The Alberta Library

Everyone deserves access to information 💛

A new guide shows how libraries and organizations in Canada can legally make content accessible for people with perceptual disabilities like large print, audio, or other formats 🎧📖

Accessibility shouldn’t be an exception it should be expected 🤝🌟
Libraries have a big role in making knowledge available to all 🍁

How can your library make content more accessible? 👀💬


https://www.slaw.ca/2026/01/21/from-exception-to-expectation-advancing-accessible-content-in-canada/

The guide linked thereinhttps://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/AccessibleContent_EN.pdf

We want to share with you the opportunity for you to join over a thousand communities all across Canada to celebrate Canadian film and culture on CanFilmDay, which is April 15, 2026. 🦌🎬

How to participate:

Hosting an event for your library and community is easy and fun. The CanFilmDay team is here to help you find the right film for your audience and provide everything you need to put on a great event.

Best of all, it’s completely FREE. 🍁❤️

This year’s programming spotlight, Let’s Dream Together, features a list of films curated by Margaret Atwood, Atom Egoyan, Deepa Mehta, and 48 other Canadian icons! 🍁

See the full list and find the perfect film for your screening at canfilmday.ca/spotlight

Interested? Visit canfilmday.ca/register to get started, even if you’re still deciding on a film.

Does your community prefer a virtual event? Get in touch with CanFilmDay for more ways to participate.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email [email protected]

We are now receiving submissions for speakers at the 2026 Stronger Together Library Conference, to be held October 20-21 in Edmonton.

Breakout sessions will be 60 minutes in length. Speakers can use a range of session formats, including presentations, workshops, interactive games and more. We encourage you to find interesting ways to engage the audience.

The organizing committee has identified the following general topic areas for this year’s conference:
📚 Impact & Advocacy
📚 Leadership & Teamwork
📚 Community & Partnerships
📚 Operations & Sustainability
📚 Governance, Policy & Ethics

Apply today: https://strongertogetherconf.ca/call-for-speakers/

The deadline for submissions is 4:00 p.m. MDT on March 31, 2026.



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