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.…
The 14th annual student-run Information Without Borders Conference will take place on February 11th, 2020. This year's conference theme is Information at Home. The IWB Conference hosts two competitions to showcase student research from graduate students currently enrolled at Dalhousie University: the Student Poster Competition and…
Information Without Borders is currently recruiting incoming students in Dalhousie's MI/MLIS program for the upcoming 2020 conference. All positions are a two-year commitment. The committee is looking for the following positions to be filled: Programming: 2 Chairs Registration: 2 Chairs Logistics: 1 Chair Fundraising…
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…
This year one of IWB's sponsors is GreyLit, a platform that allows members to publish instantly, be reviewed by true peers in real-time, and be shared globally, allowing authors to get feedback and analytics on unpublished works. Users gain access to interdisciplinary, user-generated research,…
Are you a graduate student and want a chance to share your research with your peers and professionals in the community? The student paper and poster competition is a great way to share your research and potentially win a cash prize of up to…
Cora is the Founder and CEO of GreyLit, a software company that gives a voice and a stage to frontline research and information by allowing it to be searched, shared and reviewed around the world. After nearly 20 years as a Public Health Epidemiologist,…
Daniel Rotsztain is the Urban Geographer, an artist, writer and cartographer whose work examines our relationship to the places we inhabit. The author of All the Libraries Toronto, a colouring book featuring every branch of Toronto Public Library, Daniel now sits on Toronto Public…
Melissa Helwig is a Librarian at the W.K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library at Dalhousie University, primarily teaching and researching with the College of Pharmacy. She has a keen interest in the information seeking behaviours of Health Profession practitioners and students. Other areas of interest…