Back to the Future: The 53rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Information Science
Welcome to CAIS 2025
The Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS/ACSI) is pleased to announce its 53rd annual conference to be held in a hybrid format at Dalhousie University, in the beautiful and vibrant oceanside city of Halifax, Nova Scotia from May 27-29, 2025.
This year’s conference is hosted by the Department of Information Science of Dalhousie University. We look forward to welcoming you to Halifax!
The CAIS 2025 conference is delighted to be joined by Emily Drabinski, Associate Professor at the Queens College (CUNY) Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, who will deliver the keynote address "Libraries at the End of the World". Her work focuses on critical perspectives in librarianship, including knowledge organization and information literacy and instruction. Drabinski is the immediate past president of the American Library Association.
Important dates
Submissions to CAIS 2025 are now closed.
- Submission deadline:
January 8th, 2025January 20th, 2025, midnight Pacific Time. - Notification of acceptance:
No later than March 15, 2025. - Submission of final versions: No later than April 30, 2025.
- Conference: May 27-29, 2025.
Please note that accepted presenters will have the choice of presenting in-person or virtually.
Organizing committee
- Philippe Mongeon, Dalhousie University
- Maddie Hare, University of Ottawa
- Geoff Krause, Dalhousie University
- Constance Poitras, Université de Montréal
- Poppy Riddle, Dalhousie University
- Sandra Toze, Dalhousie University
Contact us
For more information, contact us at conference@cais-acsi.ca.