
Looking for professional development this spring?
Join us at the 2026 Provincial Intermediate and Middle Years Teachers Association – myPITA Spring Teachers Conference on April 17, 2026, in Whistler, presented in partnership with the British Columbia Art Teachers Association – BCATA and the BC Teacher-Librarians’ Association – BCTLA.
This year’s conference features:
Leyton Schnellart
• Engaging All Learners in the Middle Years
• Project-Based Learning: Integrating Curriculum and Competency Development
Hands-on Art Workshops
• Art History in Cats: A Hands-On Painting Experience
• The Monsters in My Head – Exploring Imagination Through Sculpture and Mixed Media
English Language Arts and Inclusion Workshops:
• Board Games in the Classroom to Build Community and Support Learning
• Every Student Seen: Centering Diversity in Your Book Selections
• Engaging Young Creators with Audiobooks, Radio Ads, Podcasts, and More!
• Visual Literacy Through Graphic Novels

To learn more or to register, visit: https://www.mypita.ca/
Register by noon on March 15, 2026, for the early bird rate!

Congratulations to this year’s BCTLA Award winners, who we will be celebrating at our BCTLA Social following the Conference on Friday, October 24th in Vancouver. If you haven’t registered to attend the Social yet, click this link! Support your colleagues and their amazing contributions to teacher-librarianship.

For those of you who have already registered for our BCTLA Conference, you were entered into our Super Early Bird and Early Bird draws. You still have time to win the Early Bird Draw if you register before October 1. If you have NOT REGISTERED for our amazing conference yet, click on this link! Check out our BCTLA Conference page for more details.

Finally, we are offering a chance to pre-order a conference t-shirt as there will be limited sizes and amounts available at the conference. We will only be accepting cash at the conference to purchase a t-shirt. Use this opportunity to order online with your credit card. Pre-ordering will close on Sunday, September 21! You can pre-order your t-shirt on the same link as you can purchase your ticket to the BCTLA Social, click here.


Come to Vancouver for the BCTLA 2025 Conference on Friday, October 24, 2025 at Gladstone Secondary.
Are you as excited about our next conference as we are?! Here are a few reasons to inspire you.
Our Early Bird Draws
Super Early Bird -enter before July 1 for a chance to win a $50 gift card to a bookstore.
Early Bird -enter before October 1 for a chance to win free registration to the BCTLA 2026 Conference.
Our Keynote, Mychal Threets
Our Amazing, Hands-on Sessions



Our Super Fun Social and Awards Night
Come celebrate the best Teacher-Librarians in BC at our Social while enjoying a tasty BBQ dinner, followed by tabletop escape room games and prizes.
Our Stylish Swag
You’re going to want to purchase at least one of these.


Go to our BCTLA Conference page to get more details and register.
