Established in 2022, the Communications Community of Practice (CoP), also known as the CommUNITY, brings together library workers and other colleagues from Canadian academic institutions working or interested in communications. The goals of the CoP are to connect, provide information sharing, and grow expertise and capacity across Canada.
The CoP is managed by a Steering Committee of individuals from the community who meet on a monthly basis to organize community calls, roundtables, workshops, and/or other forms of community engagement. They also create and provide access to resources for the community of practice as related to their activities (e.g., links to presentations, shared resources, etc.).
Join the Community!
To join this community of practice and stay informed about the group’s upcoming events and ongoing activities, you can join COMMS-CARL-L, the Communications Community of Practice discussion list, which is open to anyone in Canadian libraries and academic and scholarly organizations who is involved or interested in library communications.
Steering Committee
Lisa Abram (Victoria), co-chair
Kristine Power (Memorial), co-chair
Ann Liang (Saskatchewan)
Trent Warner (Mount Royal)
Larysa Woloszansky (Toronto)
Lara Wright (Vancouver Island)
Kristy Read (Dalhousie)
Taleen Aktorosian (CARL Support)
News – Communications
Community Events
Communications in a Time of Budget Constraints: A Community Roundtable
April 23 – 13:00 EDT
Past Events
CommConnect Library Communications Virtual Symposium
February 11 – 11:00 ESTCommunications Community of Practice November Call: Continuing the Conversation on Academic Libraries Website Design & Development
November 27, 2025 – 13:00 ESTCommunications Community of Practice October Call – There’s a Method to this Madness: Evidence-based Website Redesign at UVic Libraries
October 16, 2025 – 13:00 EDTCommunications Community of Practice May Call – Communicating Change: A Discussion About Current Disruptions in Library Operations
May 21, 2025 – 13:00 EDTCommuni-tea Time with CARL’s Communications Community of Practice
March 26, 2025 – 13:00 EDTCARL Communications Community of Practice January Call – Artificial Intelligence in Action: Ethical and Effective Library Marketing
January 23, 2025 – 13:00 ESTCARL Communications Officers’ Community of Practice November Call – Communi-tea Time! Celebrating Fall Term Successes and Failures
November 28, 2024 – 13:00 ESTCARL Communications Officers Community of Practice October Call: Social Media in the Post-Secondary Landscape
October 30, 2024 – 13:00 EDT