ACCOLEDS 2026
ACCOLEDS 2026 was held at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Level 3, Room 302 (Dodson Room) at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. See the campus map.
Program
All times are Pacific Daylight Time.
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 8:30am – 9:00am | Registration and Welcome |
| 9:00am – 9:45am | History of ACCOLEDS — Tara Stieglitz, MacEwan University. Slides (PDF) |
| 9:45am – 10:15am | Break |
| 10:15am – 11:45am | Glad you could ‘join’: Visualizing StatCan data with QGIS — Daniel Brendle-Mocuk, University of Victoria. Workshop materials (ZIP) |
| 11:45am – 12:45pm | Lunch |
| 12:45pm – 1:30pm | Lightning talks: • Sharing data in a FAIR way: Practical lessons from real-world workflows — Eugene Barsky, University of British Columbia (Presentation materials) • Undergraduates in Your Data Repository: Best Practices and Insights from a Data Deposit Assignment — Tara Stieglitz, MacEwan University (Slides (PDF)) • The Friendly FOIPA as a Source of Research Data — Susie Wilson, University of Northern British Columbia |
| 1:30pm – 2:15pm | I’ve looked at data succession from both sides now… — Chris Burns & Melissa Cuthill, Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Slides · LibGuide |
| 2:15pm – 3:15pm | Birds of a Feather |
| 3:15pm – 3:30pm | Break |
| 3:30pm – 4:30pm | ACCOLEDS Business Meeting (hybrid format) |
| 6:30pm | ACCOLEDS Dinner at Nuba |
Local Information
Venue: Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Level 3, Room 302 (Dodson Room), University of British Columbia. See the campus map.
Getting around: Public transportation is recommended in Vancouver. The SkyTrain (Canada Line) provides direct airport-to-downtown service. TransLink offers trip planning tools and information about fares, schedules, and route maps.
Accommodation
There was no official accommodation block arranged for ACCOLEDS 2026, and there are many options in Vancouver. Two suggestions were offered:
- Pacific Spirit Hostel — on-campus accommodation at UBC
- Hotel Willo — an affordable option in downtown Vancouver
Session Handouts
- History of ACCOLEDS — Tara Stieglitz, MacEwan University. Slides (PDF)
- Undergraduates in Your Data Repository: Best Practices and Insights from a Data Deposit Assignment — Tara Stieglitz, MacEwan University. Slides (PDF)
- Sharing data in a FAIR way: Practical lessons from real-world workflows — Eugene Barsky, University of British Columbia. Presentation materials
- Glad you could ‘join’: Visualizing StatCan data with QGIS — Daniel Brendle-Mocuk, University of Victoria. Workshop materials (ZIP)
- I’ve looked at data succession from both sides now… — Chris Burns & Melissa Cuthill, Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Slides · LibGuide
Additional handouts and presentations are collected in the DLI Training Repository.