Explore Thema 1.6 updates with Chris Saynor and Isabelle Gaudet-Labine, focusing on changes or additions that relate to Indigenous Peoples and Canadian-specific requirements.
BookNet Canada’s representative in the BISG Subject Code Committee updates us on the recent additions and changes made to the BISAC list.
How has the face of the Canadian publishing industry changed over the past four years? Are we a more diverse sector than we were in 2018?
Nikoo Sarraf and Jennifer Chen from McGill University’s .txtlab share insights from their research on queer fanfiction in this presentation.
Find out how you can identify and combat racial gaslighting in the workplace using the two-pronged approach taught in this workshop.
Annahid Dashtgard, Chelene Knight, and Léonicka Valcius have a nuanced and solution-based conversation about how the publishing industry cares for authors who share difficult truths in their work.
Whether it’s how much space men and women characters take up or the presence or absence of visible minorities, debiasing challenges the common stereotypes that govern how individuals are represented in creative works.
EDItEUR’s Chris Saynor explains how publishers can make best use of Thema and ONIX to boost the visibility of Canada’s diverse range of writers both domestically and internationally.
In this session, Michelle Grocholsky (Empowered) challenges participants to recognize their hidden bias and work towards a more mindful and objective way of thinking.
This presentation reveals areas of diversity specific to Canadian populations that are needed in library collections.
This workshop is for anyone who identifies as a woman, BIPOC, nonbinary person, or LGBTQ+ and wants actionable tools and strategies to empower themselves in their day-to-day and overall career.
Jennifer Baker (Minorities in Publishing podcast) interviews author and founder of the Festival of Literary Diversity, Jael Richardson, on craft, publishing, and formulating equity within the literary community.
