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Jessica Roy is the Toronto Public Library Manager of the TD Summer Reading Club national program. She works in partnership with Library and Archives Canada, and the 2000 participating libraries, to keep kids across Canada reading all summer long.
Jessica has been a research librarian at the Legislative Library for 4 years. She specializes in the subject areas of justice and social issues. Jessica is also the Chair of the Client Outreach Team for the Legislative Library and Research Services and is the Library Liaison for the Ontario Legislature Internship Program. Prior to working …
I am an elementary educator who is dedicated to co-constructing classroom environments that promote equity and social justice through the inclusion of diverse voices and stories. I enjoy sharing rich books with my students and am a collector of picture books and novels that lend themselves to this work.
Joan Gajadharsingh has a background in family literacy and is the Bibliotherapy Program Coordinator with the Literacy Network of Durham Region (LiNDR). Joan will present on the importance of the program’s sustainability once it has been offered within a community.
Joanne Oud is Instructional Technology Librarian and Instruction Coordinator at Wilfrid Laurier University Library. She has been an advocate for accessibility for many years, and has researched and published on the workplace experiences of librarians with disabilities.
Jon Lewis is passionate about the arts, creativity, and the role of technology in promoting student voice. He has been in education for 15 years and is currently a Curriculum Coordinator within YRDSB, supporting digital literacy and the integration of technology through digital platforms. His love of visual and media arts encouraged Jon to co-found …
Ian Bigelow is the Cataloguing Coordinator at the University of Alberta Libraries (UAL). He completed his MLIS at Western University and has undergraduate degrees in mathematics and classical studies. He is currently a member of the Canadian Committee on Cataloguing, Canadian BIBFRAME Readiness Task Force, Share VDE Advisory Council, Share VDE Work ID Working Group, …
Ian Kerr-Wilson is the Manager of Heritage Resources for the City of Hamilton. He joined the city’s museum system in 1989 and has worked in various curatorial and management positions. Currently, as manager, he is responsible for 40 heritage buildings, more than 100 monuments, statutes and plaques, 60,000 artifacts and 9 museums including 6 National …
Ian Gordon currently serves as a Science Liaison Librarian having worked in several different Ontario academic libraries for 35+ years. Ian has held different administrative positions, was Head of Circulation in the James A. Gibson Library for several years, has worked with teams as a faculty association representative, and most recently was an active member …
Jacqueline Kreller-Vanderkooy works as a Learning & Curriculum Support Librarian on the Information Literacy Team at the University of Guelph Library, where she primarily supports students and faculty in the sciences. She has previously worked as the University of Guelph’s Digital Media Librarian, as well as the Physical Sciences Librarian at York University Libraries. She …
James Steeves is an elementary teacher librarian with the Peel District School Board. He has a passion for finding ways to use technology to support student inquiry especially in the subject areas of history, geography, and environmental education. When he is not playing with his augmented reality sandbox, he can usually be found canoeing a …
Associate Professor in Health Aging and Society James Gillett’s key areas of research include: human animal relationships; sport, leisure and recreation; mental health and well-being; media and communications; perspectives on living with health and illness across the life course; and inquiry as an approach to education and learning.
James Roussain is currently the Instruction and Outreach Archivist at the John M. Kelly Library at St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto, a position he has held since January 2017. Prior to joining the University, James worked for The Bank of Nova Scotia’s (Scotiabank) Records and Information Management Office. James is currently president of the …
James Zhan is an MLIS graduate student in University of Toronto’s iSchool, with an interest in UX design and law librarianship. In 2019, he completed an eight-month co-op placement in the University of Waterloo Library, where he honed his skills in scholarly communication, open scholarship and teaching.
