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F a c u l t y o f I n f o r m a t i o n A l u m n i M a g a z i n e | AUTUMN 2 0 1 1
Alumni to Watch
Graduates from Various
Information Disciplines
Find Career Success
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Informed Magazine
No. 63, Autumn 2011
Publications Mail
Registration No. 1780182
ISSN 1913-696X Informed (Print)
ISSN 1913-6978 Informed (Online)
Editor
Kathleen O’Brien
On the cover: (L-R) Ted Tjaden (MISt ‘97), Victoria Goodfellow Nicholls
(MISt ‘08), Jane Dysart (MLS ‘74), and Catherine Biss (MLS ‘75).
Missing: Yael Filipovic (MMSt ’10).
Cover photo: Stephanie Lake Photography
A special thank you
to the following
contributors:
Jeannie An (’99)
Joan Chung (’10)
Professor Emerita
Margaret Cockshutt
(’49, ’64)
Christina Darvasi
(’12 Candidate)
Associate Editor
Judy Donnelly (’87)
Andrew Drummond
Designer
Michael Fedecky
Robin Kester
Greg Hughes
(’12 Candidate)
Mike Meth (‘06)
Isidora Petrovic
Alessya
Quattrociocchi (‘08)
Dean Seamus Ross
Kim Silk (’98)
Bruce Stewart
Alison Stirling (‘06)
Jacqueline Whyte
Appleby (‘10)
Professor Emerita
Nancy Williamson
(’50, ’64)
Departments
03 04 05 06 07 34 35 Letters
Dean’s Message
iSchool Institute
FIAA Presidents’ Reports
FIAA Representatives
In Memoriam
Donor Appreciation
Alumni News
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12 15 16 Bertha Bassam Lecture
Alumni News
Alumni Profiles
Year in Review
Class Notes
Faculty News
18 Faculty News
22 Faculty Profiles
26 Faculty Research Roundup
Student News
30 Student News
33 Student Profile
Letters, comments, & address updates can be sent to:
Kathleen O’Brien, Editor, Informed Magazine
Faculty of Information, University of Toronto
140 St. George Street, Room 211, Toronto, ON M5S 3G6
Tel: (416) 978-7184 Email: [email protected]
www.ischool.utoronto.ca
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informed | autumn 2011
iSchool Gets New Entrance from Robarts Library
The revitalization of Robarts Library, with new North and South Porticos,
has given the iSchool a new entrance. This additional student space
provides extra areas for studying, natural light, comfortable furniture,
and the infrastructure to support laptops and other electronic devices.
Your Letters
It’s a rewarding part
of my role here to
see the excitement,
passion, and pride
with which each of
you approaches your
career and contributes
to the profession. I
enjoy hearing the excited banter among
alumni at events such as the Spring Reunion or OLA Super Conference reception.
Or perhaps it’s the human side that
I find most intriguing. Retired alumni
like Gwenville Foster (’44), for example,
shares with us in a poignant “Letter to
the Editor” how a book she loaned to
a frightened boy gave them both great
comfort. I’m impressed that graduates
like Carole Linton MacFarquhar (’76)
volunteer for the Ask an Alumn program
to benefit students. And I am delighted
by the commitment of more than twenty
graduates who so generously gave their
time to serve on the Faculty’s Alumni
Executive this past year. I’d like to single
out Cynthea Penman (’79), who for
the first time in a decade did not sit on
the alumni executive, but still ran the
Job Shadowing program with Ricardo
Laskaris (’04) this year.
Lastly, the creativity, leadership, and
initiative that Kim Silk (’98) gave over the
last two years as your FIAA President
inspired me, and many others. She
brought forward new ideas and programs
for alumni, such as two grants, one for
professional development and the other
for a graduate ten years out to register
for the OLA Super Conference. I look
forward to working with Alison Stirling
(’06) as she builds on Kim’s foundation to
implement her own goals and ideas for
the Association. It will be an exciting year.
As always, I welcome your thoughts,
comments, feedback, and ideas on
this annual alumni publication as we
move into the 2011-2012 school year.
I can be reached at (416) 978-7184
or [email protected]. Have
a wonderful fall and enjoy the colours
of the season.
Kathleen O’Brien, Editor
Dear Editor:
Thank you very much for the print copy of
Informed. As a graduate of the University
of Toronto Library School (as it was then
called), class of 1946, I found it very
interesting. I especially enjoyed the letter
from Gwenville Foster that describes
quite closely my era at the School.
I was surprised to find that Martha
Shepard was not included in the “In
Memoriam” section. She died on August
1, 2009 and had a very distinguished
career. My husband, Dr. Ian C. Wees, a
graduate of the McGill University Library
School, was an associate of hers at the
then National Library of Canada for many
years, and I knew her well, as I worked
there also for some time. I refer you to
Feliciter, vol. 55, no. 5, 2009, p. 188, where
there is an article on Miss Shepard written
by my husband. Best wishes for the future
of Informed.
Eleanor (Belyea) Wees (BLS ’46)
Editor’s Note: We are always grateful
when we receive news regarding our
alumni, and thank you for sharing this
information with us. Please find a
notice of Martha Shepard’s passing in
“In Memoriam”, p. 34.
Dear Editor:
Thank you so much for my hard copy of
Informed. It is an excellent publication
and I look forward to the next issue. Of
particular interest to me were the articles
on Marshall McLuhan, and Clare Miller’s
obituary. Dr. McLuhan taught me English
in my first year and Clare Miller worked
for me, on a part-time basis, after she
retired from Imperial Oil. Best wishes for
continued success.
Rita Edwards (MLS ’71)
Dear Editor:
Your Editor’s Note in the autumn 2010
issue of Informed encouraged me to
send the enclosed story about a small
boy and a book. While working out of
Boys & Girls House for the Toronto Public
Library, I became involved in a subsidiary
service at Thistletown which was then
located northwest of Toronto on the
Woodbridge Road.
At that location there was a branch
of the Hospital for Sick Children that
was intended for incurable, terminal, or
long term patients. Such children were
transferred from the main hospital or
brought directly from remoter areas. This
facility is now otherwise utilized.
In the 1940s it was regarded as an
outpost from B&G House and I went there
at regular intervals by bus to introduce
books and tell stories to the children.
On one occasion I was met on arrival
by a staff member who told me that a
small Inuit boy who had been brought
down from Northern Canada had not
spoken a word since his arrival. His
ears and throat had been tested but
were fine, so his silence was not due
to physical impairment. He understood
any instruction given to him and he was
obedient but totally silent!
When I went to his bed with my cart of
books he was sitting up against a pillow. I
spoke to him. He did not respond verbally
but looked up at me with large eyes filled
with such deep sadness that I cringed
inwardly. No child should ever know
sorrow like that.
Looking over the books on my cart,
I retrieved one that pictured a frozen
landscape on the cover. I opened it to
centre spread that showed an adult on
one side with a raised harpoon pointed
at a sea creature on the other. This I
laid upon the small boy’s lap. One quick
glance and the child grabbed the book to
his chest crying, “Papa, Papa, Papa,” over
and over again. His eyes were shining
bright and his smile was as broad as the
Arctic Ocean. I left him and told the staff
that he must be allowed to keep the book,
and that I would remove it from inventory
for an indefinite period. Never was the
reward of being a children’s librarian so
profound as it was that day. Now decades
later, it remains a vivid memory.
Gwenville Foster (DLIB ’44)
Correction from 2010 Issue:
We incorrectly identified Susan Murray’s
class year in “Class Notes.” It should have
been 1976. We regret the error.
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PHOTO: Gustavo Toledo Photography
NOTE FROM EDITOR
Dean’s Message
“Many invigorating developments
have strengthened and advanced
the goals of the Faculty.”
T
his year, many invigorating developments have
strengthened and advanced the goals of the
Faculty. I would like to share with you some of
our many successes, among them the approval of a
new undergraduate program, a re-launch of the revised
doctoral program, celebrations of the 100th anniversary of
Marshall McLuhan’s birth, and the growth of our faculty
complement through several new professors and two
crucial staff members in career support and development.
We have not had an undergraduate program in the
Faculty since 1951, but last May, the UofT Governing
Council approved the collaboration of Faculty of Information and the Institute of Communication, Culture and
Information Technology (ICCIT) at the University of
Toronto Mississauga to deliver an undergraduate program
in Interactive Digital Media (IDM). This interdisciplinary program, intended to address the growing need for
communication students who are information literate
and media prepared, will provide students with a foundation in the generation, diffusion, and critical analysis of
the social impact of new and emerging technologies. We
believe that it will also provide a new cohort of students
for our Master’s program in Information.
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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of
one of the intellectual giants of the University of Toronto,
Marshall McLuhan. His scholarship on communication
and information was prophetic, and he perceived some
of the ways in which information technology would
transform society. The Faculty has been leading the
University’s activities to celebrate his work and, as my
colleagues put it, “to work out trends McLuhan identified in far-flung fields, exploring the future as well as
the past and the present, and honouring and nourishing
McLuhan’s vibrant spirit.” Please consider participating
in the McLuhan 100: Then | Now | Next academic conference, November 7-10, 2011.
Indeed, I sincerely invite alumni to get involved in
the life of the Faculty through the following opportunities: job shadowing; Ask an Alumn; taking professional
development courses at the iSchool Institute; attending iSchool colloquia lectures, which bring outstanding
researchers to the Faculty (for more information, please
see: www.ischool.utoronto.ca/colloquium); learning about
research being conducted by our doctoral students and
junior faculty by attending the annual PhD Research
Presentation Days (April 23- 24, 2012) and Junior
Professors’ Research Day (April 30, 2012).
For those of you who live beyond the Toronto area,
we will make many of our event videos available online.
I look forward to meeting many of you at Spring Reunion
or at the OLA Super Conference, and I welcome your
engagement, support, news, and participation with
your Faculty.
Dr. Seamus Ross
Dean, Faculty of Information
The iSchool Institute
A Society That’s Always Learning
T
here was a time when a person could go through
his or her entire working life using one set of
skills, usually learned prior to beginning full time
employment. Society is no longer so simple.
Primarily because of rapidly evolving technologies,
the way we manage, communicate and do business in the
workplace is constantly changing. Information professionals in particular must stay abreast of these developments,
learn new skills, and think and lead in new ways.
