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National Chat
2025-03-12 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Toronto)
ISC/SCI hosts an online chat session for members. It’s a great opportunity to connect with your fellow indexers from all over Canada (and beyond!).Members can join in and ask questions, exchange tips, and find out how fellow members are doing. It’s okay to listen and glean information, participation is not required. The Zoom link will open 10 minutes prior to the meeting so you have time to get set up.For more information contact presidents@indexers.ca.

3-4pm Pacific4-5pm Mountain5-6pm Central6-7pm Eastern7-8pm Atlantic7:30-8:30pm Newfoundland

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Central Region Meeting
2025-03-22 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto)
The Central Region is holding this meeting on Zoom. All are welcome. Contact Ronnie and Emma central_rep@indexers.ca for more information.

Board Meeting
2025-03-29 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-09-13 14:00 - 17:00, 2025-11-29 13:00 - 15:00, 2026-01-17 13:00 - 16:00, 2026-03-14 13:00 - 15:00, 2026-05-16 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Toronto)

National Chat
2025-05-10 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto)
ISC/SCI hosts an online chat session for members. It’s a great opportunity to connect with your fellow indexers from all over Canada (and beyond!).Members can join in and ask questions, exchange tips, and find out how fellow members are doing. It’s okay to listen and glean information, participation is not required. The Zoom link will open 10 minutes prior to the meeting so you have time to get set up.For more information contact presidents@indexers.ca.

10-11am Pacific11am-12pm Mountain12-1pm Central1-2pm Eastern2-3pm Atlantic2:30-3:30pm Newfoundland

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Board Meeting
2025-05-29 10:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver)
Executive meeting will be held in Vancouver prior to the conference.

ISC/SCI Conference 2025
2025-05-30 00:00 - 2025-06-01 23:59 (America/Toronto)
The 2025 in-person conference will be taking place May 30–June 1, 2025, with pre-conference events on Thursday, May 29.

The conference will take place on the beautiful University of British Columbia (UBC) campus. There will be accommodations on campus for every budget, including suites, studios and pods. From there, it’s a short walk to the Museum of Anthropology, the UBC Botanical Garden, and lovely beaches and hiking trails.

The programming team is planning an array of speakers, including a panel of indexers offering their perspectives working on the same text, another on teaching indexing, and a presentation on setting rates. The event will also include the Annual General Meeting and the Awards Banquet.

Stay tuned for more about the program and accommodation details. Registration will be announced in February.

Annual General Meeting
2025-05-30 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Vancouver)
ISC/SCI’s 2025 Annual General Meeting, will be held on Friday, May 30, 2025, in person at the conference and online via Zoom, at 3pm PT.

If you are unable to attend but would still like your voice heard, you can download a proxy form from the website or request one from presidents@indexers.ca. Documents for your approval—the financial statements, the annual report, the AGM 2024 minutes, and the budget—will be posted on the website in the members’ area of the website.

Central Region Meeting
2025-07-19 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Toronto)
The Central Region’s in-person meeting will be in the GTA. Contact Ronnie and Emma central_rep@indexers.ca for more information.

Professional Development Series
2025-10-18 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Toronto)
From the Beginning: Approaching a New Index

Join us to hear how our panel of established indexers – Alex Peace, Mary Newberry and Pierke Bosschieter, with input from Marta Steele – approach a new index, and see where their methods correspond and differ. We expect a lively discussion, so come prepared to ask questions and share your approaches.

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Professional Development Series
2026-01-24 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Toronto)
Befores and Afters: Looking at Usability in Cookbook Indexes

In our first talk of the year, Gillian Watts will share her indexing expertise with a focus on usability in cookbook indexes. Join us as Gillian takes us through examples from unsatisfactory indexes (befores), explaining why they don’t work well, and demonstrating how they can be improved (afters).

Please join us for this Zoom meeting, open to all members of ISC/SCI. You can check the meeting start time in your time zone here: https://dateful.com/time-zone-converter.

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National Chat
2026-02-21 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Toronto)
For our first National Chat of 2026, we invite you to think back over indexes you’ve completed (or reviewed). Which index had the most character? And why? We’ll leave it up to you to define “character”! Please join us for this Zoom chat, open to all members of ISC/SCI. You can check the meeting start time in your time zone here: https://dateful.com/time-zone-converter.

For more information or technical help, please contact Wendy, Ronnie and Margaret at programming@indexers.ca

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Professional Development Series
2026-03-24 13:00 - 15:30 (America/Toronto)
Canada Revenue Agency: Tax information for self-employed individuals and small business owners

Please join us for this session presented by the Canada Revenue Agency Liaison Officer service, just in time for tax season! This webinar is geared to self-employed individuals and small business owners, and will:

help you better understand your tax obligations and possible deductions

review requirements and processes for GST/HST

explain how to avoid common tax errors

answer your tax-related questions

give you an overview of helpful online tools and electronic services offered by the CRA.

This session is hosted by the CRA, and will take place on Microsoft Teams instead of Zoom. You do not need a Microsoft account to log into the meeting. Note that we have scheduled a longer meeting time to allow for questions. Resources from the presentation will be shared after the meeting.

This session is open to all ISC/SCI members, and is relevant for members filing taxes in Canada. You can check the meeting start time in your time zone here: https://dateful.com/time-zone-converter.

For more information or technical help, please contact Wendy, Ronnie and Margaret at programming@indexers.ca

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Ad Hoc By-Law Meeting
2026-04-04 13:00 - 13:30 (America/Toronto)
Discuss and review proposed by-law changes. See Society Business in the Member Only area for Zoom link.

ISC/SCI Pre-conference Software Sessions
2026-04-09 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto)

ISC/SCI Conference 2026: Sorting It Out
2026-04-10 10:00 - 2026-04-11 17:00 (America/Toronto)
Online conference: Make and renew connections, develop skills, and grow your indexing business from your office. Details on the Conference page.

Annual General Meeting
2026-06-14 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto)
Our AGM will be held via Zoom. More info to follow.
