BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Canadian Association of Research Libraries - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Canadian Association of Research Libraries X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Canadian Association of Research Libraries REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251031T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251031T130000 DTSTAMP:20260417T103017 CREATED:20251021T144210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T144210Z UID:38210-1761912000-1761915600@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:CARL Inclusive Collections Webinar Series – Beyond Borders: Reframing Acquisitions for Distinctive Collections DESCRIPTION:Date: October 31\, 2025\nTime: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. ET \nRegistration \nNote that the presentation will be recorded but the Q&A will not. \nThe Canadian Association of Research Libraries’ Equity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion Working Group (CARL EDIWG) is pleased to announce the fourth in a series of planned webinars on inclusive collections. \nIn this 60-minute session\, the discussants will provide an overview of a recently published research project that explored how acquisition practices and infrastructure have shaped the development of distinctive collections within Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member institutions. ARL includes both Canadian and U.S. libraries\, and the study sheds light on practices across borders\, while also highlighting shared challenges in decentering dominant narratives and Western-centric approaches. \nThe first half will present the research project overview along with reflections from discussants on how they have activated the acquisitions infrastructures (encompassing the business\, financial\, and legal aspects of collections stewardship) at their own institutions to support equity-driven and distinctive collections building. \nThe second half will be open for discussion. Attendees will be invited to share their experiences and approaches to building distinctive collections through inclusive acquisitions practices. Participants are encouraged to connect\, collaborate\, and contribute to a shared dialogue on reimagining collections work in libraries. \nIn addition to being subject to the CARL Code of Conduct\, CARL asks all participants\, panelists and organizers to be respectful of what is being shared and in how they ask questions. \nIn the interest of accessibility\, French and English captions will be available throughout the session. Additional accommodation requests can also be emailed to Julie Morin\, Program Officer at CARL (julie.morin@carl-abrc.ca). \nBiographies\nMoon Kim \nAs Head of Collections Services at UBC Library\, Moon provides leadership and operational oversight for the development\, acquisition\, management\, and preservation of library collections across all formats and subject areas on the Vancouver campus. She oversees the financial\, legal\, and systems infrastructure that supports resource procurement and management for general\, international\, and special collections\, and directs the team responsible for ensuring sustainable\, equitable\, and effective access to information resources. Her role bridges cross-functional collaboration with liaisons\, technical services\, and open scholarship initiatives\, aligning collections work with UBC Library’s Strategic Framework. Moon previously held acquisitions positions at the Ohio State University\, California State University Fullerton\, University of Washington\, and the Getty Research Institute. \nFlorence Nthiira Mugambi \nFlorence is a Librarian and specialist for Africa in the African Section at the Library of Congress. She is responsible for reference\, research support and collection development for Sub-Saharan Africa with a focus on Eastern and Central Africa. Prior to the Library of Congress\, she was the Librarian for African Studies at the Melville J. Heskovits Library of African Studies at Northwestern University. \nBetsaida Reyes \nBetsaida M. Reyes is a Librarian and the Head of Humanities and Social Sciences at Penn State University. She is responsible for the management of services and performance of faculty and staff in the George and Sherry Middlemas Arts and Humanities Library\, Social Sciences Library\, Education Library\, the Walter and Doris Goldstein Music and Media Center\, the Microforms and Government Information\, the Pennsylvania Center for the Book\, and the Architecture and Landscape Architecture Library at University Park. Before this position\, she spent eight years as the Spanish\, Portuguese\, Latin American\, and Caribbean Studies Librarian at the University of Kansas. She also works as an Adjunct Instructor for the iSchool at the University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champaign\, where she teaches Collection Development and Library and Information Resources to Spanish Speakers. \nMaha Kumaran (moderator) \nDr. Maha Kumaran currently serves as the liaison for the College of Education at the University of Saskatchewan (USASK). She selects resources (print and electronic monograph collections) for Education and offers reference\, instruction\, and research support to all faculty and students\, especially graduate students in the College. She has extensive experience in selecting\, acquisitions\, and working with collections: She served as the acting assistant Dean for collections and discovery at USASK\, is part of the Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities Cluster for collections\, and is currently working with the University Archives and Special Collections Division. Outside of collections\, her research interests\, expertise\, and professional activities revolve around marginalized populations who work at and use academic libraries. She was the first Equity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion Visiting Program Officer for CARL and was recognized with the prestigious CARL Award of Merit for her contributions to Canadian librarianship. URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/carl-inclusive-collections-webinar-series-beyond-borders-reframing-acquisitions-for-distinctive-collections/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Equity