Recognizing the importance of ongoing l earning,
the iSchool has for decades offered unique l earning
opportunities for our graduates and the wider
communities of knowledge workers. To respond to
the changing needs of our constituents, last year the
iSchool reconfigured its Professional Learning Centre
into The i School Institute, which is responsible for both
continuing education and public outreach at the Faculty.
Like all other organizations, the Institute is busy navigating its way through this period in society which sees
restrictions on resources with demands to do more, when
all the old rules are shifting.
Continuing education is now just one part of the
Institute’s mandate. We continue to offer classroom
and web-based professional development classes and
certificate programs, with regular sessions in Toronto
and Ottawa. We also run a series of one-time events in
Toronto, and provide on-site consulting and custom
classes for organizations, in addition to offering support
to information-based entrepreneurs and practitioners.
We bring speakers to the iSchool so that you, your
friends, and colleagues can enjoy and learn from the
best and brightest in the field. A diverse array of topics
are covered: last year’s sessions included the high cost
of privacy; the inevitability of failure and the resilient
organization; how to build learning plans and to get
results from IT investments; social networking; the
disorder of our times; and cultural tourism.
A new series will be available on the third Thursday
of each month throughout the academic year. We’d
love to see you there, so please check our website:
www.institute.ischool.utoronto.ca for specifics.
We also bring in workshop leaders and experts who
are just a few steps ahead of the rest of us to run special
events for those of us who work in libraries, cultural
institutions, and knowledge management.
Last year the Institute offered programs on museum
leadership; dealing with user diversity while managing a technology strategy; and building a social media
marketing strategy. We expect to offer library and cultural
institution leadership programs in the year ahead.
Courses are added and refreshed regularly to ensure
that our extensive catalogue fulfils the needs of our
information professionals working in a wide array of
settings. For instance, the expanding area of intelligence
analysis will see additional courses introduced early in
2012. Other new certificate programs include conceptual
curation, information entrepreneurship, pedagogy for
conceptual thinking, and pre- and post-project leadership.
I look forward to meeting you at one of our events,
workshops, or courses. The information professional
community continues to broaden and evolve. Join us
in helping the community meet the challenges of the
new workplace.
Bruce A. Stewart
Director, The iSchool Institute
“Primarily because of rapidly e volving
technologies, the way we manage,
communicate and do business in the
workplace is constantly changing.”
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Faculty of Information Alumni Association (FIAA)
Presidents’ Reports
H
aving now ended my term
as President of the Faculty
of Information Alumni
Association (FIAA), I would like to
convey my sincere thanks to the very
Kim Silk (MLS 1998)
dedicated 2010 Alumni Association
Past President
Executive Board Members who
helped FIAA grow and accomplish many great initiatives
over the past two years. I am proud of our networking
and community development, our established social
media channels, two new awards designed to benefit
our graduates, and event attendance that demonstrates
increasing popularity. Being President has been a
wonderful experience — the learning and fun I’ve had
have truly surpassed my expectations. I am thrilled
that Alison Stirling will be taking the helm, and I look
forward to continuing to serve on the executive board
as Past President.
I thought I would share some of the terrific work
we did during 2010-2011:
Social Media
Facebook Group – moving to a Facebook Page Membership has increased 52% since 2008 to 327 m
embers
in June 2010, and 145 “likes” in June 2011
LinkedIn Group
Membership has increased from 43 members in 2008
to 235 members in June 2011
Twitter Account – UTiSchoolAlumni
Established in 2009, we have 145 followers as of June 2011
Awards, Grants & Support
2011 Outstanding Alumni Award
Catherine Biss
2011 Outstanding Student Contribution Award
Cybil Stephens (MI ’11), Katya Pereyaslavska (MI ’11)
Student Conference Grants
Eight grants awarded
Financial support for iConnect @ iSchool event (Spring 2011)
Management of Corporate and Other Special Information
Centres course, taught by Vicki Whitmell (MLS ’84)
FIAA Alumni Conference Grant
Erika Heesen
FIAA Professional Development Grant
Michael Bodey
Programs & Events
Ask an Alumn Program, 2010-2011
FIAA Student Welcome Tea, October 2010
Fall iSchool Convocation Reception, November 2010
FIAA-SLA-CASLIS-TALL Joint Holiday Social, December 2010
OLA Super Conference Alumni Reception, February 2011
Job Shadowing Program, Winter 2011
Bertha Bassam Lecture, April 2011
FIAA Spring Reunion Reception, May 2011
iSchool Convocation Reception, June 2011
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W
elcome to the fall! I hope
everyone had a relaxing
summer. As the President
of the FIAA for the next two years, I
can promise you we already have an
Alison Stirling (MISt ’06)
exciting year ahead of us, with a new
President
FIAA website, social events such as
orientation, convocation, and spring reunion, conference
grants for alumni and students, the Ask An Alumn and
Job Shadowing programs for students and alumni, and
the international iSchools conference being held here in
February 2012.
Building on the superb work that Past President
Kim Silk (MLS ’98) did in supporting the iSchool and
students, while increasing MI and MMSt recent graduate
involvement on the executive, my goals for 2011-12 are to:
Engage
Continue to encourage new, recent, and long-term
alumni to participate in the Association in multiple
ways — on the executive as directors, in committees, in
new initiatives, and in events. Seek involvement from
five- to fifteen-year alumni in our executive, committees
and events
Find the Passion
Find ways to build on the strengths, interests, passions,
and needs of the alumni in activities of the Association
and beyond in all our activities
Expand Community
Work towards additional alumni benefits such as expanded professional development, links with lecture series at
the iSchool Institute, webinars, and conferences. Connect
closely with the students and the Faculty as a whole to
support the excellence of our students and their experience with Information professionals and communities
Make It Rewarding
Explore sustainability and funding issues with the Dean
and Faculty. Have fun — ensure we have social time as
well as serious pursuits.
FIAA Representatives 2011-2012
Executive
Directors
President
Alison Stirling (’06)
Policy Analyst with Canadian
Best Practices Initiative,
Public Health Agency of
Canada, Toronto
Past President
Kim Silk (’98)
Data Librarian, Martin
Prosperity Institute, Rotman
School of Management, UofT
Vice-President
Kate McDonald (’09)
Cataloguing & Digital
Services Librarian
Trinity College,
UofT
Secretary
Kim Stymest (’10)
Information Specialist,
Ministry of Economic
Development & Trade,
Toronto
Treasurer
Bob Henderson (’75)
Director, Strategic Planning
& Service Support (Retired),
Markham Public Library
& Treasurer & Membership
Secretary, Ex Libris Assoc.
Thank you to the
following alumni who
have served over the
past few years:
Mark Eaton (’06)
Meghan Ecclestone (’09)
Helen Katz (’75)
Yasmin Khan (’02)
Claire Lysnes (’04)
Cynthea Penman (’79)
Karen Wierucki (’80)
Jeannie An (’99)
RJC Research Services
Librarian, DeGroote School
of Business,
McMaster University,
Hamilton
Eve Leung (’09)
Research Librarian,
Legislative Assembly of
Ontario, Toronto
Gillian Clinton (’00)
Principal, Clinton Research,
Toronto
Michael Meth (’06)
Director, Li Koon Chun
Finance Learning Centre,
Business & Economics
Librarian, UofT Mississauga
Christine DeLuca (’11)
Information Specialist,
Bennett Jones LLP,
Toronto
Valentine Moreno (’10)
Curatorial Administrative
Assistant, Canadian Art,
Art Gallery of Ontario,
Toronto
Carolanne Graham (’08)
Application Support
Specialist,
Discovery Commons,
Faculty of Medicine, UofT
Cybil Stephens (’11)
Information Services
Assistant,
Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP,
Toronto
Bruce Harpham (’09)
Senior Business Analyst,
BMO Financial Group,
Toronto
Jonathan Studiman (’07)
Image Librarian,
City of Toronto
Kate Johnson (’11)
Recent graduate and
professional job seeker
Jacqueline Whyte Appleby
(’10)
Client Services Librarian,
OCUL Scholars Portal,
Toronto
Ricardo Laskaris (’04)
Reference Assistant,
York University Steacie
Science & Engineering
Library, Toronto
Wiebke Symthe (’97)
Founder and volunteer,
Robarts Used Book Store,
Robarts Library, UofT
Amanda LeClerc (’10)
Project Manager,
BiblioCommons, Toronto
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BERTHA BASSAM LECTURE 2011
Dr. David Carr:
Libraries and Museums Must Help Inspire
Cultural Courage
“When a cultural i nstitution
invites its users to bring
original experiences and
questions to each other, it
recognizes the truths that we
are never finished becoming,
and that we need to speak to
each other. This invitation is
also an expression of respect
and anticipation.”
By Christina Darvasi & Kathleen O’Brien
L
iving in a democracy means
being challenged, responding,
and learning from what we think
and feel, says consultant and former
University of North Carolina Library
Science Professor, Dr. David Carr.
Speaking as the 2011 Bertha Bassam
Lecturer on April 14, Dr. Carr says if we
wish to become responsible citizens, we
need to have the “cultural courage” to live
up to our destiny. Libraries and museums
are part of that equation.
“When a cultural institution invites its
users to bring original experiences and
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questions to each other, it recognizes
the truths that we are never finished
becoming, and that we need to speak
to each other. This invitation is also an
expression of respect and anticipation,”
he asserted.
Thoughtfully presented by Dr. Carr,
“Cultural Institutions and Cultural
Courage” was sponsored by the Faculty
of Information Alumni Association, and
hosted by Dean Seamus Ross. Kelly
McKinley, executive director of education
and programming at the Art Gallery of
Ontario, introduced Dr. Carr.
The lecture included the idea that our
destiny in life is to be the best people
we can be, and part of that process is
learning from past lives and histories, like
those featured in museums and libraries.
“Society has freedom to see the role of
museums and libraries as spaces for
sharing knowledge.”
But Dr. Carr points out that
despite major advances such as
those in technology, society “cannot
download, curate, or collect” ideals
or characteristics such as altruism,
authenticity, courage, or empathy. Many
of these qualities, if not innate, must be
taught and learned.
He told the packed audience that to
be instrumental in the construction of
BERTHA BASSAM LECTURE 2011
Kelly McKinley
such thoughtful lives, responsible citizens
need to “study the interior lives of men
and women in their times,” not just the
interiors of institutions.
“That’s why cultural institutions such
as libraries and museums aren’t just
about learning, but experiencing and
thinking.”
