Presenters are organized alphabetically by last name
Sharon Bratt
Sharon Bratt is an instructor in the Computer Science department at Grant Macewan University teaching in the areas of instructional technology and human-computer interaction.
Jennifer Brownlow
Jennifer Brownlow is the Reference Coordinator at Vancouver Island University with liaison responsibilities in the Faculties of Arts & Humanities, Education, Health & Human Services, Trades & Applied Technology. (too many words)
Jacalyn Bryan
Ms. Bryan has an M.A. in dance education and an M.A. (L.I.S). She has published in JAL and Library Review.
Joel Burkholder
Joel Burkholder is Assistant Professor and Instruction Librarian at York College of Pennsylvania. He is the coordinator of the college’s information literacy program.
Stephanie Bush
Stephanie Bush received a Master of Science in Library and Information Science from Florida State University and is currently researching the intersection between information literacy and composition pedagogy.
Trish Chatterley
Trish is a Public Services Librarian at the John W. Scott Health Sciences Library, University of Alberta. She is liaison to Pharmacy and Medical Humanities.
Dagmara Chojecki
Dagmara is an Information Specialist in a joint position with the Institute of Health Economics and the John W. Scott Health Sciences Library, University of Alberta.
Cherie Anne Coffee
Cherie Anne Coffee is a second year Education student enrolled in Macewan University’s Bachelor of Arts transfer program
Alyssa Deutschler
I am a reference and instruction librarian at a unique library that serves both a university and a community college.
Eva Dodsworth
Eva Dodsworth is the Geospatial Data Services Librarian at the University of Waterloo Map Library.
Eamon Duffy
Eamon Duffy has worked at McGill since 2007. He is the liaison librarian for History and Classical Studies as well as the government documents librarian.
Michelle Edwards Thomson
Michelle Edwards Thomson is the Public Services Team Lead at Red Deer College Library. She has an interest in information literacy instruction and assessment.
Margot Filipenko
Dr. Margot Filipenko works as the Teaching Programs Coordinator in the UBC Teacher Education Program, Faculty of Education. She is a faculty member in the Department of Language and Literacy Education and Co-Director of the Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable. She teaches in the Problem Based Learning Cohort and teaches education courses and graduate courses in elementary language arts, reading, early childhood education and folklore.
Nancy Goebel
Nancy Goebel is Head Librarian at the University of Alberta’s Augustana Campus. She led the creation of the open-source IL assessment software WASSAIL.
Chad Gusler
Chad Gusler received a M.F.A in creative writing (fiction) from Seattle Pacific University in Seattle, Washington. He is a published writer of fiction.
Robyn Hall
Robyn Hall is a Librarian and Instructor at Red Deer College. She is an active supporter of the Open Access movement.
Katherine Hanz
Katherine Hanz is a librarian at McGill University’s Education Library, where she supports the Physical Education & Kinesiology department.
Richard Hayman
Richard Hayman is MacEwan University’s acting English Librarian, coordinator of the English Library Instruction Program, and a founding member of the Edmonton chapter of the Progressive Librarians Guild.
Christina Hwang
Christina is an Instruction Librarian and embedded Liaison at the University of Alberta. Her professional interests include new technology and its effective application in learning.
Lindsay Johnston
Lindsay has an MLIS from the U of A (1999), and has worked at the U of A Libraries in various positions since she graduated.
Heidi Julien
Heidi Julien has been one of Canada’s primary scholars in information literacy. She taught and conducted research for 10 years at the University of Alberta.
Elana Karshmer
Ms. Karshmer has a M.A. in literature and an M.A. (L.I.S.). She has published in JAL and is a doctoral student at USF.
Jessica Knoch
Jessica Knoch is MacEwan University Library’s coordinator for library instruction and the liaison to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing at MacEwan University.
Katherine Koch
Katherine is the Head Librarian of the Coutts Education Library at the U of A. She is a actively invoved in identifying ways in which the library can best serve undergraduate students.
Laura Koltutsky
Laura Koltutsky is currently the Social Work, Sociology and Psychology Liaison Librarian in the Taylor Family Digital Library at the University of Calgary.
Maya Kucij
Maya Kucij is a liaison librarian for McGill’s Faculty of Education. She also co-teaches a Children’s Literature course and is responsible for the Education Library’s Curriculum Resources Centre.
Denis Lacroix
Denis Lacroix (BA, BEd, MLIS) is the University of Alberta’s Romance Languages librarian. He is dedicated to liaison projects involving information literacy and collections management.
Jessica Lange
Jessica Lange graduated from McGill University earning her MLIS in 2009. Since then she’s worked as a liaison librarian for the Faculty of Management and the School of Continuing Studies at McGill.
Deborah Lee
Deborah is of Cree and Mohawk ancestry. Previous to her current position, she was the Indigenous Studies Portal Librarian for four years (also at the U of S) and Reference Librarian at Library and Archives Canada for seven years. Deborah has presented widely, at both national and international conferences.
Yongtao Lin
Yongtao is a librarian managing the Tom Baker Cancer Centre Knowledge Centre in Calgary. Her research focuses on information literacy programming in health care settings.
Vincci Lui
Vincci Lui is a librarian at McGill University’s Macdonald Campus Library, where she supports the Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences.
Sona Macnaughton
Sona Macnaughton is a Librarian and Learning Designer at Red Deer College. She coordinates the library’s Information Fluency Program and teaches Library classes. @bibliogoddesss
Norda Majekodunmi
Norda Majekodunmi is a Reference and Instruction Librarian and Learning Commons Liaison at York University. Her current research interest focuses on using videos as a teaching and learning tool.