Diversity Inclusion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250502T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250502T130000 DTSTAMP:20260417T103017 CREATED:20250407T163837Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250416T192610Z UID:36644-1746187200-1746190800@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:CARL Inclusive Collections Webinar Series – From Shelves to Streams: How Format Shifts Impact Diversity in Academic Film Collections DESCRIPTION:Date: Friday\, May 2\, 2025\nTime: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. ET \nRegistration \nThe Canadian Association of Research Libraries’ Equity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion Working Group (CARL EDIWG) is pleased to announce the third in a series of planned webinars on inclusive collections. \nCanadian research libraries are actively engaged in the ongoing process of decolonizing their collections\, cultivating inclusive libraries\, and adopting equitable and inclusive practices that aim to amplify and leverage the voices of marginalized and underrepresented communities in Canada. Through the Inclusive Collections webinar series\, the CARL EDIWG aims to facilitate conversations\, provide practical insights\, and foster the exchange of policies and strategies that promote diverse collections. \nIn this 60-minute session\, join librarians Trevor Deck and James Mason as they share conclusions from their research comparing the diversity of streaming media collections as compared to the physical counterparts held in academic libraries. They ask\, first\, whether the shift away from collecting physical media may also be a shift away from including diverse perspectives in film collections; and second\, if we have the data to draw a measurable and demonstrable conclusion. Exploring the potentials and limitations of utilizing large data sources including catalogue metadata and online open sources of data such as Wikidata\, they attempt  to understand the diversity represented in the collections and to better inform collection practices. \nThere will be time for questions and discussion at the end. This will be a collaborative future-forward conversation\, so please bring your own questions and/or proposed solutions. \nIn addition to being subject to the CARL Code of Conduct\, CARL asks all participants\, panelists and organizers to be respectful of what is being shared and in how they ask questions. \nIn the interest of accessibility\, simultaneous translation and captions will be available throughout the session. Additional accommodation requests can also be emailed to Julie Morin\, Senior Program Officer at CARL (julie.morin@carl-abrc.ca). \nTrevor Deck\nTrevor Deck is the Music & Film Collections Management Librarian at the University of Toronto\, where he oversees collection development for music and film materials in all formats. With a background in philosophy\, film studies\, and music composition\, he brings a thoughtful and interdisciplinary approach to librarianship. Trevor has worked extensively in collection management\, licensing\, and digital resource development\, with a particular focus on streaming media and access to audiovisual materials in academic settings. He is an active member of professional organizations and has contributed to numerous initiatives aimed at improving access to music and film collections. Passionate about collaboration and knowledge-sharing\, Trevor is committed to supporting students\, faculty\, and fellow librarians in navigating the evolving landscape of media resources in libraries. \nJames Mason\nJames Mason is the Metadata and Digital Initiatives Librarian at the University of Toronto. He is currently focused on research at the intersection of art and technology\, with a particular interest in how libraries can support technology-driven research. His current interests also include metadata workflows and data analysis. \nNote that presentations will be recorded but the Q&A will not. URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/carl-inclusive-collections-webinar-series-from-shelves-to-streams-how-format-shifts-impact-diversity-in-academic-film-collections/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Equity Diversity Inclusion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241024T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241024T140000 DTSTAMP:20260417T103017 CREATED:20250408T193040Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T162523Z UID:36660-1729774800-1729778400@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:CARL Inclusive Collections Webinar Series: Diversity Statements in Collection Policies DESCRIPTION:Date: October 24\, 2024\nTime: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET \nRegistration  \nThe Canadian Association of Research Libraries’ Equity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion Working Group (CARL EDIWG) is pleased to announce the second in a series of planned webinars on inclusive collections. \nCanadian research libraries are actively engaged in the ongoing process of decolonizing their collections\, cultivating inclusive libraries\, and adopting equitable and inclusive practices that aim to amplify and leverage the voices of marginalized and underrepresented communities in Canada. Through the Inclusive Collections webinar series\, the CARL EDIWG aims to facilitate conversations\, provide practical insights\, and foster the exchange of policies and strategies that promote diverse collections. \nIn this 60-minute bilingual session\, join librarians Catherine Lachaîne\, Marta Samokishyn\, and Ryan Rivando as they share the findings of their research study on how the equity\, diversity\, inclusion and indigenization (EDII) principles are represented in the collection development policies of Canadian academic libraries. \nTheir research stems from the pressing need to understand how Canadian University libraries can partake in the process of reconciliation and decolonization of their collections. The project offers unique insight into how\, if so\, Canadian academic libraries adapt to the EDII-specific needs in the University and research communities while amplifying diverse