This is one of the keys to establishing
a civic society and democracy, Dr. Carr
says. He further advocates for the
importance of cultural institutions in
helping people increase their capacity to
grasp, negotiate, adapt, and respond to
change in their lives.
“Museums and libraries are the
cultural instruments most able
to approach the complexities and
ambiguities of our lives. They are places
of artifacts, records, and documents,
but they also … cause us to think of
some place or thing beyond ourselves.
They allow us to go beyond the
information given.”
Dr. Carr concluded his talk by saying
that cultural institutions can lead us into
the unknown and back, “using history as
a map toward our future.” The result, he
then says, is that these institutions can
renew lives by observing and studying
past lives, making us all stronger, and
inviting us to think. n
About the Bertha Bassam Lecture:
The Bertha Bassam Lecture in
Librarianship was established by the
Faculty’s Alumni Association to honor
Dr. Bertha Bassam, Director of the
Library School from 1951 to 1964. The
lecture takes places every few years
and is delivered by an outstanding
individual whose topic and experience
are relevant to museums, archives,
librarians, and librarianship.
Dr. Carr is a Consultant at
Conversations in Cultural Institutions
and recently retired as an Associate
Professor at the School of Information
and Library Science, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
To read his full speech, visit
www.ischool.utoronto.ca/alumni and
scroll down to “Bertha Bassam Lecture.”
Visit our Facebook page (Faculty of
Information Alumni Association) for
photos from the event.
(L–R): Dr. David Carr and Dean Seamus Ross
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Alum ni News
‘Ask an Alumn’ Program Connects
Alumni and Students
By Michael Meth (MISt ‘06)
Director, Ask An Alumn Program
D
o you recall a time starting out
your career when you wish you’d
had the opportunity to talk to
someone who had “been there and done
that”? If so, you will empathize with
many of the job seekers and prospective students looking to the iSchool’s Ask
An Alumn program to help them make
informed decisions.
Gillian Clinton, Christine DeLuca and
I (who all sit on the Faculty of Information
Alumni Association Board), would like to
(re)introduce fellow alumni to the Ask An
Alumn program.
Whether current or prospective
iSchool students, recent graduates, or
in career transition, participants in this
program connect with alumni who make
themselves available for a conversation.
These volunteers come from a variety
of backgrounds, experiences, and
graduation years (see list at right).
They share information about career
options, their work experiences, and
answer questions about professional
topics, etc. Conversations will start with
an email, but may evolve to phone calls
and maybe even mentorship.
We are currently looking to expand the
service and would like to hear from you if
interested in becoming one of the alumni
featured in the program. Regardless of
where you are located, the stage of your
Ask an Alumn program, which was created at the
iSchool more than a decade ago, allows alumni
volunteers to share their knowledge with the
next generation of Information and Museum
professionals, providing a valuable service to our
students. Current alumni volunteers are:
Hyun-Duck Chung (’07)
Market Intelligence Information Specialist,
University of Toronto Libraries, Gerstein
Science Information Centre, and MaRS
Innovation
Gillian Clinton (’00)
Principal, Clinton Research, Toronto
Christopher Cronin (’02)
Director of Metadata & Cataloging Services,
University of Chicago
Christine DeLuca (’11)
Information Specialist, Bennett Jones LLP,
Toronto
Charles Dunham (’05)
Librarian, Tigard Public Library, Oregon,
USA
Julie Hannaford (’02)
Associate Librarian for the Humanities
and Social Sciences; Director, OISE Library,
University of Toronto
Michelle Hendley (’98)
Reference & Instruction Librarian, State
University of New York, College at Oneonta
John Hermans (’97)
Director, Advancement Research,
Division of University Advancement,
University of Toronto
Dave Hook (’00)
Manager, Operations Information and
Configuration Management, MDA Space
Missions, Brampton
Christina Hwang (’08)
Instruction Librarian, Cameron Library,
University of Alberta, Edmonton
Sheila Lacroix (’91)
Library Coordinator, Centre for Addiction
and Mental Health, Toronto
Ricardo Laskaris (’04)
Reference Assistant, Steacie Science &
Engineering Library, York University,
Toronto
Carole Linton MacFarquhar (’76)
Young Adult & Adult Services Librarian,
Saint John Free Public Library,
Saint John, New Brunswick
Michael Meth (’06)
Director, Li Koon Chun Finance
Learning Centre,
Business & Economics Librarian,
University of Toronto Mississauga
Jessica Posgate (’07)
Our Ontario Project Coordinator,
Knowledge Ontario, Toronto
Elisa Sze (’07)
Collections Coordinator, Faculty of
Information, University of Toronto
Kristine Carlsen Wall (’78)
Advancement Business Officer,
University Advancement,
University of Lethbridge, Alberta
Colin Wiginton (’91)
Manager, Cultural Services,
City of Kingston
Matt Wong (’07)
PhD Candidate, Ivey School of Business,
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario
career or your professional stream, we
website to increase traffic and
helping students bridge the gap while
participation. We hope this program
becoming Information or Museum
you may have noticed that we recently
will continue to augment other FIAA
professionals.
made it more visible on the Faculty’s
programs such as Job Shadowing in
would like to hear from you.
If you’ve been following the program,
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Alumni Ne ws
Catherine Biss Receives
FIAA Outstanding
Alumni Award
Markham Public Library CEO and
iSchool alumna Catherine Biss (MLS
’75) is the recipient of this year’s
FIAA Outstanding Alumni Award,
announced at the 2011 Faculty of
Information Spring Reunion, for “her
outstanding leadership, mentorship, and exceptional capacity for
innovation in librarianship.” Although
unable to accept the award in person,
Catherine’s acceptance speech
was read by classmate and Alumni
Association executive member, Bob
Henderson (MLS ’75). In the speech,
Ms Biss said she was honoured to
be among her fellow classmates,
library heroes, and industry leaders
who have received this award. After
Mr. Henderson presented the award
to Ms Biss at a Markham Public
Library Board meeting, on May 30,
the Town of Markham Mayor and
Council subsequently recognized this
achievement in June.
and retention issues, along with excessive
bureaucracy. He suggested India use
Canada as an example: “It has a comprehensive museum policy, embedded in
multiculturalism that has been built
into governance.” George has worked
in museums in eleven countries during
the last twenty-four years, including an
internship at the Smithsonian.
Two New Alumni Grants
Awarded to GRADUATES
FIAA Professional Development Grant:
Alumnus Michael Bodey (MISt ‘98) was
awarded the newly introduced FIAA Professional Development Grant, supported
by the Faculty of Information Alumni
Association and the iSchool Institute, for
alumni who graduated more than ten
years ago. “I believe the grant to be an
excellent opportunity to improve our skills
and reconnect with others in our field.
It can also assist alumni in pursuing a
different direction for their career paths,”
he says. As a graduate of the Information Systems stream, Mr. Bodey found it
difficult to reenter the workforce after
several years away, given the rapid pace of
technological change. But two courses in
records management gave him the edge
in obtaining a job in that field. “The timing
could not have been better” for the grant,
he notes, as he will use the $500 credit
toward the web-based Records Management Fundamentals Certificate. “This
program should help me to refresh my
skills in this area as I embark on a new
career path.”
FIAA Alumni Conference Grant:
Erika Heesen (MISt ’10) was chosen as
the recipient of the first FIAA Alumni
Conference Grant that gave her free
registration to the Ontario Library
Association (OLA) Super Conference,
held at the Metro Toronto Convention
Centre from February 2 to 5, 2011.
Ms Heesen, who works at the Leeds
and the Thousand Islands Archives near
Kingston, Ontario, says that attending this
year’s OLA Super Conference fostered
professional growth by providing further
knowledge of genealogical research,
engaging students and community,
fundraising, and outreach.
Michael Bodey
Erika Heesen
iSchool Alumnus
interviewed in Times of India
Internationally recognized museum
professional and iSchool alumnus, George
Jacob (MMSt ‘96), was interviewed by the
Times of India earlier this year regarding
the need for a comprehensive museum
policy in India.
In the interview, Mr. Jacob points out
that museums in his home country suffer
from inadequate resource allocation
and lack of proper staff training. He also
believes that the Indian government’s
recent difficulty finding a director for the
National Museum reveals remuneration
Alumni gather at the Ontario Library Association’s
Super Conference in FeBRUARY 2011
(L-R): Ricardo Laskaris (’04), Michael Caspi (’04) and Susan Lai (’05)
informed | autumn 2011 1 1
Jane Dysart
Librarianship:
Building Relationships
By Greg Hughes (MI ’12 Candidate)
J
ane Dysart, (MLS ’74), knows that a librarian’s career
prospects aren’t just about metadata or the ability to
catalogue: they are about building relationships.
“It is critical that if you want to have any kind of job, you have
to have good relationships with people. Any library that’s coming
under a crunch, you have to have built those strong relationships
from the ground up.”
Ms Dysart knows all about the importance of building
networks to facilitate success: she’s the co-president of her
eponymous firm, Dysart & Jones, founded in 1992. Together with
her business partner, Rebecca J. Jones, the company provides
“In the ever-shifting structures and working
environments of libraries, traditional job
placements may not be as readily available,
but graduates should feel confident in their
skills, because they are in demand.”
consulting services relating to information and knowledge
management. “We help organizations figure out the directions
they need to take in managing information in a rapidly changing
environment. We’ve been very busy, successful, and happy — we
like what we do.” she says. Starting and running a company isn’t
an easy task, but Jane took many of the skills she learned in her
days at the Faculty of Library Science and parlayed them into her
present career.
A native of Richmond Hill, Ontario, she says that volunteering
for organizations such as the Special Libraries Association (SLA)
while enrolled at the Faculty helped her develop confidence and
networking skills. While a student, Ms Dysart also worked at the
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) for Jane Cooney,
former iSchool faculty member and current member of the
Dean’s Advisory Council.
Ms Dysart notes: “I joined the SLA as a student member in
1973. As a student, there were a lot of people who took me under
their wing. I was introduced to the chair of the business and
finance division of the SLA — I got to really know her well and got
pulled into conferences. I met some incredible people and built
a network early on. That network has been very useful to me
throughout my career. It lends itself well to the job I do now with
setting up conferences.”
Jane’s career path included several twists and turns: after
her employment at the CIBC for the summer between her first
and second year of study, she worked another summer with
the then Toronto Dominion Bank, eventually moving on to the
Canadian Standards Association. She later spent seventeen years
as Manager of Information Resources at the Royal Bank
of Canada (RBC).
