Good afternoon, all The week we've all been waiting for is now upon us, it's the week I send the BCOEL agenda! Just kidding...it's Open Education week of course! Hope you're all getting excited for the many upcoming events - our meeting falls conveniently after everything more or less wraps up, so there will be lots to share next Monday! Here is a short list of upcoming events: 1. SFU: Community Panel<https://events.sfu.ca/event/43565-1> 2. TRU: Kickoff event<https://tru.libcal.com/calendar/ltiworkshops/oe2025> 3. BCIT: Growing OERs Across Institutions: A Collaborative Cycle<https://www.bcit.ca/open/events/open-education-week-2025/> 4. UBC: Gen AI and OERs in Teaching & Learning<https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/gen-ai-and-open-educational-resources-in-teaching-learning/> as well as a number of other events.<https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/2025-open-education-week/> <https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/2025-open-education-week/> 5. KPU...has lots! Check out their Events page<https://www.kpu.ca/open/events-workshops> 6. VCC: Adopting and Adopting OER<https://libguides.vcc.ca/open-ed/oeweek2025> 7. Douglas: OE Week Celebration<https://library.douglascollege.ca/open-education-week-celebration#:~:text=This%20Open%20Education%20Week%2C%20the,Wednesday%2C%20March%205%2C%202025!> <https://library.douglascollege.ca/open-education-week-celebration#:~:text=This%20Open%20Education%20Week%2C%20the,Wednesday%2C%20March%205%2C%202025!> The BCcampus OE week event page<https://bccampus.ca/event/open-education-week-2025/> links to a number of the above events, as well as community events like the Open Education Talks<https://oetalks.opened.ca/> which happen every Wednesday in March from 11:00-12:30am PST. Janelle is presenting on March 5 - good luck and looking forward to hearing about it! OER Commons has created an OE Week Assets Collection<https://oercommons.org/curated-collections/1716> <https://oercommons.org/curated-collections/1716> to highlight the work being done by the global community...it already has 55 resources and is only growing! Lastly, our BCOEL event Vectors of Trust: Practicing Reciprocal Values in Challenging Times<https://bcoel.ca/events/oeweek-event-registration/> is happening this Thursday March 6th from 2:30-3:30 online [and in-person at Langara from 12pm-onwards)! If I've missed your event, please get in touch or share it around with the group! As always, let me know if you have anything to add or edit on the agenda. Use this link<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_Mjk0YTU4ZTMt… to join on Monday March 10th at 13:00. Thanks all and hope you have a terrific week of event festivities ahead! 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