voices through their collections. \nThere will be time for questions and discussion at the end. This will be a collaborative future-forward conversation\, so please bring your own questions and/or proposed solutions. \nIn addition to being subject to the CARL Code of Conduct\, CARL asks all participants\, panelists and organizers to be respectful of what is being shared and in how they ask questions. \nIn the interest of accessibility\, simultaneous translation and captions will be available throughout the session. Additional accommodation requests can also be emailed to Julie Morin\, Program Officer at CARL (julie.morin@carl-abrc.ca). \nSpeaker Bios\nMarta Samokishyn\nMarta Samokishyn is a Collection Development and Liaison Librarian at Saint Paul University\, Ottawa\, ON. She has over 15 years of experience in collection development for academic libraries. She holds her M.I.S. from the University of Ottawa\, and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in the Digital Transformation and Innovation program at the University of Ottawa with a focus on algorithm and AI literacies in academic libraries. \nCatherine Lachaîne\nCatherine is the Open Education Librarian (interim) at the University of Ottawa Library\, where she’s been working since 2016. As a PhD student at the Faculty of Education of the University of Ottawa\, she currently explores the intersection of open educational practices\, social justice\, and linguistic equity. Her work focuses on linguistic minority communities and the concept of student voice in higher education. She holds a master’s degree in information studies (M.I.S) and a master’s degree (MA) in education. \nRyan Rivando\nRyan is a librarian at the Fort Erie Public Library. He completed an MLIS at Western University and is currently pursuing an MBA at Carleton University. His interests include fostering community engagement\, encouraging lifelong learning through user education\, advancing digital initiatives\, and curating diverse and dynamic collections. URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/carl-inclusive-collections-webinar-series-diversity-statements-in-collection-policies/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Equity Diversity Inclusion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240613T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240613T160000 DTSTAMP:20260417T103017 CREATED:20250501T060357Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250501T060357Z UID:36907-1718290800-1718294400@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:CARL Webinar Series: Toward Inclusive Collections – Indigenous Voices and Library Collections DESCRIPTION:Date: June 13\, 2024 \nTime: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET \nThe Canadian Association of Research Libraries’ Equity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion Working Group (CARL EDIWG) is pleased to announce the first in a series of planned webinars on inclusive collections. \nCanadian research libraries are actively engaged in the ongoing process of decolonizing their collections and cultivating inclusive libraries that go beyond the traditional models of publishing and collection development. Research libraries are also adopting and integrating inclusive practices that aim to amplify and leverage the voices of marginalized and underrepresented communities in Canada. Central to these efforts are the fundamental principles of Equity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion which mostly remain within individual institutions\, limiting national discourse. Through the Inclusive Collections webinar series\, the CARL EDIWG aims to bridge this divide by facilitating conversations\, providing practical insights\, and fostering the exchange of policies and strategies\, ensuring diversity and decolonization measures. The focus is on fostering diverse collections and identifying valuable recommendations for collection development for libraries. \nIn this 60-minute session join librarians Karleen and Ashley as they discuss some approaches to collection development with Indigenous considerations. They’ll talk about topics such as how non-Indigenous people can engage in decolonizing work\, where Indigenous voices are being published\, and the importance of Indigenous diversity representation. \nThere will be time for questions and discussion at the end. This will be a collaborative future-forward conversation\, so please bring your own questions and/or proposed solutions. \nIn addition to being subject to the CARL Code of Conduct\, CARL asks all participants\, panelists and organizers to be respectful of what is being shared and in how they ask questions. \nIn the interest of accessibility\, simultaneous translation and captions will be available throughout the session. Additional accommodation requests can also be emailed to Julie Morin\, Program Officer at CARL (julie.morin@carl-abrc.ca). \nSpeaker Bios \nKarleen Delaurier-Lyle: Anishinaabe (Ojibwe/Swampy Cree) and mixed-settler ancestry. I was born and raised on unceded Syilx territory and am a member of Berens River First Nation (MB); my family is also from Lac Seul First Nation (ON). I am the Information Services Librarian at Xwi7xwa Library (UBC Library). I earned my MLIS from UBC Vancouver’s iSchool and have a BA (Indigenous Studies/Gender & Women’s Studies) from UBC Okanagan. \nAshley Edwards: I am Red River Métis\, Dutch\, and Scottish\, and grew up on Stó:lō téméxw (Stó:lō territory) in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia. My Métis ancestors took scrip in St. Francis Xavier\, Manitoba. I have been working in libraries since graduating with my library technician diploma in 2009 (UFV)\, and have been with SFU Library since 2013. In 2020 I graduated from the University of Alberta with a Master’s in Library and Information Studies\, and am currently a doctoral student in the Faculty of Education at SFU. URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/carl-webinar-series-toward-inclusive-collections-indigenous-voices-and-library-collections/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Equity Diversity Inclusion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230823T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230823T133000 