December 14 and 15, 2021

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Dr. Debby Wilson Danard
opened the 2021 conference
with a keynote address on
INDIGIPEDIA.CA, the Indigenous Digital Encyclopedia. 
Feature presentations:
  • ​Dr. Jill Stuart on data ownership in space exploration
  • Nicole Bonnell from the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly on working with (11!) official languages
  • Jacob Turner on regulating artificial intelligence
Session topics included:
  • Discovery services for Canadian census and geospatial data
  • Preservation
  • Implementing more inclusive practices in programming and subject heading

There were announcements and updates on projects, including the newly-formed national shared print program, North.  
Hosts
​
Loren Fantin, Our Digital World

Simone O'Byrne, Ontario Ministry of the
​Environment, Conservation and Parks

Planning Committee
Loren Fantin
Simone O'Byrne
Sandra Craig
Ravit David

​Programming Committee
Hélène LeBlanc, Wilfrid Laurier University
Agnes Zientarska-Kayko, University of Waterloo
Aleksandra Blake, Carleton University
Gerry Burla, Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly
Ashleigh Yates-MacKay, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada
Simone O'Byrne, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks

Communications Committee
Sandra Craig, Ontario Legislative Library
Beth Stover, CRKN
Meg Ecclestone, University of Guelph
Denise Angeloni, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks​

Technical Committee
Sabina Pagotto, University of Toronto
Ravit David, University of Toronto