“I had a lot of autonomy in my job — I merged the RBC’s
Toronto and Montreal library branches. I really liked the job.
It was a fabulous facility in the RBC gold tower downtown. It
was really interesting. Still, I was ready for another challenge. I
needed more flexible time, so that’s when Rebecca and I started
our own business with Dysart & Jones.”
Ms Dysart believes that much of what students learn in
programs such as those offered by the iSchool is hugely
important in today’s economy. In the ever-shifting structures and
working environments of libraries, traditional job placements
may not be as readily available, but Jane says that graduates
should feel confident in their skills, “because they are in
demand.” She asserts that these abilities are “valued in many
other places, whether it’s building intranets, taxonomies,
providing knowledge sharing and collaborative spaces in
organizations—that stuff is critical … I hope that students can
broaden their views about where their skills can be applied.”
Although she recognizes that “uncertainty is not something
that’s easy for librarians to deal with. It’s not how our brains
work, it’s something we have to learn,” she notes. “Those skills
are really important for new graduates: look at the world as a
networked, information-sharing place in which they have a key
role to play, although it may not be in a building or something
with four walls.” n
PHOTO: Stephanie Lake Photography
Alum ni PROFILE
Alumni PROFILE
Ted Tjaden
A Leap of Faith into
Knowledge Management
By Alessya Quattrociocchi (MISt ‘08)
M
“A large part of what lawyers sell is
their expertise and professional judgment,
and what knowledge management brings
to the practice of law is an organized
approach to capturing, organizing and
re-using this expertise and judgement.”
management and the “knowing organization.”
While law librarianship is considered to be one of the most
‘stressful’ branches of librarianship, Ted refers to it instead
as “challenging and ever changing.” His graduating class
boasted six students (a relatively high number) working in law
librarianship. Ted points out that many iSchool graduates are
not just doing traditional law librarianship, but are employed in
related work, such as web- or intranet management, or even
pure cataloguing.
Mr. Tjaden says information professionals should constantly
be publishing. An avid writer, he regularly blogs for SLAW
(www.slaw.ca), an online legal magazine, and has had various
articles published. The best writing advice he received came from
retired Court of Appeal Justice, Lloyd Houlden: if you pick a topic
that has not yet been well covered, one of the legal publishers
may be interested. And that is how Ted’s first book — The Law
of Independent Legal Advice — was born. He has since published
another book, Legal Research and Writing.
If anyone can demonstrate how a Master’s degree can open
doors, it is Ted Tjaden. He took that leap across the country many
years ago, and landed firmly on his feet. n
any Faculty of Information graduates will recognize this
story: sacrificing family time, studying for long hours
and for many years to obtain the qualifications for the
career of your dreams — then finally landing the job you’ve
longed for. It’s an ideal, secure life.
But a decade after completing law school, alumnus Ted
Tjaden (MISt ‘97) felt it was time for a change so he packed up
and left the comfort of a familiar career, and the beauty of British
Columbia. This is what he calls “a leap of faith.”
Mr. Tjaden was a practicing lawyer in British Columbia when,
along with his wife and young daughter, he left the Rockies to
study law librarianship at the Faculty of Information Studies.
He felt that the iSchool — which offered a combination of the
University of Toronto’s reputation and the career opportunities
available in Toronto — would offer him the best chance at this
new life.
It did — and opened up a whole new career for him.
After graduating in 1997, not only did he earn a place as a
law librarian at the Bora Laskin Law Library at the University of
Toronto’s Faculty of Law, he also became an adjunct professor
at the iSchool. Ted enjoyed teaching Legal Literature and
Librarianship to a new generation of information professionals.
But after a few years, he felt that familiar urge to switch things
up, so he left his position at the law library to become National
Director of Knowledge Management at the prestigious Toronto
law firm, McMillan LLP.
Once again, his “leap of faith” paid off.
Looking back now, Ted is happy with his decision to move into
knowledge management. This is a term many iSchool graduates
are familiar with, but may not fully understand.
“A large part of what lawyers sell is their expertise and
professional judgment, and what knowledge management brings
to the practice of law is an organized approach to capturing,
organizing, and re-using this expertise and judgement,” Ted
explains. From lawyer to librarian to knowledge management
professional, Ted credits the iSchool for being his stepping stone
into the information world.
He acknowledges several of his teachers: Professor Lynne
Howarth, for her leadership; Ann Morrison and Jim Spence
for their law librarianship course; Professor Joan Cherry, for
teaching disciplined research methodology; Professor Clare
Beghtol, who would be pleased to know that he did actually apply
the AACR2 rules in his professional career; and Professor Chun
Wei Choo, a professor with excellent, challenging courses on
Victoria Goodfellow Nicholls
CBC’s Dynamic Environment
By Joan Chung (MISt ’10)
V
ictoria Goodfellow Nicholls
(MISt ’08) had an idyllic
upbringing in rural England
surrounded by old collections of family
books, enjoying the outdoors, reading
voraciously, and writing her own stories.
By the time her family moved to a
rural area of Nova Scotia when she
was thirteen, her passion for reading
myths, fantasy, and historical fiction was
already fully entrenched.
Her first professional calling came
in grade seven as a result of a career
day held at her school. A presentation by Colleen Jones, a reporter
for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), left Victoria with a
strong desire to become a journalist.
After high school, she began a journalism program at the
University of King’s College in Halifax where she specialized in
television. As a student, Ms Goodfellow Nicholls believed in the
power of words as a vehicle to communicate ideas and realities,
and wanted to use her education to create change in the world.
Yael Filipovic
Museum Studies Graduate Combines Passions
By Joan Chung (MISt 2010)
A
lover of nature with a passion for the visual arts, recent
iSchool graduate, Yael Filipovic (MMSt ’10), has sketched out
a life that blends together everything she loves. As a native
of St-Sauveur (a small town in Quebec) who grew up in Vermont, Ms
Filipovic was surrounded by nature and stunning settings. These
beautiful places nurtured her love of art. Combining visual arts with
her interest in education and pedagogy, Yael completed her Bachelor’s degree at McGill University with a double major in Humanistic
Studies and Art History, with a minor in Education. In her final year at
McGill, while attending a visual arts conference in Ottawa, she realized that it would be a challenge to pursue a career in art galleries
and museums without further education.
She chose the iSchool’s Museum Studies program as the best
option for hands-on experience, beneficial in a work environment.
“I was surprised initially by the fact that the students all had
very diverging interests in museums,” she says. “I had expected
that everyone would be focused on the same thing, but instead met
students from across Canada and beyond who all had very different
ideas. This diversity helped me to open myself to different aspects
of work within museums that I may never have had a chance to
pursue otherwise.”
Upon graduation, Victoria began working for the CBC in Halifax
in the news department and in the library. She found her time in
the library particularly rewarding and felt very at home in that
environment. This positive experience and the advice of a colleague
led Ms Goodfellow Nicholls to the iSchool.
Although it was a challenge returning to school after working full
time, her love of learning greatly eased the transition.
“Juggling class work, career, family, and friends helped me keep
an eye on the forest but not forget about the importance of individual
trees. A lot of the in-class work taught me about the science of
what I’m doing [at the CBC], which makes decision-making easier,”
she says.
Combined with her new degree from the iSchool, Victoria’s
experience at CBC Halifax helped her land a job with CBC Libraries
& Archives in Toronto as the Co-ordinator of Media Management.
Ms Goodfellow Nicholls is responsible for all of the digital processes
involved in the management of content, which includes ensuring
an effective process, the correct corresponding documentation,
a training plan, and constant review. “It’s a dynamic and evolving
library environment. I’m enjoying the new digital environment where
decisions are often precedent-setting.”
Victoria says that the exciting changes and evolution in media,
technology, and information management will keep her at the
CBC. As a content manager, not only will she be given an opportunity
to experience this evolution first-hand, but she will also be an
active contributor to the strategic evolution of the CBC Libraries
& Archives. n
Yael was fortunate to land a job
right after graduation at the Foreman
Art Gallery at Bishop’s University in
Sherbrooke, Quebec, as the Curator of
Education and Cultural Action. She finds
that her curatorial work extends beyond
the usual.
While she performs regular duties
such as giving workshops, providing
gallery tours, and curating an annual
community-based exhibition, she also
organizes a special project called the
Community Art Lab. A cultural mediation project, the Lab tries
to extend its reach into the community to look and listen to social
issues, dialogue, and debate, while examining bias in contemporary
art as a catalyst for discussion.
“The role combines my interest in contemporary art, pedagogy,
community development, and small institutions. I am exactly where
I want to be at this moment — constantly excited, challenged, and
pushed by my work.”
Yael says the iSchool, both inside and outside of the classroom,
helped her career. “The relationships developed with classmates
and teachers have brought me insight and knowledge into the field
of museum studies.” For those reasons, Yael encourages students to
watch for opportunities beyond formal coursework, as they can lead
to engaging work like hers, that combines personal and professional
interests in a stimulating environment. n
Alum ni PROFILES
YEAR IN REV IEW
Dean Seamus Ross (right) and Dominique Scheffel-Dunand (second from front left) join McLuhan100 committee members for the June 27 unveiling of the Heritage
Plaque at Marshall McLuhan’s former home, 29 Wells Hill Avenue, Toronto.
Yannet Lathrop (‘11) and Mike
Gretz at Spring Reunion.
(L–R): 1986 graduates Susan Ewing, Rebecca Richardson,
Sandra Craig, and Andrew Lofft celebrate the 25th
anniversary of their graduation.
(L-R): Meg Ecclestone (‘09), Suzanne LeBlanc (‘09),
and Kim Stymest (‘11) during the Bertha Bassam
Lecture in April with speaker, Dr. David Carr.
(L-R): Stephen Abram (‘80) and
David Harvie (‘91) at the OLA Super
Conference alumni reception.
(L-R): Kim Silk (‘98), An Tran (‘11)
and Christine DeLuca (‘11) at
Spring Reunion.
(L-R): John Warrener (‘73), guest speaker Joan
Giannone, and Bob Henderson (‘75) at the iTea
hosted by Ex-Libris in March.
At the alumni reception on Feb. 3 during the OLA
Super Conference, are (L-R): Judith Cooperman
(‘10), Angelina Pizzirusso (‘10), and Michelle Leung.