DTSTAMP:20260417T103017 CREATED:20250506T161839Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T045529Z UID:36921-1692792000-1692797400@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:CARL Inclusion Perspectives Webinar Series: Sixth Panel Featuring Library Colleagues with Intersectional Identities DESCRIPTION:Date: August 23\, 2023\nTime: 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. ET\n \nRegistration closed \nPlease note that this event is open to all (not just CARL institutions) and will be recorded. \nThe Canadian Association of Research Libraries’ (CARL) Equity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion Working Group is pleased to announce the sixth in a series of planned webinars on inclusion perspectives\, which will feature a panel of library colleagues with intersectional identities discussing their perspectives on the state of Canadian librarianship and how we can affect change. \nThis 1.5 hour moderated panel discussion will focus on progress on EDI initiatives to date and goals to strive for in the future. This will be a collaborative future-forward conversation\, so please bring your own questions\, comments and/or proposed solutions. \nIn addition to being subject to the CARL Code of Conduct\, CARL asks all participants\, panelists and organizers to be respectful of what is being shared and in how they ask questions. \nIn the interest of accessibility\, simultaneous translation and captions will be available throughout the session. Additional accommodation requests can also be emailed to Julie Morin\, Senior Program Officer at CARL (julie.morin@carl-abrc.ca). \n \n\n \n > Speaker Biographies \n \n \n \nThe moderator for this event will be Paige Maylott \nPaige Maylott (she/her) is an assistant in Library Accessibility Services at McMaster where she previously graduated with honours from the English and Cultural Studies department. Her thesis work centered intersections of queer autobiography and critical illness. Paige has worked in the accessibility field for nearly nine years\, and five in her current position. She chairs the UNIFOR 5555 Pride Committee\, sits on a number of other equity-deserving committees\, is the contest manager for gritLIT Literary Festival\, and is an accomplished author herself. Paige’s debut memoir\, My Body is Distant releases this September (2023) through ECW Press. \nRachel Chong (she/her) married into a Chinese family. Rachel is mixed-European and Métis and a current member of Métis Nation BC. Rachel has over 15 years’ experience in various library roles and is currently working as the Indigenous Engagement and Subject Liaison Librarian at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU). At KPU Rachel leads Indigenous projects\, such as the χʷəχʷéy̓əm Indigenous Collection and the Indigenous Information Literacy Pressbook. \nCleire Lauron (she/her) is an early career Filipina-Canadian living and working on the unceded traditional and ancestral lands of the Kwantlen\, Musqueam\, Katzie\, Semiahmoo\, Tsawwassen\, Qayqayt and Kwikwetlem peoples. She is the Metadata & Discovery Librarian at Kwantlen Polytechnic University\, where she is responsible for the creation\, maintenance\, and enrichment of metadata representing the library’s physical and digital collections. Her areas of interest include RDA (Resource Description and Access)\, subject analysis\, classification\, and EDI (Equity\, Diversity and Inclusion) in metadata. Her most recent project is the implementation of an Indigenous classification (modified Brian Deer classification) to KPU Library’s χʷəχʷéy̓əm Indigenous Collection. \nAshley Manhas (she/her) is the Community Engagement Librarian and Social Sciences Liaison at Capilano University. Ashley’s research interests include the onboarding and retention of racialized academic library workers and building equitable learning opportunities for historically underrepresented students. She is a first-generation university graduate and holds an MLIS from the University of Alberta and a BFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design. \nCarly McLeod (she/they) is the Teaching & Learning Librarian for Engineering at McMaster University where she empowers students to become more efficient researchers. Although her path to librarianship\, not linear\, she has over 15 years of experience working in higher education and research.  She is an early–career\, neurodivergent librarian who is interested in critical information skills in STEM\, research communication skills\, and accessibility. You can find Carly hiking around Hamilton or sewing up a storm! URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/carl-inclusion-perspectives-webinar-series-sixth-panel-featuring-library-colleagues-with-intersectional-identities/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Equity Diversity Inclusion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230124T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230124T133000 DTSTAMP:20260417T103017 CREATED:20250506T161618Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T161618Z UID:36920-1674561600-1674567000@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:Inclusion Perspectives Webinar Series: Fifth Panel Featuring Colleagues from the 2SLGBTIAQ+ Community DESCRIPTION:Date and Time: January 24\, 2023\, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. ET\nRegistration closed \nPlease note that this event is open to all (not just CARL institutions) and will be recorded and posted to the CARL YouTube account afterwards. \nThe Canadian Association of Research Libraries’ (CARL) Equity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion Working Group is pleased to announce the fifth in a series of planned webinars on inclusion perspectives\, which will feature a panel of library colleagues from the 2SLGBTIAQ+ Community discussing their perspectives on the state of Canadian librarianship and how we can affect change. \nThis 1.5 hour moderated panel discussion will focus on progress on EDI initiatives to date and goals to strive for in the future. This will be a collaborative future-forward conversation\, so please bring your own questions\, comments and/or proposed solutions. \nIn addition to being subject to the CARL Code of