Jane Foo is the Systems and Data Librarian at Seneca College and credits an undergraduate course on environmental psychology with sparking a lifelong interest in human-computer interaction and the impact of technology and visual design. Her experiences include testing, user-centred design and usability testing, adult teaching and training, and a large variety of systems implementation …
Jane Schmidt has been a librarian at Ryerson University since 2003. Her career has varied and has included acquisitions, collection development, administration, and liaison. Currently, she is the liaison librarian for Child and Youth Care, Disability Studies, Early Childhood Studies and Social Work. She has published on topics ranging from demand driven acquisitions, collection analysis, …
Jane is a zealous photographer-creator-gone-teacher-librarian. Whether it is “painting with light”, carving out layers in Photoshop, or zooming in on the small details using macro photography- Jane is passionate about giving children and adults opportunities to discover and see the world in a different light. As a teacher-librarian in the Peel District School Board, she …
Janet Curran (aka Ms. Frizzle) is a secondary school teacher and innovator within the HPEDSB school system. Janet’s core teaching subjects are Science and English. She also has extensive experience in outdoor education and literacy and is a staff advisor for her school’s Social & Environmental Justice League. With thirty years of teaching experience, Janet …
Janice Hilber is a Library Cataloguing Technician with the Toronto District School Board, where she is passionate about creating an inclusive digital and physical environment at school libraries. Prior to joining the TDSB, she spent a decade connecting people with books at a small independent bookstore in Toronto. Janice earned her Library and Information Technician …
Janice Winkler is a Health Sciences Librarian at the University of Manitoba, where she has worked in various roles since completing her MLIS at the University of Western Ontario in 2016. Her interests include issues in teaching, research support, and scholarly communication. In her personal life Janice likes knitting and being outdoors.
Jasmine has worked for Toronto Public Library for over 13 years and has worked in the Digital Innovation Hubs for the last 4 years. She enjoys teaching and developing fun programs ranging from 3D Printing to Instagram Stories. Every day for Jasmine is another opportunity to learn more about people, technology and how they connect!
Jennifer Cyr has 15 years of experience working in both academic and public libraries as well as for a library vendor. Since 2015, Jennifer has been the Coordinator, Library Collections at the Region of Waterloo Library. In her role at RWL, she makes purchasing decisions for 10 rural branches and strives to ensure that children …
Jen is currently the Service Delivery Manager of Public Service in the Central Library but has worked at a variety of locations in the system. Her current focus is on continuing staff development at the Central Library and moving the service model from transactional to experiential.
Jenaya Webb is the Public Services and Research Librarian at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) Library at the University of Toronto. She earned her MLIS at the University of Toronto and her MA at the University of Alberta. She brings her background in anthropology to the library context to explore user experience, …
Dr. Jenna Hartel is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, where she teaches in the Library and Information Science area. Her research agenda explores the nature of information in the pleasures of life and she applies creative and visual methods.
Jennifer Streckmann began her career in libraries in 2013, and has worked her way through various circulation and tech positions over the last 6 years. After graduating from the University of British Columbia in 2016 Jennifer focused her career on children and families, and has been a part of exciting early literacy projects such as …
F. Tim Knight is an Associate Librarian at the Osgoode Hall Law School Library where he oversees acquisitions, cataloguing, electronic resources management, and the development of the Osgoode Digital Commons. Tim has been an active member of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries, edits the KF Classification Modified for Use in Canadian and Common Law …
Felicity Tayler is the Research Data Management Librarian at the University of Ottawa. She is an occasional visual artist and curator, and has published in anthologies, in the International Journal on Digital Libraries, Journal of Canadian Art History, Canadian Literature, and Mémoires du livre / Studies in Book Culture. She held a Postdoctoral Fellowship in …
Frances spends most of her professional time developing and supporting STEAM and literacy-based programming for kids, and most of her personal time walking, watching too much true crime TV, and drooling over picture book art. She came to library work through children’s programming in recreation settings, and has a passion for nurturing kids’ curiosity and …
Francine is Geospatial Data Librarian and Liaison Librarian for Geography and Planning at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario situated on Traditional Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe Territories. She is engaged in research aimed at decolonizing information literacy approaches using Indigenous maps to introduce researchers to ways of knowing and worldviews. Primary sources originating from different Indigenous groups …
George Hawtin is a professional librarian, a Certified Human Resources Professional, and lives with cerebral palsy. Having served as a library board chair and library director, he has experienced many of the challenges faced by both librarians with disabilities and by those hoping to hire librarians with disabilities. While working as a human resources librarian, …
Gillian is the OPLA Councillor for Toronto and the Manager of the Toronto Reference Library at Toronto Public Library. She’s enthusiastic about digital inclusion, data informed understanding, and dreaming up the most perfect card registration process for users.