Host and Professor Eric Yu (right),
with Attila Barta at the first
Information Systems Career Café
in March.
Kate Johnson (‘11) at
the Silent Auction table,
Spring Reunion.
Alvin Schrader (‘75) and Wendy
Newman (‘85) catch up at the OLA
Super Conference reception.
Students smile heading into
Convocation Hall in June.
Robert (Bob) Bean (’61) and his wife Ann
celebrate the 50th anniversary of his
graduation, during Spring Reunion.
CLASS NOTES
1966
1982
Diana (Hunt) Inselberg
(Alexander) Sandy Finlayson
My husband and I moved to
Enderby, BC, in the Okanagan
seventeen years ago from
Vancouver. I work part-time and
on-call for the Okanagan Regional
Library. After graduating I worked
at the UofT main library, York
University (Glendon College),
Centre of Criminology (UofT),
McCarthy & McCarthy law firm
(Toronto), Russell & DuMoulin
law firm in Vancouver, and Vernon
Jubilee Hospital. During my
twenty-year law library career I
served on the Canadian Association of Law Libraries executive for
ten consecutive years, including
two years as President. Not sure
when I will really retire.
Since Sandy graduated with an
MLS, he worked at the University
of Saskatchewan Library (19821991), and was Library Director
at Tyndale University College and
Seminary in Toronto (1991-2002).
In 2002 he moved to Westminster Theological Seminary in
Philadelphia where he became
Director of Library Services &
Professor of Theological Bibliography. He recently published his
first book with Christian Focus
Publications in the UK, entitled
Unity and Diversity: The Founders
of the Free Church of Scotland.
1980
Judy moved to Melbourne, Australia in 2010 with her family and
is now College Archivist at the
130-year-old Methodist Ladies’
College, where she manages a
diverse array of historical collections and recent records, and
conducts research for historians
and alumna. She maintains
strong Canadian ties through her
roles as Associate and Managing
Editor of the Canadian magazine,
Ornamentvm: Decorative Arts
in Canada/Les arts décoratifs
au Canada (www.ornamentvm.
ca), and as Associate Editor of
Informed.
Stephen Abram
Stephen received the Canadian Library Association (CLA)
Outstanding Service to Librarianship Award on May 28 during the
CLA 2011 National Conference
in Halifax. Stephen, who is Vice
President at Gale Cengage
Learning, is a frequent volunteer
and adjunct instructor at the
Faculty of Information and sits on
the advisory board of the iSchool
Institute. 1981
Dr. Martin R. Dowding
After receiving his MLS in 1981,
Martin successfully defended
his Doctorate from the iSchool
in 2002. He began teaching
Information/Communication
Policy as an Assistant Professor
at the Department of Communication Studies at Wilfrid Laurier
University in Waterloo. In June
2011 his book, Privacy: Defending
an Illusion, was published by
Scarecrow/Rowman & Littlefield
Press.
Diana Inselberg
1987
Judy Donnelly
1993
Jeffrey Kraegel
I am a Project Manager with
Canadian Standards Association,
developing health care standards
in the areas of hospital design,
blood collection and transfusion,
and transplantation. Before I went
to FLIS I read the book What Else
Can You Do With a Library Degree?
by Betty-Carol Sellen, and although I didn’t know how it would
turn out, this is where I ended
Sandy Finlayson
Martin R. Dowding
up. The job involves working with
subject matter experts, organizing information, putting technical requirements into readable
form, and publishing the result as
National Standards of Canada. It’s
not library work, but it certainly
uses library knowledge and skills.
1998
Dr. Xiangmin Zhang
Dr. Zhang teaches HCI (Human
Computer Interaction) and
information technology courses
and has returned to Wayne
State University (WSU) School of
Library and Information Science
as an Assistant Professor from
the School of Communication,
Information and Library Studies
at Rutgers University. Before
leaving for Rutgers in 2002, he
was on the faculty at WSU after
receiving his PhD in Information
Science from the iSchool. He is a
Co-Principal Investigator of the
Institute of Museum and Library
Services-funded, multiple year
research project, “Personalization
of the Digital Library Experience,”
at Rutgers.
incredible, the work is interesting and challenging, and the
faculty and students never cease
to amaze. My wife, Pam Bolan
(née Vallance) is a FIS graduate
(1994) and a librarian at Seneca
College. Our third child, Charlotte, who arrived while I was at
the iSchool, enters JK this fall
while our older two head into
grades eight and six. Although
we have lots of school projects in
our future we’re fairly confident
that we should at least be able to
provide competent assistance on
the research portion.
Christina Hwang
Yasmin recently published her
first poetry collection, From Cane
Field to the Sea. The poems reflect
her experiences growing up in
Jamaica, and address race, family
life, love, loss, Jamaican politics
and the immigrant experience in
North America.
This year as an Instruction
Librarian at the University of
Alberta, Christina initiated and
spearheaded the production
of an innovative and dynamic
library video series along with
her fantastic colleagues. She also
developed new initiatives and
worked closely with many faculty
and graduate students and was
welcomed into their academic
community. On the research and
PD front, she will be launching
phase two of her mobile learning
research project and will serve
as President of the Greater
Edmonton Library Association
(GELA) and as the Canadian
Library Association (CLA) Conference Co-Chair. This summer she
enjoyed skateboarding to work
and visited South America for a
family reunion. If you would like
to get in touch with her, contact
[email protected].
2008
Lauren Turner
2007
Yasmin Morais
John Bolan
I’ve now been a Reference and
Instructional Librarian at the Bora
Laskin Law Library at the UofT
for over a year, and my first year
flew by. I’m thrilled to be part
of both UofT and the librarian
profession. My c olleagues are
Christina Hwang
I have been accepted to York
Osgoode Law and will be
attending in the fall of 2011.
2009
Julia Brewster
Julia moved to Calgary in
September 2009 to work as a Law
Julia Brewster
Dr. Mary F. Cavanagh
Librarian for Bennett Jones LLP.
In February 2010 she became the
Careers Librarian at the Calgary
Public Library, focusing on
connecting library customers with
the unique resources available at
the library to assist them in any
stage of their career path. As of
April 2011, Julia has a new role at
the Library as the Administration
Support Librarian where she
reports to the Deputy CEO, and is
involved in researching, planning
and evaluating activities that
support a wide variety of library
projects and initiatives.
Dr. Mary F. Cavanagh
Dr. Cavanagh completed her doctorate from the iSchool in 2009
on the visibility and invisibility of
‘traditional’ library practitioners.
She was appointed to the School
of Information Studies at the University of Ottawa as an Assistant
Professor, and teaches in areas of
organizational change, including
knowledge management and
organizational learning, evaluation of information programs and
services, information ethics, and
research methods. Her research
interests are in action-nets,
practice theory and organizational
learning, the institutionality of
libraries, and social information
relationships and interactions.
Monique Flaccavento
Monique was hired on contract as
a Public Services and Instructional Librarian in September 2009 at
the Ontario Institute for Studies
in Education (OISE) Library, University of Toronto. She accepted
the Librarian II permanent-status
stream position at OISE in July
2010. As a Public Services and
Instructional Librarian, Monique
supervises the Access and
Information/Resource Sharing
Departments, provides faculty
support, coordinates and delivers
graduate information literacy
Monique Flaccavento
Eve Leung
ALUMNI BOOKS
1. Sandy Finlayson
Unity and Diversity:
The Founders of the Free
Church of Scotland
2. Martin R. Dowding
Privacy: Defending an Illusion
3. Yasmin Morais
From Cane Field to the Sea
sessions, maintains the OISE
Library website, and organizes
OISE Library marketing, outreach,
and communications initiatives.
Eve Leung
Eve is very pleased to have joined
the Ontario Legislative Library
as a contract Research Librarian
in November 2010. Prior to this,
Eve was out in the ‘Wild West’ as
a Court of Appeal, Queen’s Bench
Librarian in Edmonton, Alberta.
She is now happy to be back in
Toronto and is looking forward to
reconnecting with everyone.
Margaret Wall
Margaret has accepted the position of Communications Librarian at the University of Toronto
Libraries. She has responsibility
for communications coordination
in the Central Library and will
work collaboratively with other
libraries on communications and
outreach activities.
2010
Cintia Anselmo
Since graduation, my life has
been a whirlwind of summer fun.
Though I miss my friends and
colleagues at the iSchool dearly,
I am ready to embark on the next
stage of my life. In September, I
will begin a program at OISE/
UofT in pursuit of my other
Cintia Anselmo
passion: teaching! I look forward
to one day combining the skills
and experiences I will acquire in
the classroom with my library
passion, making my dream job of
teacher-librarian come true. Feel
free to drop me a line anytime
at [email protected]. I
would love to hear from you!
experience and have discovered
a natural passion for conducting
business research! My husband
and I are looking forward to
house-hunting in the fall. Anyone
interested in reconnecting can
drop me a line at jmbeaudrie@
gmail.com or find me on LinkedIn,
Facebook or Twitter.
2011
Christine DeLuca
Jackie Armstrong
A new graduate of the Museum
Studies program, Jackie is
employed at the Art Gallery of
Ontario as its Audience Researcher (in Education). Her main
project is an evaluation of visitor
response to the special exhibition “Abstract Expressionist.”
She creates research plans and
evaluation instruments, collects,
codes and analyzes data, and
disseminates the findings. Jackie
has also been busy helping Dr.
Lynne Teather with planning and
making arrangements for the
International Committee for the
Training of Personnel Conference
to be held in Toronto this fall.
Jackie Beaudrie
Since graduating from the iSchool
I’ve been working in a contract
position as Research Specialist
for Canadian Research Services
at PricewaterhouseCoopers in
Toronto. I am really enjoying the
Jackie Armstrong
Jackie Beaudrie
Since graduation, I have been
working full time at Bennett Jones
LLP as an Information Specialist.
My time is split between working
on research requests and supporting competitive intelligence. I
had the opportunity to attend my
first conference in Philadelphia
for the SLA Annual Conference
& INFO-EXPO. Over the next
few months, I hope to do some
traveling. Please keep in touch at
[email protected].
Cybil Stephens
After traveling in Europe and
Israel for the month of May,
Cybil returned to Canada and
to a contract position (three
months) at a law firm in Calgary.
She is enjoying weekends spent
in the BC Rockies, hiking and
catching up with her friends and
family back home in Alberta. Cybil
is hoping to generate her next
career opportunity in Calgary or
Toronto.