Nicole Mardis
Nicole Mardis is a PhD student and Canada Graduate Scholar in the department of Sociology at McGill University. She has a BA in Sociology (2000), a Bachelor of Commerce Honors (2005) in Entrepreneurship and the Management of organizations, and an MA in sociology (2009). Her doctoral research focuses on the emergence and structure of inter-organizational problem solving networks.
Cathy Martin
Cathy Martin is a librarian at the Marvin Duchow Music Library of McGill University and has been involved in designing and team-teaching the Schulich School of Music’s graduate music research methods course.
Gina Mastesic
Gina is a instruction/collection development librarian with a decade of experience in academic libraries. Her research focuses on graduate and undergraduate IL in social sciences.
Maura Mastesic
Maura teaches in the Law and Society program, and has published in numerous journals. Ongoing research includes the study of e-learning and collaborative learning.
Kelly McElroy
Kelly McElroy is the Undergraduate Services Librarian at the University of Iowa. She has been making zines and teaching with them since 2006.
Dawn McKinnon
Dawn McKinnon earned her MLIS in 2007 from McGill University and since then has worked as a liaison librarian in the Faculty of Management.
Brian McMillan
Brian McMillan is a music liaison librarian at the Marvin Duchow Music Library of McGill University, where among other responsibilities he coordinates the information literacy program with the Schulich School of Music. He holds a Masters of Music degree from McGill University and a Masters of Information Studies from the University of Toronto.
Andrea Miller-Nesbitt
I have been a librarian at McGill University for a year and a half and am primarily interested in working towards improving library accessibility for people with disabilities.
Henri Mondschein
Henri Mondschein is Manager of Information Literacy at the Pearson Library, California Lutheran University where he leads information literacy instruction and assessment.
Jo-Anne Naslund
Jo-Anne Naslund currently works as an Education Librarian in the Education Library at the University of British Columbia. She has worked as a teacher and teacher-librarian in schools in Alberta, British Columbia and Melbourne, Australia. Her research interests focus on information literacy, teacher education, school libraries together with Canadian children’s literature and adolescent reading interests. She has authored library publications and taught library courses in teacher-librarianship at the Universities of Melbourne, Alberta and British Columbia. Her educational background is a BA, BEd, MEd. And MLIS.
Andrew Nicholson
Andrew Nicholson is the GIS/Data Librarian at the University of Toronto Mississauga. He previously held similar positions at the University of Oregon and Trent University.
Olga Perkovic
After working four years as a Liaison Librarian for departments such as Anthropology and History, Olga began her new position as the Research and Advanced Studies Librarian in September 2011. In this role, Olga is working to enhance and supplement research and instructional activities to graduate students, faculty and advanced level researchers.
Susan Powelson
Susan Powelson is the Director, Health Sciences for Libraries and Cultural Resources at the University of Calgary. She has presented at national and international conferences on health librarianship.
Kathryn Ranjit
Kathryn Ranjit is the librarian manager of the Peter Lougheed Knowledge Centre with the Health Information Network. Her research interests include web development, online reference and health literacy.
Eileen Rose
Eileen is a second year MLIS student at the University of Alberta. Her academic interests include faculty outreach, information literacy instruction, and digital preservation.
Patti Ryan
Patti Ryan is the Political Science Librarian at York University. Her scholarly interests include feminist and critical pedagogy, and the social and political dimensions of information literacy.
Lisa Shamchuk
Lisa Shamchuk is the liaison librarian to the Education, Legal Assistant and Human Services Administration programs at MacEwan University. She is currently leading a project that will update pedagogical approaches to introductory English IL delivery.
Jennifer Sigalet
As Vernon Campus and Instruction Librarian Jennifer supports research based learning via integrated information literacy instruction and heads up the CILRI project at Okanagan College.
Allison Sivak
Allison is the Assessment Librarian at the University of Alberta Libraries, and is a PhD candidate in the U of A Faculty of Education.
Lisa Sloniowski
Lisa Sloniowski is the English Literature Librarian at York University. Her research interests include feminist archives, public academic libraries, and social justice.
Jorden Smith
Jorden is an intern librarian at the Univeristy of Alberta who works closely with the URI and the students who plan the Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Dale Storie
Dale is a Public Services Librarian at the John W. Scott Health Sciences Library, University of Alberta. He is liaison librarian to Medicine and Public Health.
Kevin Stranack
Kevin is a librarian at Simon Fraser University working on a variety of open source software projects. He is also a graduate student in Adult Education at the University of Regina.
Maria C. Tan
Maria C. Tan is a Master’s student in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta.
Leah Townsend
Leah Townsend is a reference librarian at MacEwan University Library. She provides library instruction to first year undergraduate English classes.
Tatiana Usova
Head Librarian at the Bibliothèque Saint-Jean, University of Alberta, Tatiana got her library degree from Simmons College, Boston. Her professional interests include e-learning and assessment.
Amanda Wakaruk
Amanda Wakaruk is the Government Information Librarian at the University of Alberta and a founding member of the Edmonton chapter of the Progressive Librarians Guild.
Rebekah (Becky) Willson
Rebekah (Becky) Willson is the psychology, religious studies and philosophy librarian at Mount Royal University. Her research interests include information behaviour, searchers’ self-concept and evidence-based librarianship.
