CATCA 2025: Full Schedule

COMPLETE THE CATCA 2025 SURVEY TO IMPROVE FUTURE CONVENTION

CLOSURE REMARKS FROM CATCA 2025!

THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THE CONVENTION AND FOR CATCA 2026 WILL HAPPEN ON FEBRUARY 19 AND 20, 2026 AT RDP.

STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM YOUR ATA LOCALS.

All pre-recording videos will be up until May 31st.

2:20pm MST

Thursday February 20, 2025 2:20pm - 3:20pm MST

RDP Room 1006R (Library Lab)

This interactive session, led by a Librarian from Red Deer Polytechnic, offers a practical guide to navigating copyright in the K-12 classroom. Using Copyright Matters!—an essential, freely available resource for Canadian educators—as its foundation and enriched with real-world classroom scenarios, the session will explore copyright basics, fair dealing guidelines, and best practices for using both digital and physical resources. Teachers will leave with increased confidence and knowledge to make copyright-compliant decisions in their classrooms.

Speakers

Sona Macnaughton

Librarian, Red Deer Polytechnic

Sona Macnaughton is the Education and Makerspace Librarian at Red Deer Polytechnic. She specializes in information and digital literacy and open educational resources (OER). Her varied professional interests include the intersection of artificial intelligence and academic integrity... Read More →

Thursday February 20, 2025 2:20pm - 3:20pm MST
RDP Room 1006R (Library Lab)

Professional Issues (TQS/LQS 6), Division 2 (Gr 4-6), Division 3 (Gr 7-9), Division 4 (Gr 10-12) | Learning Commons & Makerspaces (TQS 3), Division 2 (Gr 4-6), Division 3 (Gr 7-9), Division 4 (Gr 10-12)

9:00am MST

Speed Chatting!

Friday February 21, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am MST

RDP Room 1006R (Library Lab)

The default tendency of group (or class) is to socialize with familiar people, but what about those who are new or who don’t know anyone? Or, what if it's the first day of class and no one really knows anyone? How can conversations (and maybe friendships) start? Icebreakers abound, but Speed Chatting is a framework for getting any group of people to talk and learn about each other in a low-stress, structured way. Try it yourself, and take away the details to organize your own Speed Chatting.

Speakers

Yvonne Phillips

Librarian, Red Deer Polytechnic

Yvonne is an academic librarian at Red Deer Polytechnic Library. She became interested in library and information studies after related work experiences at both a city archives and the Saskatchewan Hansard. Her professional interests include fostering positive student experiences... Read More →

Friday February 21, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am MST
RDP Room 1006R (Library Lab)

Fostering Effective Relationships (TQS/LQS 1), Division 2 (Gr 4-6), Division 3 (Gr 7-9), Division 4 (Gr 10-12) | Learning Commons & Makerspaces (TQS 3), Division 2 (Gr 4-6), Division 3 (Gr 7-9), Division 4 (Gr 10-12)