Christine DeLuca
Cybil Stephens
FACULTY News
Faculty a Big Presence at
iConference 2011
A
dozen faculty, students, and staff members
participated in iConference 2011, held February
8 to 11 in Seattle, Washington. Attendees from
the iSchool took part in several sessions and workshops including a panel session introduced by Faculty
of Information PhD candidate, Lysanne Lessard.
Professor Matt Ratto was one of three panelists who
discussed the evaluation of information technologies
and socio-technical phenomena in their courses.
Additionally, Master of Information student Karen
Pollock was part of a panel discussion on design,
and Michael Murphy presented his paper, “Notes
Toward a Politics of Personalization,” for which he
won a Google Scholarship. The next iConference will
be held at the Faculty of Information from February 7
to 10, 2012. For more information, please visit:
www.ischools.org/iConference12/2012index/
iSchool Student
Services Assistant
Dean Retires
After six years
of dedication to
the iSchool, Judy
Dunn (Assistant
Dean, Academic
& Program) has
retired. Ms Dunn
came to the Faculty from Dalhousie
University’s School of Information
Management where she was the
Program Coordinator. Her dedication,
enthusiasm, and sage advice will be
greatly missed by students, staff, and
faculty. Dean Seamus Ross says Judy
has made a huge difference and direct
impact on recruitment to the iSchool,
with enrolment in the Master’s and
Museum Studies programs doubling.
“Judy’s determination and personal
warmth were always what attracted
students who met with her. Everyone
found her a delight to work with.”
Junior Professor and
Doctoral Research Days
From April 11 to 13, twenty-three PhD
students and thirteen junior professors
from the Faculty of Information presented
their research in an open forum to the
iSchool community. Research covered
a broad variety of topics, reflecting the
diversity of the information field. For
example, doctoral student Lisa Quirke
spoke about “Information Practices for
Leisure and Settlement: Afghan Newcomer Youth in Toronto,” while Professor
Jennifer Carter discussed “Contentious
Terrain: Social Justice and Human Rights
Museology.” The three-day colloquium
was held to illustrate the depth and
breadth of research being undertaken at
the Faculty, and to provide an opportunity
for discussion and exchange across our
many interests and areas of expertise.
Prof. John Budd, from the University of
Missouri, participated as guest responder,
joined by faculty panelists in offering
feedback on each presentation.
Lysanne Lessard
iSchool, Coach House
Institute, and iSchool
Institute Participate in
Doors Open Toronto
The City of Toronto’s annual city-wide
architectural tour, Doors Open, had two
new participants this May: the Coach
House Institute and the Faculty of
Information. Celebrating the centenary
of Marshall McLuhan’s birth, the Coach
House Institute and the iSchool welcomed
visitors on both days of the event. Visitors
to the Coach House were able to see the
space where McLuhan conducted his
legendary Monday night seminars. The
iSchool invited the public to learn more
about its space, technology, and public
lectures by visiting its Critical Making
Lab, seeing recently renovated Rooms
224/225, taking a guided tour of the
Inforum, and viewing a Museum Studies
exhibition, “Museum for Toronto: Museum
for Change.” The iSchool Institute offered
visitors information on its upcoming
events and courses.
FACULTY News
Welcome New Staff Members
Robin Kester
The Faculty of
Information
welcomed Robin
Kester as its Senior Development
Officer this spring
to provide leadership in developing and
implementing the Faculty of Information’s
fundraising program.
Ms Kester brings extensive experience
to the role. Her emphasis will be on major
gift fundraising initiatives and capital
campaign goals. In accepting the job,
Ms Kester said “I am thrilled to join the
Faculty of Information and to have the
opportunity to work with a community of
dedicated students, volunteers, alumni,
faculty, and staff that share my passion
for education.”
Robin is committed to enhancing
the educational environment for our
students, and strengthening relationships
between the community and the iSchool.
Isidora Petrovic
The Faculty of Information recently
created a new
position — Careers
Officer — to assist
iSchool graduates
in finding rewarding employment.
Isidora Petrovic was appointed to
this position in the summer. She is
responsible for the placement of the
Faculty’s practicum courses, and career
development opportunities for students
and alumni. Her duties also include
providing career advice, organizing
workshops, panels, and job fairs, and
developing and enhancing relations with
employers. Ms Petrovic has more than
ten years of experience in educational
news in brief
She is looking forward to working with
the community to address some of the
Faculty’s highest priority needs that
include increasing support for student
scholarships and financial aid; teaching
and research; student and alumni
programs; and capital improvements
to enhance the teaching and learning
environment.
Previously, Ms Kester worked at The
York School where she spent the last
four years as Director of Advancement
addressing some of their highest priority
needs. Preceding that role, Robin
worked for The Bishop Strachan School,
University of King’s College, The National
Ballet of Canada, and The Canadian Film
Centre.
Please contact Ms Kester if you
would like to learn more about the
Faculty’s priorities and how you can
help future generations of students and
researchers, at [email protected]
or (416) 978-3934.
institutions in three countries. Prior to
joining the Faculty of Information, she
worked at the UofT Career Centre as
Employer Relationship Development
Coordinator for six years. She holds a
Master’s degree in Integrated Marketing
Communication from the University of
Colorado.
If you would like to participate
in a panel or networking event and
connect with our students to share your
professional expertise and career related
experience, Isidora is looking forward
to hearing from you! Her office is on
the 4th floor of the Bissell building (140
St. George Street) and she can be reached
via phone and email: (416) 978-3282 or
[email protected].
Professor Jennifer Carter, along with
Museum Studies students Vanessa Fleet
and Cynthia Roberts, curated the exhibition Women and Homelessness for Street
Haven at the Crossroad in Toronto.
Professor Matt Ratto was featured in a
documentary, We Make Things, by York
University student Ryan Varga who
explores craft and critical making in DIY
technoculture.
Museum Studies lecturer, Dr. Matthew
Brower, launched his new book, Developing Animals: Wildlife and Early American
Photography.
Professor Heather MacNeil was named
Associate Dean (Academic) at the iSchool.
Senior Fellow Wendy Newman received
the Ontario Library Association’s President’s Award for Exceptional Achievement, and also won the Ken Haycock
Award for Promoting Librarianship.
Dr. Wendy Duff and Dr. Eric Yu were
named Full Professors effective July 1.
Professor Costis Dallas was appointed
to the Board of Directors of the Acropolis
Museum in Greece.
Professor Keren Dali was awarded a
SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship for her
research on “Immigrant Readers and
Public Libraries in Canada: Collaborating
Toward Integration.” In related research,
Prof. Dali’s article, “Readers’ Advisory
Interactions with Immigrant Readers,”
appeared in New Library World, one of the
world’s oldest LIS journals.
Professor Kelly Lyons was one of two
Canadian recipients of the prestigious
IBM Smarter Planet Faculty Innovation
Award worth $10,000. Additionally, she
and Professor Eric Yu were awarded
NSERC Discovery Grants.
Professors Fiorella Foscarini and
Siobhan Stevenson were two of sixtynine researchers recognized across the
University of Toronto by the Connaught
New Researcher Program. Professor
Stevenson was also awarded a SSHRC
Insight Development Grant of more than
$72,000.
FACULTY News
Faculty Reintroduces Undergraduate Degree
Bachelor of Arts in Information & Digital Media
By Andrew Drummond
Information to become formally involved
in undergraduate teaching, and builds
on synergies between the teaching and
his fall, 2011, for the first time in
research strengths of the Faculty of
more than forty years, the FacInformation and existing ICCIT programs.
ulty of Information is offering an
The proposed Specialist in IDM
undergraduate degree. At one time,
will provide students with exposure to
the Bachelor of Library Science was
state-of-the-art thinking and practice
the only degree program offered by the
in advanced technologies that will be
(then) School of Library Science, and was
relevant to the creation and application
discontinued to make way for the Master
of digital media in virtually any
of Library Science program, the
domain, and that is unmatched
new standard required by the
by any program in Canada.
library profession.
The University of Toronto has
In the intervening decades,
a unique team of researchers in
much has changed about the
these fields while the Greater
Faculty, including the addition
Toronto Area offers a rich
of new subjects of study within
diversity of individuals and
the Master’s degree, the addition
organizations developing and
of two degree programs (PhD
applying advanced Knowledge
and Master of Museum Studies),
Media and immersive
and several name changes. The
technologies.
Faculty has come full circle and,
The IDM program is formally
in conjunction with the University
a second-year entry program,
of Toronto at Mississauga, now
The proposed Specialist in IDM will provide
which means that students
offers a specialist Bachelor of
students
with
exposure
to
state-of-the-art
arriving at the UofT this year
Arts in Information and Digital
were able to declare their
Media (IDM).
thinking and practice in advanced technologies
intention to enter the program in
The IDM program was
that will be relevant to the creation and
fall 2012 and take recommended
designed to take advantage
application of digital media in virtually any
preparatory courses during
of opportunities presented
domain, and that is unmatched by any
the 2011-12 year. Students
by the significant emergence
program in Canada.
are required to take common
of digital media as an area of
foundational courses, but the
market demand. The program
IDM is designed so that they can then
increases. Both parties benefit from this
brings together the existing expertise
build expertise through the pursuit of
arrangement. More importantly, students
and resources of the Institute for
individual areas.
in the program will benefit as well.”
Communication and Culture (ICC) at the
“We are delighted to partner with the
This interdisciplinary program is
University of Toronto Mississauga, offering
Faculty of Information in creating this
intended to address the growing demand
a program in Communications, Culture
new program,” says Anthony Wensley,
for communication students who are
and Information Technology (ICCIT), with
Director of the ICC. “Holding as I do a
information literate and media prepared.
the massively enhanced faculty expertise
graduate appointment at the Faculty of
It will provide these students with a
of the iSchool.
Information, it is abundantly clear to me
foundation in the generation, diffusion,
“It truly is an excellent marriage,”
that both the ICC and the Faculty will
and critical analysis of the social impact
says Faculty of Information Dean
complement each other perfectly to help
of new and emerging technologies.
Seamus Ross. “Our colleagues at
build a program in the emerging area of
The
IDM
Specialist
represents
the
first
Mississauga have extensive experience
digital media.” n
opportunity in decades for the Faculty of
in undergraduate programming, with
T
all the complexity that entails, but have
only small numbers of faculty members.
