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Oct. 2, 2026

CT 215 & CT 216

2:00 - 3:30 p.m.

  • Registration opens
  • Icebreaking games

3:30 - 4:00 p.m.

  • Welcoming remarks

Sophie Gaudet - Dean of La Cite

Silvia Xalabarde - President CTTIC

Kawal Kahlon - President ATIS

4:00 - 5:30 p.m.

  • WORKSHOP
  • Ann Marie Boulanger - Small Words, Big Decisions: The Art of Translating for Children

5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

  • Business Development
  • Catharine Lailson - More than One Way to Translate: How to Pivot to New Income Streams

6:30 - 8:30 pm

  • Supper* at the University of Regina - CT216 and networking

(*not included in the conference fee)


Oct. 3, 2026

CT 215 & CT 216

8:30 - 9:00 a.m.

  • Complimentary Breakfast in CT 216

9:00 - 10:15 a.m.

  • Lucy McMillan - MATLA: Machine Translation Literacy for All Campaign
  • Dr. Khadijah Folashade Ashiru-Abdulrahman – Evaluating Cultural Accuracy and Translation Equivalence in AI-Powered Hausa Translation: A Cultural Translation and Descriptive Translation Studies Perspective
  • Rebecca Guimarães – Beyond “Sorry”: What Nobody Told Me About Canada

10:15 - 10:30 a.m.

  • Coffee break

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

  • WORKSHOP
  • Catharine Lailson - Subtitle Success: Your First Steps to Paid Subtitling Projects

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

  • Complimentary Lunch in CT 216

1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

  • Dorothy Akaelu – The Role of Translators and Interpreters in Access to Healthcare by Francophones in Saskatchewan: Current Situation and Prospects
  • Roula Salam - How Ready Are We? Crisis Settings and Languages in Crisis

3:00 - 3:15 p.m.

  • Coffee break

3:15 - 5:00 p.m.

  • Keynote address
  • Pency Tsai - Find Your Voice, Watch Your Tone: The Subtle Skills of Intonation for Interpreters
  • Discussion panel

5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

  • Door prizes
  • Gala Dinner* (6:00 pm) and networking
  • Extra local networking: October Fest** @ The German Club

(*not included in the conference fee)

(**not included in the conference fee)


  • WORKSHOrine Lailson - Subtitle Success: Your First Steps to Paid Subtitling Projects
  • WORKSHOrine Lailson - Subtitle Success: Your First Steps to Paid Subtitling Projects
  • WORKSHOrine Lailson - Subtitle Succe Projects

Oct. 4, 2026

CT 215 & CT 216

8:30 - 9:00 a.m.

  • Complimentary Breakfast in CT 216

9:00 - 10:30 a.m.

  • Latifou Salami (in French)– Regards Croisés Sur la Formation en Traduction et Interprétation au Togo et en France

  • Marcel Kakpo (in French) – I Have Been Interpreting Since 2006… Yet I Am Still Learning to Interpret


  • Eric Poirier - Reinventing Translation Education for the AI Era: What Should We Teach Future Translators?

  • Dr. Segun Afolabi – Translation in transition: How Can Translators’ Professional Associations Salvage University Translation Education in the AGE of AI?

10:30 - 11:45 a.m.

  • CTTIC presentation
  • Roundtable - Translators and Interpreters Speak for Others: Who Would Speak Up for Them? Panelists - Hon. Speaker Todd Goudy - Speaker of the House; Kawal Kahlon - President ATIS; Silvia Xalabarde - President CTTIC; Eric Poirier - President CAST; Jamie McLennan - President ATIM

11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

  • Closing remarks

12:00 - 5:00 p.m.

  • Free time in the city or organized trip to the SPA*

(*not included in the conference fee)


  • F or organized trip to the SPA*

(*not included in the conference fee)


  • Free time in the city or organized trip to the SPA*

(*not included in the conference fee)


ree time in the city or organized trip to the SPA*

(*not included in the conference fee)


  • Free time in the city or organized trip to the SPA*

(*not included in the conference fee)


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