Conduct\, CARL asks all participants\, panelists and organizers to be respectful of what is being shared and in how they ask questions. \nIn the interest of accessibility\, simultaneous translation and captions will be available throughout the session. Additional accommodation requests can also be emailed to Julie Morin\, Senior Program Officer at CARL (julie.morin@carl-abrc.ca). \n \n\n \n > Speaker Biographies \n \n \n \nThe moderator for this event will be Ebony Novakowski  \nEbony Novakowski (she/her) is the Copyright Officer of Red River College Polytech and Chair of the Gender and Sexual Diversity committee at RRC polytech. Ebony began her journey in library services volunteering with Winnipeg’s Rainbow Resource Centre Library and continues to lend herself to efforts to create equitable library services and spaces for members of the 2SLGBTIAQ+ through involvement with events and education at the RRC Library and in the Manitoba community at large. \nDonna Langille (she/they) is the Community Engagement and Open Education Librarian at the University of British Columbia Okanagan (UBCO). Donna has contributed to numerous queer initiatives at UBCO including planning the annual Pride Picnic as a member of the Postive Space Committee and co-chairing the library’s EDI Committee. Their interest in community engagement and queer histories led them to produce Okanagan QueerStory\, a storytelling podcast about the queer history of the Okanagan in British Columbia. Donna is also a PhD student in Interdisciplinary Studies at UBCO researching queer histories\, cultural memory\, and feminist technologies. \nBilly J. Choi-Gekas (they/them) is a Nonbinary\, Queer\, mixed-race Settler from Tkaronto. They are the Circulation Supervisor for the John W. Graham Library at Trinity College\, University of Toronto\, and the Chair of the “Inclusivity\, Diversity\, Equity\, Antiracism” (IDEAR) Committee of the University of Toronto Libraries. Billy’s current graduate research at the University of Toronto focuses on Ecological Theology and Indigenous Methodology. They serve on the Board of Directors for Toronto Urban Native Ministry\, and has a private practice as a wholistic practitioner and anti-oppression consultant\, working with individuals and communities\, as well as numerous social justice\, Queer\, and interreligious organizations across Canada. \nMichael David Miller (il & he) is an Associate Librarian at McGill University. He has contributed to numerous Queer iniatives at McGill\, notably organzing the first Canadian Lavender Graduation Ceremony at McGill (the Launch of the Rainbow) in 2018 and co-curating a exhibit on the 50th anniversary of the decriminialization of homosexuality in Canada. He has contributed to the EDI Committee (la commission Légothèque) of the Association des bibliothécaires de France\, co-founded in 2020 the EDI Committee of the Fédération des milieux documentaire and contributes to adressing the Queer Québécois content gap in the francophone Wikipedia. URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/inclusion-perspectives-webinar-series-fifth-panel-featuring-colleagues-from-the-2slgbtiaq-community/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Equity Diversity Inclusion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220608T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220608T133000 DTSTAMP:20260417T103017 CREATED:20250506T161359Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T161359Z UID:36918-1654689600-1654695000@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:CARL Inclusion Perspectives Webinar Series: Fourth Panel Featuring Library Colleagues with Disabilities DESCRIPTION:Date and Time: June 8\, 2022\, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. ET\nRegistration closed \nPlease note that this event is open to all (not just CARL institutions). \nThe Canadian Association of Research Libraries’ (CARL) Equity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion Working Group is pleased to announce the fourth in a series of planned webinars on inclusion perspectives\, which will feature a panel of library colleagues with disabilities discussing their perspectives on the state of Canadian librarianship and how we can affect change. \nThis 1.5 hour moderated panel discussion will focus on progress on EDI initiatives to date and goals to strive for in the future. This will be a collaborative future-forward conversation\, so please bring your own questions and/or proposed solutions. \nIn addition to being subject to the CARL Code of Conduct\, CARL asks all participants\, panelists and organizers to be respectful of what is being shared and in how they ask questions. \nIn the interest of accessibility\, simultaneous translation and captions will be available throughout the session. Additional accommodation requests can also be emailed to Julie Morin\, Senior Program Officer at CARL (julie.morin@carl-abrc.ca). \n \n\n \n > Speaker Biographies \n \n \n \nThe moderator for this event will be Katya Pereyaslavska \nKatya is a User Experience Librarian at Western Libraries and a member of the CARL EDI Working Group. \nBrooke Hiemstra \nBrooke graduated from the University of Guelph with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Adult Development in 2015. She also completed the Applied Learning Disability Graduate Certificate at Cambrian College in 2019. Since 2018\, Brooke has worked at the University of Guelph as the Library Accessibility Services Assistant\, running the Alternate Format Textbook Service for students registered with Student Accessibility Services (SAS). Brooke has previous experience working as a tutor as well as an Exam and Educational Assistant for students with disabilities at various institutions. After being diagnosed with ADHD last year\, Brooke has been making sense of past challenges and is learning to navigate the world as a neurodiverse person. \nIrene Tencinger \nIrene is a liaison librarian at Wilfrid Laurier’s Brantford campus. Some of the programs she supports include the Social and Environmental Justice undergrad program and the MA for Social Justice and Community Engagement\, as well as the undergrad program in Human Rights and Human Diversity. \nStephen Spong \nStephen is the Director of the John