We can offer a significantly enhanced
intellectual experience to undergraduate
students because of the strength of our
faculty complement. Because of the
existing positioning of the ICC, we can
build up our offerings as the student
body proceeds through the program,
and ramp up our teaching as demand
FACULTY News
iSchool Hosting Two International
Academic Conferences
By Christina Darvasi (MI ‘12 Candidate)
To mark the centenary of Marshall
McLuhan’s birth, the University of Toronto,
which was for decades McLuhan’s
academic home, is hosting an inter-
national academic conference this fall
organized by the iSchool, on the past,
present, and future of McLuhan’s work
and influence, both in Toronto and the
rest of the global village. ”McLuhan100:
Then | Now | Next, International Conference and DEW Line Festival,” will be
hosted by the Faculty of Information from
November 7 to 10, 2011.
McLUHAN CENTENARY
CELEBRATIONS
The McLuhan Program in Culture &
Technology has worked closely with the
Faculty of Information since January to
organize and hold celebratory events to
recognize the July 21, 2011 centenary of
Marshall McLuhan’s birth. The Canadian media guru, a University of Toronto
Professor for more than 30 years, is seen
by many as the most important thinker
of the 20th century. McLuhan’s work at
the University of Toronto has made him
an icon, not only within the institution but
also beyond its walls, with his work still
being discussed today. He is credited for
foreseeing reality TV, and the Internet.
The City of Toronto’s Economic
Development & Culture Division, with
Mozilla, teamed up with the Faculty of
iConference 2012
Toronto
November 7-10, 2011
To see all McLuhan100 events,
please visit: www.mcluhan100.ca
Information to celebrate and host events
across the city. A number of cultural and
academic events have also been held all
over the world.
The second “Monday Night Seminar”
series featuring CBC Technology Writer
Jesse Hirsh debuted in July. This was the
first of three sessions on the theme of Our
City as Classroom, addressing “What role
did Toronto play in Marshall McLuhan’s
understanding of media and how were we
affected in return?” Also in July, Critical
Art Ensemble’s (CAE) Underground Tarot
confronted TTC passengers with a series
of clips in the subway system.
On the big day, July 21, the design
community gathered at the Coach House
for “Design Meets … McLuhan and You.”
Discussion focused on select McLuhan
“probes” such as: “How will we fashion
discourse, community, culture, authority
& expertise?” and “What will be the
cartographies of learning, responsibility,
and compassion in this digitally mediated
landscape?” The Faculty of Information
also hosted panels on “Reading and
Publishing: Paper or Screen” and
“McLuhan’s Poetics: Modernism and
Media” on July 20.
Past events include Canadian artist
Robert Bean’s Illuminated Manuscripts
exhibition (April 27–June 25), which
showcased the academic’s writing,
archives, and photography within the
context of his former seminar room at
the Coach House, and contextualized
McLuhan’s writing process within
a framework of obsolete electronic
technologies. Additionally, a Heritage
Toronto plaque was dedicated on June
27 at his former home on 29 Wells Hill
Avenue by three of McLuhan’s children,
assisted by McLuhan100 Committee
Co-Chairs Dominique Scheffel-Dunand,
Paul Hoffert, B.W. Powe, Dean Seamus
Ross and Mark Surman. n
iConference 2012 Under the theme “Culture • Design • Society,” the iSchool will host next year’s
international iConference inviting a broad spectrum of scholars and researchers to
discuss critical information issues in contemporary society. February 7-10, 2012.
www.ischools.org/iConference12/2012index/
FACULTY PROFILE
Professor
Cara Krmpotich
Successfully merged her passion
for archaeology, the Haida Nation,
and museums.
A
keen interest in the repatriation of Native artifacts and
kinship in Aboriginal communities led Museum Studies
Professor Cara Krmpotich to work with the Haida Nation
of British Columbia many years ago, allowing her to develop a
profound knowledge of their philosophies and a deep bond.
The Haida live primarily on the Queen Charlotte Islands,
also known as “Haida Gwaii,” off the northern shore of the
western province.
“I see myself as an intermediary and ally between the
academic community and the Haida, but they are their own
advocates,” she stresses.
Professor Krmpotich has just completed her first year at the
Faculty of Information during which time she taught Collections
Management, Museums and Indigenous Communities, and
Curatorial Practice.
By the time she was twelve years old she had already set
her sights on becoming an archaeologist, and even at that early
age had decided to specialize in the Incan civilization. This
goal formed the foundation of her academic journey into the
field of Museum Studies.
Cara studied archaeology at Trent University, and decided
she wanted to work with living rather than ancient cultures. She
obtained a Masters in Anthropology from UBC and a PhD from
the University of Oxford.
She believes that her ability to connect with the Haida people
is influenced by strong female role models, a constant throughout
her career. One such mentor was Trent Professor Julia Harrison,
who hired Cara as the Collections Manager of that University’s
art collection. Still an influence on her work today, Prof. Harrison
“always pushed her students to test out challenging ideas and
theory” and imbued in Cara a great appreciation of the complex
relationships between museums and Canadian Aboriginal
communities.
Merging her passion for archaeology, the Haida Nation, and
museums, for her PhD research Prof. Krmpotich had intended
to conduct extended ethnographic research on Aboriginal
FACULTY PROFI LE
Haida delegate Gwaai Edenshaw peers through a mask at the Pitt Rivers Museum.
Photograph by Vince Collison.
repatriation efforts, but changed her focus to kinship. “I expected
to be studying the social context of Aboriginal rights and title
on Haida Gwaii. Instead, I found myself exploring how kinship
and memory are co-created, and why this was essential for
understanding Haida efforts to repatriate their ancestors’
remains and cultural treasures.”
At Oxford, Cara worked with Laura Peers, curator at the
University’s Pitt Rivers Museum, and co-editor, with Alison
Brown, of a foundational volume on museums and ethnographic
source communities. With funding from the Pitt Rivers Museum
and British Museum, they embarked on a research project that,
in 2009, saw twenty-one Haida delegates participate in hands-on
sessions with some 800 Haida objects.
“The sessions allowed the participants to touch everything,
and spend time with all the objects up-close — laid out on tables
in research rooms, not spread out on shelves in storage.” As the
lead facilitator for this visit, Cara’s roles included sorting through
objects, revising records, and organizing public events. She notes
that the sessions demonstrated one way in which the pillage of
objects from Native cultures can begin to be remediated. Though
repatriation of the artifacts is unlikely, loans could take place
more easily in the future, especially with an ongoing relationship
between museums and Aboriginal peoples.
Prof. Krmpotich also notes that decontextualization can be
another issue for museums exhibiting First Nations materials,
explaining that it can result when a non-Aboriginal voice
presents the stories or artifacts. This can create, rather than
bridge, distance. Newer exhibitions therefore try to include
context, which requires a well thought-out process and a
profound understanding of Aboriginal philosophy.
“Today, I believe Canadian museum professionals need to be
aware of Canada’s leading role negotiating source community
and museum partnerships, but also they need to understand
what work still needs to happen on this front and why it is vital
for the future of Canada’s cultural institutions, and Canadian
society.”
Cara advises future museum professionals to develop a
better understanding of the groups they will be working with.
She asserts: “We need to be thoughtful, expansive and critical
about both our intellectual agendas and our practice. We need
to be able to experiment with ideas in the classroom — students
should to be able to work through the unpopular, or politically
incorrect, side of an argument.”
As Prof. Krmpotich discusses the path that led her to the
iSchool, she refers to the strong sense of family that exists on
Haida Gwaii. She was pregnant when she facilitated the Haida
hands-on sessions, and her son, now almost two, has grown up
among the Haida people and is seen as part of their family. This
has given her even more insight and reason to immerse herself
in their philosophies, beliefs and relationships. n
“The sessions allowed
the participants to touch
everything, and spend time
with all the objects up-close
— laid out on tables in
research rooms, not spread
out on shelves in storage.”
Haida delegates and museum staff discuss bentwood feast bowls at the Pitt Rivers Museum. L-R: Lucille Bell, Vernon
Williams, Jr., Madeleine Ding, Nadine Wilson, Chief Gaahlaay (Lonnie Young), Cara Krmpotich. Photograph by Laura Peers.
FACULTY PROFILE
Professor
Sara M. Grimes
Redefining children’s literature
in the digital age.
S
ince her arrival at the iSchool in the summer of 2010,
Assistant Professor Sara Grimes’s classes have been
packed with students interested in children’s literature.
But there’s a twist: these students want to learn about
children’s literature in the digital age. And Prof. Grimes is
extremely well-qualified to teach this relatively new field.
A self-described gamer and regular blogger (her blog is titled
Gamine Expedition), Professor Grimes highlights the importance
of first-hand experience with videogames. “For one, you have
to know how to play — games have conventions and design
standards, and they also have a sort of language of their own.”
“I don’t see them as some sort of strange ‘new’ and scary
gadget — they’re as much a part of my childhood and cultural
experience as television or computers. I think that helps me to
avoid either fetishizing or demonizing them.”
Originally from Maniwaki, Quebec, Prof. Grimes completed
undergraduate studies in Communications at the University of
Ottawa, then moved west to Simon Fraser University where she
obtained an MA and PhD in the same field. She was originally
interested in producing children’s media. “I was really inspired
by Jim Henson, and wanted to follow his lead in creating amazing
characters, engaging stories, and beautiful worlds for children of
all ages to explore and enjoy.”
She discovered that many aspects of children’s media were
worth studying. “I realized that there were a lot of barriers and
complex relationships involved in children’s media production ...
that creativity is not always fostered as much as it could be, and
that children themselves are too often envisioned as passive
consumers of media rather than as active producers and
manipulators of media.”
Sara realized that uncovering these relationships would
make a significant contribution to children’s media, producing
research that might lead to better informed policy decisions
while supporting independent children’s media creators and
highlighting the role of young people themselves in making and
appropriating media.
FACULTY PROFI LE
She is quite interested in new risks and challenges associated
with child-oriented digital media.
”Although children are generally excluded from participating
in the public sphere (voting, public commentary, debates, etc.),
the Internet offers users of all ages opportunities to collaborate
in the creation of shared cultural artifacts and experiences. But
while children’s use of information communication technologies
(ICTs) has been the subject of numerous policy and legal debates
in recent years, their emerging role as producers of digital
content often slips under the regulatory radar,” she explains in a
recent blog post.
