Mandate and Role
The Advancing Teaching and Learning Committee works to advance CARL’s strategic priorities related to teaching and learning and support the academic missions of member institutions. The Committee articulates the strategic role of research libraries in education and fosters collaboration on pan-Canadian frameworks for essential literacies, including information, digital, data, and artificial intelligence literacy.
It promotes the integration of generative AI into teaching, learning, and library practices; supports the development of core competencies for library teaching and learning; and pursues strategic partnerships and scalable initiatives to advance equitable access to information, learning materials, and diverse ways of knowing. Its work also encompasses accessibility, open educational resources, Indigenization and decolonization of curricula, and initiatives that contribute to student academic success and well-being.
Learn more about our work in Advancing Teaching and Learning
Communities of Practice
Past Sub-Groups
Open Education Working Group OEWG (2019-2024)
The Open Education Working Group (OEWG) was a group of Canadian librarians working in and committed to open education (OE). The group is designed to offer experienced insight towards ensuring ongoing relevance of CARL’s open education activities, and towards creating high-quality opportunities for librarians to develop capacity and leadership skills in open education.
Members:
- Lesley Balcom, Dean of Libraries, University of New Brunswick (chair)
- Ann Ludbrook, Toronto Metropolitan University (CARL Visiting Program Officer, Open Education)
- Karen Nicholson, University of Guelph (CARL Visiting Program Officer, Open Education)
- Nicole Askin, University of Manitoba
- Hailey Babb, SPARC
- Marilou Bourque, Université Laval
- Michelle Brailey, University of Alberta (on leave)
- Mélanie Brunet, University of Ottawa
- Emily Carlisle-Johnston, Western University
- Sarah Coysh, York University
- Erin Fields, University of British Columbia
- Josie Gray, Manager, Production & Publishing, BCcampus
- Rachel Harris, Concordia University
- Cynthia Holt, CAAL-CBUA
- Michelle Johnson, Centennial College
- Manisha Khetarpal, Maskwacis Cultural College
- Catherine Lachaîne, University of Ottawa
- Donna Langille, University of British Columbia Okanagan
- Lindsey MacCallum, Mount Saint Vincent University
- Karen Meijer-Kline, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
- Cal Murgu, Brock University
- Paula Parlette, Fanshawe College (on leave)
- Wilson Poulter, Fanshawe College (leave replacement)
- Stephanie Quail, Business Librarian, York University
- Sarah Shaughnessy, University of Alberta
- Ann Smith, Acadia University
- Victoria Volkanova, Université de Moncton
AI Task Group (2023-2024)
- Sheril Hook (Chair), York University
- Dianne Cmor, Concordia University
- Karen Munro, Simon Fraser University
- Dominique Lapierre, Université Laval
- Mark Robertson, Toronto Metropolitan University
- Helen Kula, McMaster University
- Lesley Balcom, University of New Brunswick
- Marc Comeau, Dalhousie University
Digital Literacy Task Group (2023-2024)
- Lesley Balcom (Chair), University of New Brunswick
- Navroop Gill, University of Toronto
- Nicole Nolan, Brock University
Members
As of August 2026
- Nicole Nolan (Brock) - chair
- Edward Bilodeau (Carleton)
- Dianne Cmor (Concordia)
- Elaine MacInnis (Dalhousie)
- James Mackenzie (New Brunswick)
- Sheril Hook (York)
- Dominique Lapierre (Laval)
- Lionel Villalonga (UQAM)
The CARL President and Executive Director are ex-officio members of all CARL Strategic Committees.
CARL Liaison & Committee Secretary
Elizabeth Kalbfleisch
