Program
All session times are listed in Atlantic Time (AT).
Conference Sessions
October 20, 2026
This session will focus on the launch of Canadiana 2.0 and the user-centered work shaping its development. Presenters will walk members through the evolution of the platform, including findings from the Canadiana User Task Group, closed and open beta feedback, key iterations, and the improvements
This session will provide members with an update on CRKN’s CFI-funded work and the next steps expected to begin in January 2027, including the current project funding context and how CRKN is positioning the project for long-term impact. It will also highlight CRKN’s collaboration with other CFI- and
Join the CRKN Board, members, and staff at the 2026 Ron MacDonald Award Reception to celebrate this year's recipient!
October 21, 2026
As CRKN has taken on its boldest negotiation objectives to-date – targeting the reduction of license fees for five major commercial journal agreements – we are eager to share and discuss the latest results with members. Significant progress has been made towards meaningful financial savings with
The culmination of many years of collaboration between CRKN, Scholars Portal, the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL), and the University of Toronto libraries has led to the first year of the operational phase of an expanded Scholars Portal Journals platform for all CRKN members. CRKN
In 2024, CRKN and Érudit celebrated ten years of the Partnership for Open Access and developed a new five-year agreement to champion diamond open access publishing in Canada and support a collective, equitable path for knowledge dissemination. This session will provide an update on the first 18
Members have provided CRKN and the Content Strategy Committee with strong direction for this year’s negotiations with commercial publishers – costs are unsustainable and must be addressed by meaningful and lasting reductions. In the licensing update, we heard about the latest negotiation results
October 21, 2026
3:45pm
Canada’s National PID Strategy is a call to action: to make PIDs a core part of how research is connected, credited, and shared in Canada. Building on the Strategy’s March 2026 publication, this session will focus on what its calls to action mean in practice for institutions, funders, and research
