Speakers

Sarah Goodyear has worked as a Library Technician at the Ontario Legislative Library since 2016. She also currently serves as the Promotions Coordinator for the Legislative Library and Research Services. Prior to her role at the Legislative Assembly, Sarah worked in the Library Learning Commons at George Brown College. Sarah earned her Library Technician diploma …

Sarah is the manager of the Support for Organizations’ component of the Canada Book Fund. This program funds collective projects that contribute to the marketing and promotion of Canadian-authored books and that strengthen the infrastructure of the Canadian book industry. Sarah has worked at the federal Department of Canadian Heritage in various roles since 2003. …

Rouhi Fazelzad has a master degree in Information Studies and a BSc in Midwifery. She works as an Information Specialist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario. Rouhi has been working within a multidisciplinary academic-clinical framework, which includes oncology, pharmacy, nursing, allied health and research. She participates in weekly, multi-disciplinary tumour board rounds for …

I am an educator who is passionate about all aspects of the teacher librarian position, and integrating diverse voices and perspectives into my teaching and in the resources provided in school libraries. Additionally, as a Canadian-Sikh being able to see resources that reflect my identity in education, when as a student I rarely saw, is …

Raymond is currently working full-time at the East Gwillimbury Public Library as a Customer & Community Service Specialist. He runs library programs which cover topics like STEAM learning, tech help, and sewing and crafting for patrons of all ages. Raymond is also responsible for creating library marketing materials like posters and the monthly program guides. …

Rebecca Hurley has worked as a primary teacher for the past 15 years in Norfolk County and as a teacher-librarian for the past three. Her ideal lesson would challenge her students to think critically about the world they live in while inspiring a love of literature in her students. She uses literature and think, design, …

Rebecca is a legal research librarian, artist and lowbrow comix enthusiast. Her interests stem from promoting accessibility of library resources and learning about, and from, the ever changing information seeking behaviour of communities and researchers. She is based in Toronto.

Rebecca Noone is an artist and PhD candidate at the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto engaged in a critical information studies of the everyday. She brings together art and the social sciences to consider how dominant forms of mediation, often related to visual information, orient mundane forms of sense-making. Her dissertation work focuses on …

Rhiannon Jones is the Master of Business Administration and Executive MBA liaison in the Business Library at the University of Calgary. She supports the needs of the professional students by delivering information and instruction in a high-service capacity. Her research interests include how relationship building can optimize student learning and how adults with ADHD utilize …

Rhonda has worked in the Recreation industry for over 24 years. She brings front line, supervisory and management experience from the Aquatic, Recreation Programs, Sport and the Community Events world. Most recently her team has been working with the East Gwillimbury Public Library to provide convenient and complementary health, social and community support programs to …

Robert Giorgini is a project manager with an extensive background in the Hospitality Industry. As the Coordinator, Wolf Performance Hall and Meetings & Events Services with the London Public Library, Robert is responsible for the operation of system-wide function spaces. Robert has held previous senior roles including Director of Communication, General Manager of Operations, and …

Robin Stevenson is the award-winning author of 25 books for kids and teens. Her book Pride: Celebrating Diversity and Community was a Stonewall Honor book and was nominated for numerous other awards. Her books have been nominated for many awards, including the Governor General’s Literary Award. Robin’s teen novel When You Get the Chance, co-written …

Robyn Medicine is Anishinaabe kwe originally from Manitou Rapids also known as Rainy River First Nation. She is a band member of Mitaanjigamiing First Nation located near Fort Frances, Ontario on Treaty 3 Territory. Robyn graduated with honours from the two year Aboriginal Community Advocacy diploma program at Confederation College. She is now the Indigenous …

Rosie is a Branch Supervisor at the Harriston Branch of the Wellington County Library, and before managing a branch enjoyed creating and running programming for all ages. Rosie has been with the County of Wellington since 2014, and loves getting to work with books and people while connecting with the surrounding community.

Rotem is an artist and librarian who grew up in the prairies. She strongly believes in equitable access to information and resources, as well as community spaces that can bring people together to exchange knowledge and share stories. She likes to tell stories through zines, illustrations, and comics.

Nadia Danyluk is the Deputy Chief Librarian at the Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library. She was the OPLA Youth Services Librarian of 2014 and has been part of a super team organizing a Mini Comicon in Owen Sound for 7 years.