and Dotsa Bitove Law Library and Copyright Officer at Western University\, where he started in 2019. Previously\, he has worked in both Canada and the United States in a variety of roles related to both copyright and law librarianship. He holds a JD from Osgoode Hall Law School and a Masters in Information from the University of Toronto. You can find him on Twitter @stephenspong. URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/carl-inclusion-perspectives-webinar-series-fourth-panel-featuring-library-colleagues-with-disabilities/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Equity Diversity Inclusion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20211124T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20211124T143000 DTSTAMP:20260417T103017 CREATED:20250506T160948Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T160948Z UID:36915-1637758800-1637764200@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:CARL Inclusion Perspectives Webinar Series: Third Panel Featuring Indigenous Library Colleagues DESCRIPTION:Date and Time: November 24\, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. ET\nRegistration closed\nPlease note that this event is open to all (not just CARL institutions) and will be recorded and posted to the CARL YouTube account afterwards. \nThe Canadian Association of Research Libraries’ (CARL) Equity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion Working Group is pleased to announce the third in a series of planned webinars on inclusion perspectives\, which will feature a panel of Indigenous library colleagues discussing their perspectives on the state of Canadian librarianship and how we can affect change. \nThis 1.5 hour moderated panel discussion will focus on progress on EDI initiatives to date and goals to strive for in the future. This will be a collaborative future-forward conversation\, so please bring your own questions and/or proposed solutions. \nIn addition to being subject to the CARL Code of Conduct\, CARL asks all participants\, panelists and organizers to be respectful of what is being shared and in how they ask questions. \nIn the interest of accessibility\, simultaneous translation and captions will be available throughout the session. Additional accommodation requests can also be emailed to Julie Morin\, Program Officer at CARL (julie.morin@carl-abrc.ca). \n \n\n \n > Speaker Biographies \n \n \n \nThe moderator for this event will be Camille Callison \nCamille brings expert knowledge and lived experience to our conversation about Indigenous Knowledges and relationship building in library\, archival and cultural memory praxis. Camille is a Tāłtān Nation member\, the University Librarian at the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV)\, and a passionate cultural activist pursuing a PhD in Anthropology at the University of Manitoba dedicated to critically examining the relationship between cultural memory institutions and the continued survival and activation of Indigenous knowledges\, languages and cultures. \nSheila Laroque \nSheila is Métis from Saskatoon\, Saskatchewan. Her Métis heritage is on her father’s side\, who grew up just outside Duck Lake\, Saskatchewan. Her mom is originally from southwestern Ontario with Irish and Scottish roots. After a 5 and a half year journey that took her to Toronto for her Masters and Edmonton for work\, Sheila came home to Saskatoon in March 2020. She now works at the University of Saskatchewan as an Indigenous Studies Librarian. \nJessie Loyer \nJessie is Cree-Métis and a member of Michel First Nation. She is a librarian at Mount Royal University in Calgary\, a guest on Blackfoot and Treaty 7 territory. Her research looks at Indigenous perspectives on information literacy\, supporting language revitalization\, and developing ongoing\, reciprocal research relationships using nêhiyaw and Michif conceptions of kinship. She’s a director in the Prairie Indigenous Relationality Network\, also called Paskwaw Wahkohtowin\, a SSHRC-funded research group that brings together prairie scholars working on relationality. \nKajola Morewood \nKajola’s birth mother is Inuit\, from Kuujjuarapik in Nunavik. Her adoptive parents are originally from Quebec City (dad) and Winnipeg (mom) and have British and Irish/Icelandic backgrounds. Kajola spent her childhood on Treaty 7 territory in Medicine Hat\, Alberta and lək̓ʷəŋən territory in Victoria\, BC. After completing her Masters at UBC\, Kajola is now an Indigenous Initiatives and Services Librarian at Okanagan College on the unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan people. \nMikayla Redden \nMikayla is Anishinaabekwe\, born and raised in Peterborough\, Ontario. Her grandmother is from Curve Lake First Nation\, but was enfranchised during childhood\, eventually settling with a Métis community in Burleigh Falls\, Ontario. Mikayla spent her summers between Hiawatha First Nation (on the north shore of Rice Lake)\, and Stony Lake (near Lakefield\, ON) with settler relatives. After living and working in both Thunder Bay and Halifax\, Mikayla is now an Information Services and Instruction Librarian at University of Toronto. URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/carl-inclusion-perspectives-webinar-series-third-panel-featuring-indigenous-library-colleagues/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Equity Diversity Inclusion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210629T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210629T133000 DTSTAMP:20260417T103017 CREATED:20250506T160420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T160527Z UID:36914-1624968000-1624973400@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:CARL Inclusion Perspectives Webinar Series: Second Panel Featuring Racialized Library Colleagues DESCRIPTION:Date and Time: June 29\, 12:00 – 1:30 PM ET\nSlides \nThe Canadian Association of Research Libraries’ (CARL) Equity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion Working Group is pleased to announce the second in a series of planned webinars on inclusion perspectives\, which will feature a panel of racialized library colleagues discussing their perspectives on the state of Canadian librarianship and how we can affect change. \nThis 1.5 hour