Food Literacy: Emily Mathew, Food Literacy Specialist, HPL Data Literacy: Julie Marcoux, Data Librarian, Dal Libraries Health Literacy: Kristy Hancock, Evidence Synthesis Coordinator, MSSU Information Literacy: Lindsay McNiff, Learning & Instruction Librarian, Dal Libraries Legal Literacy: David Michels, Public Services Librarian Financial Literacy: Samantha…
We are excited to announce one of our speakers for the 2023 Information Without Borders "Changing the Information Avenue" conference, Dr. Stacy Allison-Cassin! Stacy Allison-Cassin is a Citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario with strong kinship connections to the Georgian Bay Métis community…
IWB is excited to announce one of our speakers for the 2020 Information Without Borders conference, Susan McClure! Susan will be speaking about efforts to diversify the Halifax Municipal Archives. Susan has a Masters of Archival Studies from the University of British Columbia and…
We are pleased to announce one of our speakers for the 2020 Information Without Borders conference, Andrew Steeves! Andrew will be speaking about local publishing practices. Andrew Steeves was born in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. After taking degrees in Criminology and English, he settled…
IWB is excited to announce one of our speakers for the 2020 Information Without Borders conference, David Wilcox! David will be speaking about open source library software. David is the Program Leader for Fedora at LYRASIS. He sets the vision for Fedora and serves…
IWB is excited to announce one of our speakers for the 2020 Information Without Borders conference, Emily Glover! She will be speaking about food literacy programming at the public library and the benefits of providing barrier free food and nutrition education to our community.…
We are pleased to announce our Closing Speaker for the 2020 Information Without Borders conference, Sarah Beanlands! She will be speaking about removing information barriers in archaeology. Sara Beanlands is a founding partner of Boreas Heritage Consulting Inc., an independently owned company of archeology…
We are pleased to announce our Keynote Speaker for the 2020 Information Without Borders conference, Dorene Bernard! She will be speaking about grassroots activism and environmental protection. Dorene is a Mi’kmaq Grassroots Grandmother, Water Protector, Water Walker, and Survivor of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School.…
IWB would like to congratulate first year MLIS students Nicole Marcoux, Steven McDonald, and Nicole Slipp for being selected as this years student presenters! Each student will be given fifteen minutes to present their research in the Council Chambers, starting at 12:40. Come hear…
Jean Laroche is a veteran political reporter. He's covered 6 Nova Scotia governments, so far, in a career that began at CBC Montreal in 1983. He has hounded politicians in three provinces and one territory over the span of his almost 4 decades as…