Graeme Slaght is the Scholarly Communications & Copyright Outreach Librarian at the University of Toronto Libraries (UTL). In this role, he coordinates UTL’s course reserves and copyright outreach services. He supports copyright and scholarly communications literacy at the university by providing policy guidance, workshops, and educational materials to faculty, students and staff.
Greg is a Digital Design Technician at TPL for close to 20 years, offering support and assistance to the public in the library’s creative spaces. He has been teaching innovative and fun programming for almost 18 years to both the public and staff. He graduated from the Audio and Visual Multi-Media Production program at Seneca …
Harjinder is part of the User Services department at the University of Toronto’s Robarts Library. He directs the services delivered by staff in the Accessibility, Resource Sharing and Media Commons units.
I am a recent graduate of the Faculty of Education at Ontario Tech University where I focused my MA research on the online teaching roles of Canadian academic librarians. At work, I support secondary students and teachers as part of the Library Support Services department at the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board. For fun, along …
Heather Pretty is a Cataloguing Librarian at Memorial University of Newfoundland where her primary responsibilities include catalogue maintenance and authorities. In addition, Heather is coordinator of the Atlantic Canada Funnel of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) Name Authority Cooperative Program (NACO), an At-Large Member of the PCC Policy Committee, and Chair of the Canadian …
Heather Martin is the Copyright Officer at the University of Guelph, and also Manager of the Library’s E-Learning and Reserves Services team. Her latest project is co-chairing the University of Guelph’s task force on Open and Affordable Course Content.
Heather’s research focuses on public libraries. She looks at accessibility in public libraries and also does research on library collections. She rides a 40 year old purple Peugeot bicycle. She refuses to pick one over the other so is an equal lover of both dogs and cats. In her spare time she is a voracious …
Heather Lavallee is a Branch Manager with the Huron County Library. She is passionate about providing responsive, engaging, and informed services to library users. She has a MLIS from the University of Western Ontario and is currently a member of the OPLA Research & Evaluation Committee.
Heather Wray is the Branch Supervisor for Sixteen Mile Branch at Oakville Public Library. She became interested in libraries at a young age after volunteering as a library helper in elementary school. Heather has a true passion for creating accessible and inclusive library spaces and has spent much of her career collaborating with organizations and …
Dr. Heidi Wendt joins the School of Religious Studies as an Assistant Professor of Religions of the Greco-Roman World, a joint appointment with the Department of History and Classical Studies. Dr. Wendt completed her PhD in Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean and an MA in Classics at Brown University in 2013, as well as an …
Helen Power has recently been appointed the Science and Engineering Librarian at the University of Saskatchewan. She started her career as an Information Services Librarian at the University of Windsor, where she chaired the PR Committee. While she has had no formal training in graphic design, she has sought out opportunities to learn these skills. …
Ian spends most of his time playing with Excel spreadsheets. When he’s not using Excel he dabbles in consortial circulation and acquisition policies.
Emma has worked for many years delivering children’s programs, first at Kitchener Public Library, and now at Idea Exchange in Cambridge. She is passionate about sustainability and zero-waste living, and loves having the opportunity to bring her interests to the families and individuals in the local community. At Idea Exchange, she has worked with her …
Emma Smith is the Recreation Services Coordinator at the Municipality of Meaford. She has worked in a variety of recreational settings, including her first job cleaning toilets a recreation facility; thankfully she pursued a post-secondary education in Recreation & Leisure Services at Conestoga College. Emma’s favourite part of her job, is of course working with …
Erica Smith has been a Research Librarian at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 2015. She graduated from the MI program at the University of Toronto in 2011 and began her career at the Assembly in the same year as an Index and Reference Officer with Hansard Reporting & Interpretation. Erica last presented at the …