast From Twenty Thousand Fathoms