Mandate and Role
The Teaching and Learning Committee aims to advance strategic areas and core principle(s) outlined in CARL’S Strategic Focus 2022-2025 and the institutional academic mission by:
- Articulating the strategic role of research libraries in supporting the delivery of education (both teaching and learning);
- Working collectively to develop and implement a pan-Canadian framework to support essential student, faculty and researcher literacies (digital skills, information literacy, maker literacy, science literacy, data literacy, open educational practices);
- Pursuing strategic partnerships and innovative, scalable opportunities to promote equity as it pertains to student and faculty access to information and ways of knowing, potentially including:
- Promoting greater access to learning materials, whether through open educational resources, more affordable e-textbook licensing and pricing, controlled digital lending, etc.;
- Guiding the implementation of Marrakesh treaty outcomes and promoting greater accessibility;
- Partnering in Indigenizing and decolonizing curriculum content and delivery;
- Optimizing library use of learning technologies (LMS, AI applications, CDL) and optimal user experience;
- Partnering in initiatives to enhance student academic success in CARL institutions including student mental health and wellness.
Read the ATLC-Terms-of-Reference-Mandat-CAEA-2022
Members (as of September 2023)
- Amber Lannon (Carleton University) – Chair
- Lesley Balcom (University of New Brunswick)
- Dianne Cmor (Concordia University)
- Amanda Etches (University of Guelph)
- Navroop Gill (University of Toronto)
- Sheril Hook (York University)
- Dominique Lapierre (Université Laval)
- Nicole Nolan (Brock University)
- Mark Robertson (Toronto Metropolitan University)
- Brett Waytuck (University of Regina)
- Susan Haigh (CARL, ex-officio)
CARL Liaison and Committee Secretary
Position to be filled
