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9:00am PDT
Climate Change Adaptation in Your Library and Community
LIMITED
Tuesday June 10, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Speakers DH
BCLA Climate Action Committee
Daniel Hackborn (he/him) is a former public library worker originally hailing from Treaty 6 Alberta. He's currently a PhD student at the UBC School of Information exploring the role of librarianship amid a changing climate. He is a standing member of the Climate Action Committees...
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9:00am PDT
ID for All: Reducing Barriers to Identification Services
LIMITED
Tuesday June 10, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Speakers MC
Megan Clark is a public services librarian at the Oak Bay branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library working in the healthy communities portfolio. In her previous lives she drove a bookmobile, worked as an arts reporter for the CKUA Radio Network, and lived on a houseboat on Great...
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9:00am PDT
Reimagining Library Vendor Relationships - One Path to a Reset Future
LIMITED
Tuesday June 10, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Speakers 
Director of Infrastructure and Resources, Fraser Valley Regional Library
Jeff is responsible for many of the support departments at FVRL, including IT, Collections & Digital Services, Facilities, Shipping & Receiving, and Purchasing. Before FVRL, Jeff worked for 3M Canada for 27 years in various sales, marketing and business development roles. His last...
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10:15am PDT
10:15am PDT
The Emerald City of Access: Cataloguing, Reporting, and Digital Literacy for Accessible Resources
LIMITED
Tuesday June 10, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am PDT
Speakers 
Co-op Support Training Lead, BC Libraries Cooperative
Jennifer Pringle is a support specialist and the training lead at the BC Libraries Cooperative. She creates documentation and plans training for the Sitka libraries on the shared Evergreen ILS. Jennifer is an active member of the Evergreen community participating in multiple working...
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Outreach Coordinator, National Network for Equitable Library Service
Megan Sellmer is the Outreach Coordinator for the National Network for Equitable Library Service. She is passionate about accessibility and helping libraries provide accessible services for patrons with print disabilities. She received her graduate degree in Digital Humanities and...
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10:15am PDT
11:30am PDT
"Popular! I'll Help You be Popular!": An Introduction to Social Media Strategies and Graphic Design
LIMITED
Tuesday June 10, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm PDT
Speakers 
Customer Experience Shift Leader, Prince George Public Library
Chenoa is a Customer Experience Shift Leader at the Prince George Public Library. In the back room of the library, you can often find her talking about books and their covers. She graduated from the College of New Caledonia with a Web and Graphic Design Certificate.
Visual Marketing Assistant, Prince George Public Library
Larissa is the Visual Marketing Assistant at the Prince George Public Library. She is a communication specialist, graphic designer, content strategist, and bilingual social media professional with experience in different areas of Communication, including marketing companies, public...
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11:30am PDT
Introduction to SOGI 123 and SOGI-inclusive Literature
LIMITED
Tuesday June 10, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm PDT
Speakers 
SOGI 123 Lead BC, ARC Foundation
Taylor is a skilled human rights educator and facilitator and is passionate about developing and leading participatory learning environments where lived experience is honoured and young people are authentically engaged. She has experience working with diverse partners and stakeholders...
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11:30am PDT
Online Resources for Indigenous Education - Local and Beyond
LIMITED
Tuesday June 10, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm PDT
Speakers 
Library Technician, Indigenous Education Department, School District No. 57
Jessica Brown was born and raised in Prince George, and is of white settler descent. She is thrilled to be a library technician for the Indigenous Education Department with School District 57. This year has been an exciting one, full of new projects! She got her start working in SD57...
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1:30pm PDT
1:30pm PDT
Navigating Accessibility: Okanagan Regional Library’s Action Plan for Implementing BC Accessibility Act
LIMITED
Tuesday June 10, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm PDT
Speakers TT
Community Engagement Coordinator, Okanagan Regional Library
Tara Thompson is the Community Engagement Coordinator at Okanagan Regional Library in the ancestral, traditional, and unceded territory of the nsyilxcən speaking people (Kelowna, BC). She has over 29 years of experience in libraries and specializes in accessibility, adult services...
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Assistant Professor (Anthropology), Director of the Collaborative + Experimental Ethnography Lab, University of British Columbia, Okanagan
Fiona P. McDonald (she/her) is an assistant professor of visual anthropology at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Okanagan on the ancestral and unceded Syilx Territory. She is the founder and Director of the Collaborative + Experimental Ethnography Lab (
www.ce2lab.org). Her research explores material culture, digital tools, social change, accessibility, and climate justice...
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1:30pm PDT
The Wizard and AI: Conjuring an Escape Room on a Budget
LIMITED
Tuesday June 10, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm PDT
Speakers RB
Programs & Outreach, Grand Forks & District Public Library
Rebecca is the lead programmer at the Grand Forks & District Public Library. New to both the library world and Grand Forks, she joined the team a year ago. With a knack for innovation, she brings fresh ideas that engage the community in creative and unexpected ways.
MP
Assistant Programmer, Grand Forks & District Public Library
Morgan, the assistant programmer at Grand Forks & District Library, first joined the team as last year’s Summer Reading Club Coordinator. Like Rebecca, they are new to the area and bring fresh energy to the library’s programming.
