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Alison Clarke is the Coordinator, Performance Measures and Data at Brampton Library. Alison designs data collection systems, and is currently working on a system to determine branch capacity. She also finds joy in showing people how to use a pivot table. Alison has discovered other data-loving colleagues on the OPLA Research & Evaluation committee.
Alison is the Senior Coordinator, Educational Programming & Exhibitions at the Archives of Ontario, where she develops and delivers workshops about primary sources for students of all ages, and guides exhibition development. Prior to this role, she worked as Program Manager at the Ontario Historical Society, as Site Coordinator at Enoch Turner Schoolhouse in Toronto, …
Alison is a member of Western Libraries’ new User Experience Group. She loves learning about user needs and expectations of library services to make sure we are providing the best experience possible!
Alix-Rae Stefanko is a branch head librarian at Winnipeg Public Library. She is a Past-President of the Manitoba Library Association and the 2019 Chair of the Canadian Federation of Library Associations/Fédération canadienne des associations de bibliothèques.
Allana is the Curriculum Support Advisor for the Faculty of Education at St. Francis Xavier University located in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. In this role, she runs the Curriculum Resource Centre and works with individual students in the Bachelor of Education program offering academic support and curriculum guidance. Allana also teaches courses in the BEd and …
Amanda is a Public Services Librarian with the London Public Library, where she started working after obtaining her Master’s in Library and Information Science from Western University. Previously, she worked with food insecurity and newcomer families at Halifax Public Libraries. She also holds a Bachelor’s in Law and two teaching degrees from Brazil, where she …
Amanda French is the Supervisor of Program Development and Training for Mississauga Library; she and her team take care of programs from beginning to end, responding to customer needs, supporting staff, and managing third party content providers. Amanda has previously held other leadership positions as Manager of Information Services at the busy Mississauga Central Library …
Amanda began her library career over 25 years ago as a Page at her neighbourhood branch. Eight years later, while struggling to decide what to do post-grad, a wise manager asked “have you ever considered making the library your career?” *cue lightbulb moment* Since that fateful day, her career has taken her cross county into …
Amanda Williams is an elementary *glitterarian* (read: teacher-librarian) in Halton, who works with students in Kindergarten to grade 8. She has presented provincially and internationally on the arts in education, including a focus on inquiry and dance at Daci (Dance and the Child International) in Denmark. Amanda’s current focus is innovative learning models including maker …
Amber Allen works in the Learning and Curriculum Support department at the University of Guelph Library, offering information literacy and research support to the colleges of business and biological science. Prior to this role, she’s worked as a librarian at York University, University of Toronto, and Herzing College. She holds an MI from the University …
Amy Solecki has been the Community Outreach Coordinator for the Meaford Public Library for the past five years. Amy loves that in her position she gets to have a lot of fun meeting many people and bringing the library to new, unexpected places. Amy has a Bachelor of Arts, Honours, Double Major in History and …
Andrea Kosavic is Associate Dean, Digital Engagement and Strategy. She holds an MIST from the University of Toronto and is a PhD candidate with the Department of Communications and Culture at York. Over the course of her career, Andrea has worked and published in the areas of digital scholarship, scholarly publishing and digital collections. Andrea …
Natalia Tukhareli is the Director of Library & Information Services at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in Toronto. She has extensive experience developing and delivering bibliotherapy programs in Canada and abroad. For this panel discussion, Natalia will address the benefits of bibliotherapy-based reading groups for diverse populations within a context of traditional support groups offered …
Ida D’Amico is an Integrated Library System Analyst at the Hamilton Public Library with over 25 years of experience managing the library automated system and its connected resources. Ida began her career at the library working in the Technical Services department over 35 years ago and has worked in several areas of the library including …
Allison Ridgway is a Master’s student at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information and TALint Intern, University of Toronto Libraries Department of Faculty and Student Engagement at University of Toronto.
Amy has been working with children and youth for 15 years and has spent the last 6 years at the Innisfil ideaLAB & Library as a Children’s Librarian. As a certified teacher, Amy is passionate about education outside of the classroom, creating safe spaces for people to develop skills needed for future success, and making …