Nancy Kuhl didn’t know she wanted to work in libraries until she had the opportunity to work at a local library branch planning and implementing children’s programs. Eighteen years later, she’s still busy planning programs, but as a system-wide programmer for Bruce County Public Library, and still loving it. When not organizing her work and …

Natalie Colaiacovo is a librarian at Centennial College. She supports the School of Engineering Technology and Applied Sciences, as well as the library’s makerspace and emerging technology collection. Having worked in the college sector for the past 2 years, Natalie has appreciated the opportunity to advocate for college libraries and librarians through her role as …

Nathalie Blanchard est bibliothécaire à la succursale d’Alta Vista de la Bibliothèque publique d’Ottawa, où elle est responsable de la coordination et de la livraison de services de rayonnement et de sensibilisation aux groupes dans sa communauté. Nathalie est passionnée par le partenariat avec les organismes locaux afin de créer des liens significatifs et d’offrir …

Nicole has over 20 years of experience in both public libraries and genealogical research. She provided leadership during Oshawa Public Libraries’ Local History Room refurbishment, including collating and organizing the Library’s heritage materials into a cohesive collection. In 2019, Nicole assumed the Local History and Genealogy portfolio full-time and is working to make OPL’s Local …

Noreen Ma is the Branch Head of the Firehall Branch at the Vancouver Public Library. She is passionate about customer service and the role that libraries play in building communities. She has been part of VPL since 1998 with former roles including branch assistant manager, children’s librarian, and clerical supervisor. Noreen also serves on the …

Olivia is a writer, journalist and book publishing professional. She has worked for the Ottawa Citizen and the Haliburton Echo. She was rabble’s 2019 Jack Layton Journalism for Change Fellow where she wrote a longform series on the institution of the public library in Canada as the third place; a frontline for reconciliation, social work …

Philip Wasley has served in his role with KTPL since August 2018 and has assisted greatly in much of the change that has occurred since then. After receiving his LIT diploma in 2011, he worked for nine years in school and academic libraries in Toronto and Kitchener. With a diverse career background that also includes …

Rabia Khokhar is an LTO (Long Term Occasional Teacher) with the Toronto District School Board and a Master’s of Education student at York University, studying social justice education and representation in children’s literature. Rabia is passionate about thinking critically about the types of stories we share with students so that there is diverse representation of …

When Rachel was a child, she planned to be a doctor, a lawyer and a magician all at the same time. Fortunately, she was too busy reading to ever do any of those things, and realized that a career in the book industry was more to her liking. In addition to her job as the …

Rachel Young has a print disability and works for the Mississauga Library System as a Library supervisor. There she focuses on inclusion, youth services, programming and services for people with disabilities. Her work with the system has contributed to a dramatic rise in the use of DAISY materials and she has been instrumental in the …

Matthew Murray is a co-organizer of the Zine Pavilion at the American Library Association annual conference, editor for Two-Fisted Library Stories (a fiction and comics zine about libraries), and co-host of Book Club for Masochists, a Readers’ Advisory Podcast. He is interested in online academic identities, non-traditional scholarship, research data management, and partnerships between academic …

Maureen is an Information Specialist at the University Health Network (UHN), Toronto Rehab “North Site” facility, comprised of the Lyndhurst, Rumsey Neuro, and Rumsey Cardiac Centres.These Centres provide physical rehabilitation to the cardiac, diabetes, brain and spinal cord injured populations. One of Maureen’s special library projects has been utilizing her rehab knowledge and experience to …

Meg Uttangi Matsos is a branch manager at Hamilton Public Library. Over the past 10 years she has managed staff teams in small clustered rural libraries, inner-city neighbourhood branches, suburban community locations and at HPL’s busiest Central department. Her interests are in training and coaching library staff for front-line customer service and she currently delivers …

Meg Carruth is a Research Librarian, specializing in finance and public administration, and is relatively new to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Previously, Meg was the Information Resource Specialist of the Ontario Securities Commission and before completing her MLIS at the University of Western Ontario in 2013 she held co-op positions with the Ontario Teachers’ …

Megan is currently a Research and Curriculum Librarian at Fanshawe College. Prior to that, she has been the Assessment, Access, and Media Librarian at Fanshawe, the Head of Aboriginal and Urban Services, and the Aboriginal Liaison Librarian at the University of Winnipeg, and a member of the Reference team at the Transport Canada Library. Megan …

Melanie Anderson is an Information Specialist at University Health Network where her subject areas include psychiatry, neurology, medical education, and orthopedic surgery. She has an MLIS from the University of Western Ontario (now WU), and has worked in consumer, academic and hospital health sciences libraries since 2006.

I have been working as a Liaison Librarian (Social Work, English & Film Studies) at Wilfrid Laurier University for the last 3 years. I also worked as a Cataloguing Librarian at the University of Waterloo for about 3 years.