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be reviewed by true peers in real-time, and be shared globally, allowing authors to get feedback and analytics on unpublished works.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,…
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…
Registration for our 13th annual IWB conference is now open! Our topic for 2019 is Information Accessibility. Tickets are available through EventBrite here. The conference takes place on February 12th at the McInnes Room on Dalhousie Campus. General tickets are on sale until February 12th,…
Teresa Blankmeyer Burke, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Gallaudet University, a bilingual university American Sign Language and English institution serving deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing students in Washington DC. She is the only signing Deaf philosopher in the world with a doctorate in…
The IWB 2018 executive is happy to announce that Katie Toth will be presenting at our conference! Katie Toth is a freelance reporter whose work has appeared in NPR, the Village Voice, VICE and the Coast. She is currently a Journalism 1001 Tutor at…
The 2018 IWB committee is happy to announce that Dr. Jason Grek Martin will be speaking at the conference! Jason Grek Martin, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geography & Environmental Studies, Saint Mary’s University. I am a cultural and historical geographer and my research…
The 2018 IWB executive is excited to announce that Jennifer Grek Martin will be a speaker at our conference this year. Jennifer Grek Martin is a Lecturer at the School of Information Management at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada and is pursuing an Interdisciplinary…
The Information Without Borders Conference committee is thrilled to announce Tami Oliphant as a keynote speaker for the 2018 conference. Tami Oliphant is an assistant professor at the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta. Her teaching and research interests center upon…