At the Edge: The 55th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Information Science
The 55th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Information Science
Welcome to CAIS 2027
The Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS/ACSI) is pleased to announce its 55th annual conference, to be held in a hybrid format at the École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l’information (EBSI), Université de Montréal, in the vibrant, bilingual city of Montréal, Québec, from June 1 – 3 2027.
As CAIS seeks to be a home for information science across Canada, our yearly conference routinely develops and supports scholarship in:
- Information seeking and behaviour
- Information literacy and education
- Knowledge management and organization
- Information technologies and systems
- Social media
- Bibliometrics and scholarly communication
- Information policy and ethics
- Cultural heritage and preservation
- Health information management
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion in information science
Diverse and innovative perspectives (theoretical and applied) and methodologies are welcome.
The CAIS/ACSI Awards
Every year, The CAIS/ACSI Awards recognize exceptional work from Master’s research, emerging leaders, doctoral dissertations, career achievement, and conference papers. Nominations will open in January, 2027 Please see the CAIS-ACSI Awards page for more information.
Important Dates
- Submissions due: January 8th, 2027
- Peer reviews due: February 28th, 2027
- Notifications to authors: mid-March 2027
- Student Research Forum applications due: late March 2027
- Final submissions due: end of April 2027
- Conference: June 1–3, 2027
Organizing Committee
- Anton Boudreau Ninkov (Université de Montréal)
- Fatou Bah (University of Ottawa)
- Claire Burrows (McGill University)
- Sarah Cameron-Pesant (Université de Montréal)
- Lucia Céspedes (Université de Montréal, Érudit)
- Lubna Daraz (Université de Montréal)
- Samuel Desnoyers (Université de Montréal)
- Christine Dufour (Université de Montréal)
- Constance Poitras (Université de Montréal)
- Adrien Savard-Arseneault (Université de Montréal)
- Adelaide Tracey (SUNY Upstate)
For more information, contact us at conference@cais-acsi.ca.