We are pleased to announce BCTLA’s 2023 fall conference – Social Justice League: Teacher-Librarians’ Edition! We are also very excited to announce our keynote speaker – Bryan Bone (Miss Gina Tonic)!! Bryan is a teacher in Richmond school district, an artist, and performs as drag queen Miss Gina Tonic. Learn more about Bryan at https://www.bryanbone.ca.
Our conference will have a focus on all social justice related topics, though we welcome and are looking for workshop proposals on all things school library learning commons! We also welcome proposals for offsite or field trip workshops. These workshops will be scheduled in the morning, ensuring participants will be on site for the keynote and lunch. You can submit workshop proposals at https://www.bctlaconference.ca/.
Date: October 20, 2023
Location: TBA (Lower Mainland)
We look forward to seeing you in October!

I would like to request to be a vendor at your conference on October 20th.
Melanie Van Vliet
Barefoot Books
Community Bookseller
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