Beth Sandore Namachchivaya
Beth Sandore Namachchivaya is the University Librarian at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. She is active in the Tri-University Group (TUG) Library consortium, the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL), the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Her research focuses on scholarly communication and research impact assessment.

Mike Barltrop
Michael Barltrop has been a classroom teacher for more than a decade. In that time, he has acted as a department head of English, as well as a department head of School-Wide Literacy. He is committed to meeting the needs of all students through the implementation of Universal Design. This has led to a strong …

Erik Ko
ERIK KO has been in the project development business for over 25 years, starting his career in 1993, overseeing Star Wars and Star Trek merchandise production. In 2000, he formed UDON Entertainment, leading a group of elite artists serving the entertainment industry; their clients include Disney, Marvel, DC Comics, Warner Bros, Bandai, Capcom, Hasbro, and …

Bessie Sullivan
Bessie Sullivan has been the CEO of Haliburton County Public Library since 2009. Bessie has been a professional librarian since 1999 and has worked for two organizations. She has volunteered with the OLA since 2005 in various capacities including Chairing the Advocacy Committee. She also fills a number of roles with the OLC, ARUPLO and …




Lisa Hunziger
Lisa Hunziger is the Children’s Services Librarian at the Halton Hills Public Library. She feels passionate about the library’s role in supporting parents. She enjoys hanging out with puppets, and has been known to listen to Laurie Berkner music in her car.


Kristian Roberts
Kristian is the Partner in charge of Nordicity’s Toronto office. Exacting, enthusiastic and always driven, Kristian solves problems in a practical yet systematic way, balancing clients’ ideal outcomes with the “Art of the Possible.” He prefers building friendships with clients, and then working with those friends as often as possible. Over the years, Kristian has …
Richard Reid
Richard is the 2019 Ontario Library Association President. He works daily as the Teacher Librarian at Glen Street Public School in Oshawa Ontario. Richard is a supporter of school libraries and advocates for equitable access to school library learning commons across our province. Eric Walters: Eric is a former teacher and author of over 100 …

Rhonda Moore
Rhonda Moore is the Manager of the Lyons New Media Centre, in Mills Library at McMaster University. Rhonda has over 30 years of library experience ranging from barcoding to cataloguing to reference work and finally management. Rhonda manages a team of 2.5 full time staff and 6 student assistants, as well as chairing various committees …

Alexandra Black
Alexandra (Lexi) Black is a graduate of the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information and of SOLS’ Advancing Public Library Leadership (APLL) Institute. Lexi is currently the Branch Manager of Brampton Library’s award winning Springdale Branch. In the 5 years that she has worked for Brampton Library, Lexi has led many successful projects, including the …
Terri Rodak
Terri Rodak is a research/reference/collections/nice/fun librarian at the Centre for Addiction & Mental Health in Toronto, where she gets to do all kinds of fascinating library things. Her passion project is a narrative & graphic collection launched at the CAMH Library in early 2019, which encourages clinicians, researchers, and patients & families to read memoirs …

Tim Tripp
Tim is the Director of Library and Information Services at the University Health Network in Toronto. There he leads a team of information experts supporting patient care, discovery and the ongoing learning of healthcare professionals. Tim’s interest in technology led him to healthcare. He originally joined UHN in 1999 as a project manager in the …

Victoria Owen
Victoria Owen, Information Policy Scholar-Practitioner in the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto, has a background in library administration at the University of Toronto and in special and public libraries, including the CNIB Library for the Blind. Victoria holds a Master’s in Library Science and a Master’s in Law, specializing in intellectual property. …

Tim Ribaric
Tim began working at Brock University in 2006 and recently took on the position of Acting Head of the newly opened Digital Scholarship Lab. His research areas involve technology in the library and labour issues. Tim is a dog person.

Sherry Fahim
As a member of Hamilton Public Library’s Senior Leadership Team, Sherry oversees the Digital Technology and Communications Departments. She has more than 30 years of experience in the private and public sectors, focusing on innovation, digital literacy, marketing and process improvements. Sherry graduated with an Engineering Degree in Architecture in 1984, a Master in Public …
Sophie Bury
Sophie Bury is the Director of Learning Commons & Reference Services at York University Libraries. Prior to this she assumed the role of Head of the Bronfman Business Library at York University. She has a strong research interest in IL related issues with a special focus in her presentation and publication work on the topic …

Stacy Allison-Cassin
Stacy Allison-Cassin is an Associate Librarian in the Department of Student Learning and Academic Success at York University. She has been an active member of the Wikimedia community since 2015 where she primarily contributes to the GLAM and Wikidata communities. Allison-Cassin is a citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario and is a member of …

Susan Cleyle
Ms. Susan E. Cleyle is University Librarian at Memorial University, Newfoundland and Labrador. Prior to this, Ms. Cleyle served as the Director of the Centre for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, Memorial University, and held other library leadership roles. Ms. Cleyle is currently the chair of The Partnership, the network of provincial, regional and territorial …
Sally Wilson
Sally is the Web Services Librarian at Ryerson University where she manages the Library’s web presence. As part of the ongoing eCampus Ontario funded Infrastructure for Open Publishing of Curriculum Resources Project she works with the Technology Infrastructure/Metadata group and has led Pressbooks training workshops for open textbook creation, and OER outreach support. She received …
Samhita Gupta
Samhita is an educator who is interested in helping students develop the research and thinking skills required to build connections across disciplines.

Sarah Bonato
Sarah Bonato is a health science librarian at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, ON and is a graduate of the MIS program at the University of Toronto. At the CAMH Library her professional activities include research, systematic review/scoping review searching, instruction andshe has been listed as a co-author on many systematic …

Sarah Shujah
Sarah Shujah is a Liaison Librarian and Entrepreneurship Librarian at the University of Toronto Scarborough Library. She is also currently a SPARC Open Education Fellow. Her work focuses on information literacy, entrepreneurship literacy, open educational resources (OER), and advocacy. You can get in touch with her at sarah.shujah@utoronto.ca.