moderated panel discussion will focus on progress on equity\, diversity\, and inclusion initiatives to date and goals to strive for in the future. This will be a collaborative future-forward conversation\, so please bring your own questions and/or proposed solutions. \nIn addition to being subject to the CARL Code of Conduct\, CARL asks all participants\, panelists and organizers to be respectful of what is being shared and in how they ask questions. \nIn the interest of accessibility\, simultaneous translation and captions will be available throughout the session and supporting material will be circulated in advance in French and English. Additional accommodation requests can also be emailed to Julie Morin\, Program Officer at CARL (julie.morin@carl-abrc.ca). \nThe moderator for this event will be Maha Kumaran\, CARL Visiting Program Officer for Equity\, Diversity and Inclusion\, and Associate Librarian\, Education & Music Library\, University of Saskatchewan. \n \n\n \n > Speaker Biographies \n \n \n \nLei Jin has been working for Ryerson University since 2003\, primarily as the Electronic Resources Librarian. She is also the Liaison Team Lead for the Faculty of Science\, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science. She is the co-founder and current president of the Canada Chapter of the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA)\, and recently elected as a member of CALA Board of Directors. Lei earned her MLIS from Rutgers University. She is an avid runner\, and sometimes\, reluctant cook. \nAfra Bolefski holds a Master of Library and Information Science from Western University and has worked in libraries since 2003. She is an Associate Librarian at the University of Manitoba Libraries and currently leads a team of librarians in her role as Head\, Social Sciences Division. In her previous role as Acting Section Head\, she oversaw the completion of a major library renovation and the creation of an active learning classroom which was subsequently featured at conferences and in news and trade articles. Prior to taking on these leadership roles\, Afra held the appointment of Business Librarian at U of M for over five years\, supporting the research\, teaching and collection needs of an AACSB-accredited business school. She fulfilled similar roles at Wilfrid Laurier University and York University. In the work of advancing EDI\, as a member of the U of M’s Black History Month (“BHM”) Committee\, Afra has participated in planning and organizing the first ever Visionary Conversations Community Event celebrating BHM at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in 2018. She also served as facilitator for a Manitoba Employment Equity Practitioners Association EDI forum event. In her service to the Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians’ (CAPAL) EDI Committee\, she worked towards establishing a Diversity and Equity bursary to assist marginalized LIS and Archives students attend the CAPAL 2020 conference. \nAfra currently serves as Chair for the Association of College and Research Libraries’ ULS Technology in University Libraries Committee and just completed her three-year term as CAPAL Board member. \nAfra is also a published author in various academic journals and books\, including a chapter in Designing Effective Library Learning Spaces in Higher Education. \nAllan Cho is the Research Commons Librarian at UBC Library.  He holds an MLIS\, MA in History\, and MET in Educational Technology.  He is a subject liaison for Archival\, Library and Information Studies and Asian  Studies. His research interests are in critical race theory in  librarianship and racialized librarians in academia.   Allan currently serves as Co-Chair for the Visible Minority Librarians Network of Canada (ViMLoC) and volunteers for a number of community organizations\, including festival director of LiterASIAN Writers Festival and Executive Director of the Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop (ACWW) supporting writers in developing their manuscripts and publishing practices.   He has published in journals and has co-authored monographs\, including Inside the World’s Major East Asian Collections and Conversations with Leading Academic Research Library Directors International Perspectives on Library Management. \nCecilia Tellis is the Head of Design and Outreach at the University of Ottawa Library where she leads efforts to ensure that services and spaces are grounded in user-centred design principles; coordinates efforts to communicate the impacts of the library on student\, academic\, and scholarly success; and identifies opportunities and develops solutions to ensure the library is inclusive and accessible. She is a proud contributing member of ViMLoC: Visible Minority Librarians of Canada\, the co-chair of the Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians’ (CAPAL) Diversity and Equity Committee\, and is currently a fellow in the ARL Leadership and Career Development Program which prepares mid-career librarians from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic groups to take on leadership roles in their careers and in the profession at large. Cecilia holds a Master’s in Library and Information Studies from McGill University and a BA in French language and literature from the University of Toronto. URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/carl-inclusion-perspectives-webinar-series-second-panel-featuring-racialized-library-colleagues/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Equity Diversity Inclusion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210428T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210428T160000 DTSTAMP:20260417T103017 CREATED:20250506T155833Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T160020Z UID:36912-1619622000-1619625600@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:CARL Inclusion Perspectives Webinar Series: First Panel Featuring Black Librarians DESCRIPTION:Date and Time: April 28\, 3-4 pm ET\nPlease note that this event is open to all (not just CARL institutions). \nThe Canadian Association of Research Libraries’ (CARL) Equity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion Working Group is pleased to announce the first in a series of planned webinars