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…
Bianca Mercer is a first voice narrative expert, an advocate for criminalized women and a jails and prison abolishment activist, fighting to make change and create alternatives for incarceration in Canada. Bianca is a Dalhousie University student pursuing her education and dream to become a…
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…
We are looking forward to the launch of our new and improved IWB website! Please check back soon to see our updated design and new content. Thank you for your patience and we are looking forward to the 2019 conference.
The 2018 IWB Committee is happy to announce that Mike Bardsley will be presenting at this year's conference! Mike thrives on helping Revolve’s clients surpass their own expectations of what their brand can be. His experience, intuition and passion for delivering world-class work has…
As writer and director of the project ARC (Action, Responsibility, Choice) theatre tour, Janice has been working to bring information about human rights and responsibilities to Nova Scotia schools since March, 2012. Through her work with project ARC, she and her cast have received…
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…