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About the Event.
The Canadian Repair Convention is a national gathering dedicated to exploring the repair movement in Canada, including its opportunities, challenges, and transformative potential across technology, law, economy, and society. Repair is more than a technical activitiy. It is also a movement that advances sustainability, economic resilience, community empowerment, and consumer rights. This multidisciplinary event brings together scholars, practitioners, policymakers, grassroots repairers, makers, students, and the broader public to share knowledge, inspire action, and build networks that strengthen Canada's repair ecosystem.
The 2026 Convention will take place over two days, Thursday and Friday, May 21-22, 2026 at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It is supported by a SSHRC Connection Grant, with additional institutional backing from the Law & Technology Institute and the MacEachen Institute for Public Policy & Governance at Dalhousie.
In addition to expert panels and roundtable discussions, the Convention will feature an on-site Repair Cafe, where local fixers and community repairers will lead hands-on sessions demonstrating repair practices, inviting attendees to engage directly with acts of repair.
Who Should Attend.
Who Should Attend.
The Convention welcomes a wide range of stakeholders, including:
researchers and students from law, sustainability, engineering, information sciences, technology policy, economics , and social sciences;
community organizers and grassroots repairers running repair cafes, tool libraries, maker spaces, and local workshops;
policymakers and public servants working on consumer protection, competition policy, procurement, and innovation policy;
industry professionals from manufacturing, equipment design, aftermarket services, and technology sectors;
consumers and members of the public interested in sustainability, product longevity, and repair rights.
Support and Acknowledgements.
Support and Acknowledgements.
The 2026 Canadian Repair Convention is made possible through funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), and with support from the Law & Technology Institute and the MacEachen Institute for Public Policy & Governance at Dalhousie University.
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