on inclusion perspectives\, which will feature a panel of Black librarians discussing their perspectives on the state of Canadian librarianship and how we can affect change. \nThis one hour moderated panel discussion will focus on progress on EDI initiatives to date and goals to strive for in the future. This will be a collaborative future-forward conversation\, so please bring your own questions and/or proposed solutions. \nIn addition to being subject to the CARL Code of Conduct\, CARL asks all participants\, panelists and organizers to be respectful of what is being shared and in how they ask questions. \nIn the interest of accessibility\, captions will be available throughout the session and supporting material will be circulated in advance in French and English. Additional accommodation requests can also be emailed to Julie Morin\, Program Officer at CARL (julie.morin@carl-abrc.ca). \nAlthough speakers will be presenting in English co-moderators will be on hand to ensure participants are able to contribute to the conversation in English or French. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact Julie Morin\, Program Officer at CARL (julie.morin@carl-abrc.ca). \n \n\n \n > Speaker Biographies \n \n \n \nDominic Silvio \nThe moderator for this event will be Dominic Silvio\, Librarian\, Killam Memorial Library\, Dalhousie University Libraries \nMandissa Arlain \nMandissa Arlain has worked in libraries since 1996. She started as a Page and a Library Assistant at the Toronto Public Library\, and worked as a Library Technician at Seneca College\, Centennial College\, The Toronto District School Board and as of 2003\, at Ryerson University. While working as a Library Technician\, she completed an undergraduate degree from Athabasca University in Professional Arts majoring in Communication Studies and a graduate degree from the University of Toronto in Information Science. During her time at the Ryerson Library she has also served in various technician\, supervisory and librarian roles\, some of which included AV/ILL\, eReserves and Copyright\, Reference and Web Support Technician roles\, Leadhand and Circulation Supervisory roles\, and interim Systems\, Part-Time Staff Coordinator\, and Communications and Liaison librarian roles. She currently serves as a Library Technician in the cataloguing department at the Ryerson Library. \nMandissa is also involved in EDI related activities. She served as a stewart in her local union\, and as an active member of OPSEU’s Workers of Colour Caucus. She’s also served on Ryerson’s Anti-Racism Task Force\, was an active member of Ryerson’s Black Faculty and Staff Community Network\, served as a member and Chair of the Ontario Library Association’s (OLA) EDI Committee\, and currently sits on both OLA’s and CARL’s EDI Committees. She was awarded Ryerson’s Viola Desmond Staff Award in 2016\, and was also a Black Canadian Role Model Inductee in 2016. She currently provides technical support for the annual 100 ABC (Accomplished Black Women) book and gala project which features the accomplishments of notable Black Canadian women\, and has also partnered with Dr. Anne-Marie Singh on the Criminal Justice First project website\, which documents Indigenous and racialized individuals who were among the first to enter policing\, corrections\, legal practice and the judiciary in Canada. \nNorda Bell \nNorda Bell is an Associate Librarian at York University Libraries. She has worked at York for over 16 years in a number of roles. She currently holds the position of Teaching and Learning Librarian\, but Norda has also held positions as Scholarly Publishing Librarian\, Department Chair\, and Research and Instruction Librarian. \nShe is a Founding Member of the Visible Minority Librarians of Canada Network (ViMLoC)\, where she served as co-Moderator and developed the first mentorship program for visible minority librarians across Canada. She is also the founding Book Review Editor for the International Journal of Information\, Diversity\, and Inclusion (IJIDI). In this role\, she aims to have a more diverse representation of book reviewers\, from various backgrounds and geographic locations. Her research interest centers around  equity\, diversity\, and inclusion (EDI) in various aspects of libraries and librarianship. Her latest publication was a chapter in the 2020 Humanizing LIS Education and Practice (edited by Keren Dali and Nadia Caidi) about the different models of EDI professional development events for librarians. Her current research study explores the experiences of American and Canadian academic librarians at EDI professional development events and their effects on participants’ attitudes\, perceptions\, and work-related practices. \nNorda is also a part-time professor in the Library and Information Technician program at Seneca College where she has taught the Searching I\, Searching II and Searching III courses. \nYemisi Dina \nYemisi Dina is the Chief Law Librarian at the Osgoode Hall Law School Library\, York University. Prior to this position\, she joined Osgoode in 2006 as Associate Librarian and Head of Public Services. She has worked in academic law libraries since 1995 in Nigeria\, The Bahamas and Canada. \nAs a law librarian\, Yemisi has participated in numerous professional development initiatives and programs. She is an active member many professional associations and has recently been elected to the position of Vice-President Two on the Executive Board of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries/ Association Canadienne des Bibliothèques de Droit. \nShe is the current Chair of the African Interest Group of the Foreign\, Comparative and International Special Interest Section of the American Association of Law Libraries. \nYemisi is involved in many EDI initiatives serving on Committees\, Boards and Working Groups to reflect institutional guidelines and policies. \nYemisi is widely published and is the author of the book Law Librarianship in Academic Libraries. URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/carl-inclusion-perspectives-webinar-series-first-panel-featuring-black-librarians/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Equity Diversity Inclusion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR