Volunteer to help us host Canada’s national health library conference in Vancouver this year! Welcome your peers from across the country, reunite with far-flung colleagues, and exchange ideas with new friends.
Whatever your interests, we have glamourous library-conference volunteering opportunities at Canadian Health Libraries Association/Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada 2015. Help us set up posters, facilitate sessions, or direct arriving delegates. Love early mornings? Guide a seawall walk or Robson Street saunter! More of an evening person? Help us set up for a reception, then mingle, chat, and troubleshoot. Just like to hang out? Take responsibility for a conference session room, and assist with whatever comes up.
To thank you for your help, we invite you to attend a half-day of conference sessions for free, on the same day as your volunteer shift(s). This excludes ticketed events like continuing education and the banquet. The conference planning committee will do our best to accommodate preferences, but cannot guarantee that all requested shifts will be assigned.
Friday, June 19
Registration desk (Morning or afternoon shifts)
Continuing education: Guide delegates to workshop locales, and convene sessions (Morning or afternoon shifts)
Receptions: Help us set up the rooms, or greet and direct delegates (evening shifts)
Posters: Assist with poster setup (late afternoon shifts)
Saturday, June 20
Morning seawall walk guide (Early morning shift)
Registration desk (Morning or afternoon shifts)
Conference sessions: Direct delegates, facilitate, and assist (Morning or afternoon shifts)
Posters (late afternoon shifts)
Hospitality: Coordinate and accompany delegates to local restaurants (evening shifts)
Saturday volunteers are welcome to attend conference sessions when not volunteering.
Sunday, June 21
Morning seawall walk guide (Early morning shift)
Registration desk (Morning or afternoon shifts)
Conference sessions: Direct delegates, facilitate, and assist (Morning or afternoon shifts)
Posters (early evening shift)
Hospitality: Help us set up the rooms, or greet and direct delegates (evening shifts)
Sunday volunteers are welcome to attend conference sessions when not volunteering.
Monday, June 22
Morning seawall walk guide (Morning shift)
Registration desk (Morning shifts)
Conference sessions: Direct delegates, facilitate, and assist (Morning shift)
Please let me know when you’re available, and your preferred volunteer activity. If you wish to facilitate or convene a session, please indicate your experience or comfort with public speaking. We will do our best to accomodate. We unfortunately cannot refund registration fees to volunteers who have already registered.
