Graph Searching in Canada (GRASCan) Workshop 2026

May 21 and 22, 2026

The Graph Searching in Canada (GRASCan) Workshop will be held May 21 and 22, 2026 at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo, BC. This ongoing, invitation-only workshop is to brings researchers who focus on vertex-pursuit games on graphs, such as Cops and Robbers, Localization, searching, firefighting, burning, and eternal domination.

GRASCan 25 was held at the University of Ottawa in May 2025. Previous GRASCan conferences were held in New York City, Regina, Corner Brook, Halifax, Montreal, Jacksonville, and Toronto. Talks are each 30 minutes in length and will take place during the mornings of the workshop, with opportunities for collaboration.

Confirmed plenary speakers: Gary MacGillivray and Boting Yang. GRASCan'25 was generously supported by funds from the Department of Mathematics at TMU.