Prof. Grimes recognizes the complexities faced by libraries
as they incorporate games into their collections and services,
in response to customers’ requests. Through after-school
programs and other offerings, libraries are now promoting the
use of games for learning. The role of information professionals
has therefore become more complex as they are asked difficult
questions about ratings systems, censorship issues, age
appropriateness, and other issues brought on by gaming in
libraries.
Librarians unfamiliar with gaming face even greater
difficulties, but Sara believes that her work “can help dispel
some of the myths about games, highlight some of the
challenges, and help librarians and service providers figure
out ways of using their existing expertise as a starting point for
answering some of the questions they and their patrons have
about games, by seeing how games fit into that larger continuum
of children’s culture.”
Prior to a recent presentation at the University of Toronto
TEDxLibrariansTO event, Sara focused on the narrative aspect
of digital games, looking at the new opportunities that games
bring for librarians. “I want to provide an entry point for more
librarians to start seeing games as potential forums for stories
and storytelling, and to take on a more prominent role in digital
game curation, the protection of intellectual freedoms (especially
when children and youth are involved), and other areas that
librarians are particularly excellent at,” she explained.
In the future, Prof. Grimes predicts that games will likely allow
children to create their own stories and that independent game
designers will become more visible. She anticipates that this “is
going to shake things up in every way imaginable.”
For her part, she will work on mapping change and supporting
children’s cultural rights within the digital landscape. “I’m always
keen to learn about the next big thing — the most rewarding
part of studying kids’ digital culture is that it’s always changing
— the kids, the content, and now the infrastructure.” With these
goals in mind, Professor Grimes’s work is likely to make her very
visible both at the iSchool and in broader academic circles. n
“Children themselves
are too often envisioned
as passive consumers
of media rather than as
active producers and
manipulators of media.”
FACULTY RESEARC H roundup
Throughout the year, professors at the Faculty of Information conduct rigorous, interdisciplinary,
and groundbreaking research that contributes to society and helps shape the field of information.
Following is a s ummary of their current research activities, projects, and interests.
Matthew Brower
Published book on early
wildlife photography with the
University of Minnesota Press
(Developing Animals: Wildlife
and Early American Photography). He also co-curated an
exhibition of the University
College Collection and is
co-curating an exhibition
of the work of artist Suzy
Lake for the 2011 Scotiabank
CONTACT Festival.
Nadia Caidi
Associate Professor
Will return from leave in
2012, but continues to work
on a book about access to
information post 9/11. The
book will be published by
Blackwell Publishing. She
continues to pursue her
research on the information practices of vulnerable
communities, and has two
articles forthcoming.
Jennifer Carter
Assistant Professor
Co-curated an anniversary exhibition for aToronto
women’s shelter at City of
Toronto Archives, and is
co-curating an upcoming
exhibition, Transformative
Human Rights, at UTAC (February 2012). In January she
launched a research project
Matthew Brower
Nadia Caidi
on human rights museology,
introduced in a forthcoming
article (with Jennifer Orange)
in Museum Management and
Curatorship. With colleagues in
the U.K., Europe, and Canada,
she was co-editor of National
Museums: New Studies From
Around the World (Routledge
2011), in which she also
published an article.
Joan Cherry
Professor
On sabbatical until June 30,
2012, Prof. Cherry completed
her term as Associate Dean,
Academic, on June 30, 2011.
She will spend the first two
months of her sabbatical
leave at the School of Library,
Archival and Information
Science, University of British
Columbia, where she will
analyze data from a web-based
survey of students in Masters
programs in six information
schools across Canada. She is
also collaborating with other
faculty members at the iSchool
on a study of convergence
of libraries, archives, and
museums.
Chun Wei Choo
Professor
Continues to explore the role
of information and knowledge cultures in the context
Jennifer Carter
Fiorella Foscarini
of organizational learning.
Prof. Choo is also interested in
understanding how information failures can lead to organizational disasters, and how
information seeking and use
practices can improve early
warning effectiveness.
Andrew Clement
Professor
Continues to pursue a deeper
understanding of the social
and public policy implications
of the emerging information/
communications infrastructure,
with the aim of contributing to its socially progressive
development. This past year he
has focused on investigating
the threats to privacy, identity integrity, and other civil
liberties posed by the increasingly pervasive insinuation of
surveillance technologies and
practices into everyday life.
Juris Dilevko
Associate Professor
Teaches six important courses
in the field of librarianship at
the iSchool. In his research,
Prof. Dilevko continues to work
toward the completion of the
first of his long-term research
projects, which has been
reoriented toward the United
States during the 1940s
and 1950s.
Joan Cherry
Chun Wei Choo
Assistant Professor
Enriched the course
offering in the ARM path by
developing a new course
on Advanced Records
Management. Her new
project on organizational and
information cultures involves
an international research
team and a multidisciplinary
perspective. Prof. Foscarini
is also conducting research
in diplomatics and genre
theory, and is interested in how
the tools provided by these
disciplines enhance our ability
to extract the meaning of an
information object or event
from its structural features.
Alan Galey
Assistant Professor
Research has focused on key
areas in the study of the history
and the future of the book,
bridging the fields of book
history, digital humanities, and
critical information studies.
Prof. Galey’s research has
been supported by two major
research grants for the Social
Sciences and Humanities
Research Council of Canada,
which also supports his project,
Implementing New Knowledge
Environments (INKE).
Andrew Clement
Fiorella Foscarini
Alan Galey
Sarah Grimes
Jenna Hartel
Lynne Howarth
Sara Grimes
Jenna Hartel
Assistant Professor
Researches videogames,
children’s media, and digital
cultures from a critical
theory of technology approach.
Examining children’s usergenerated content within digital contexts, and collaborating
with the Sesame Workshop to
produce a white paper about
kids and social networking.
She heads the Adaptive Games
and Inclusive Play area of the
UofT Mobile and Pervasive
Computing Research Cluster.
Sits on Advisory Committee
for research collaboration
between the Media Awareness Network and the Office
of the Privacy Commissioner
of Canada. On advisory team
for federally-funded pervasive/
crossmedia game, teaching
children about privacy.
Assistant Professor
Published three papers
related to her research into
leisure information phenomena. “Managing Documents
at Home for Serious Leisure:
A Case Study of the Hobby
of Gourmet Cooking,” in the
Journal of Documentation, provides the first detailed account
of hobby-related information
collecting. Prof. Hartel also
introduced a Group Video Project — the first of its kind at the
Faculty of Information — with
substantial collaboration with
the Inforum and Information
Services Team.
Lynne Howarth
Professor & Associate Dean,
Research
Honoured with Distinguished
Researcher in Information
Cara Krmpotich
Organization affiliation at the
School of Information Studies, University of WisconsinMilwaukee. Named Distinguished Scholar for 2011 by
the University of Florence,
Italy. Her paper “Contextualizing the Evolution of Public
Tagging of Digital Collections”
was published in Italian and
English. President of ALISE for
2011, she is also the Canadian
Library Association representative to the ALA Committee on
Accreditation.
Cara Krmpotich
Assistant Professor
During her first year at the
iSchool, Prof. Krmpotich
co-produced the film
Everything Was Carved, a
documentary and teaching
tool that examines what
it means for Aboriginal
Wendy Duff
Professor, and Director, Digital Curation Institute
C
onducts research on archival users,
access to archival material, archival
metadata, digital curation. Projects include
the development of focus group documentation to gather user feedback on archives and
social media, and the convergence of libraries,
archives, and museums. Was a member of the
International Council on Archives Committee
on Descriptive Standards and is on the Encoded
Archival Description Working Group. Appointed
director of the Digital Curation Institute at the
iSchool in June 2010.
Kelly Lyons
Heather MacNeil
c ommunities to have access
to their material heritage
housed in museums, and what
it means for museums to invite
indigenous peoples into their
collections. She published
two articles in 2010 and is
expecting the publication of
a third in 2011. She is also
working on two books.
Kelly Lyons
Associate Professor
Prof. Lyons’s research contributes primarily to service
science, the goal being to
bring multiple disciplines together to understand, explain,
represent, and improve service
systems. She has established
a research environment that
includes supervision of student
research both at the Faculty of
Information and in the Department of Computer Science,
collaborations with researchers in business schools and
computer science departments, and engagements with
industry partners.
Heather MacNeil
Associate Professor &
Associate Dean, Academic
Continued to work on two
research projects, the first
SSHRC-funded project
(principal investigator)
examines archival description as a rhetorical genre in
traditional and web-based
environments. The second project is with other
iSchool professors, funded
by the Gladys Krieble Delmas
Foundation, investigating
the convergence of libraries,
archives, and museums.
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Jens-Erik Mai
David Phillips
Associate Professor
His scholarship questions
the conceptual foundation of
classification research and
practice. Prof. Mai’s latest
papers appear in Journal of
Documentation, Knowledge
Organization, and Information
Research. He is chairing the
iConference 2012, hosted by
the Faculty of Information, in
February 2012.
Associate Professor
W
orking on a SSHRC-funded research
project investigating the political,
economic, social, and technical configuration of surveillance and ubiquitous computing.
Researches whether and how infrastructures
of data exchange and knowledge production
can be made amenable to democratic action,
non-normative identities and ideals, and
queer world-making. His theoretical approach
is informed by the political economy of
communication, science and technology studies,
surveillance studies, and queer theory.
Rhonda McEwen
Assistant Professor
Revolving around new media
technologies, Prof. McEwen’s
work focuses on how we use,
seek, share, and create information via social networking
sites and IM. She examines the
way that we assume identities in both ‘real’ and virtual
worlds, and how we integrate
location awareness into our
interactions. She is conducting
research on the use of iPod
and iPad devices by non-verbal
autistic children for communication and sociality in two
Toronto school settings.
Matt Ratto
Assistant Professor, and
Director, Inclusive Design
Institute, Mobile and Pervasive
Computing
Continuing critical making
using material prototyping with
physical computing to extend
critical thinking on the relation
between society, information,
and technology. Awarded two
grants this year: the Canada
Foundation for Innovation
and the Ontario Research
Jens-Erik Mai
Rhonda McEwen
Fund, and the Ontario Media
Development Corporation.
support in the implementation
of primary care EHRs.
Seamus Ross
Brian Cantwell Smith
Professor and Dean
Professor Ross researches
preserving cultural heritage
and scientific digital objects,
humanities informatics, and
the application of information technology to libraries,
archives and museums.
Professor
Two volumes of published and
unpublished papers, entitled
Indiscrete Affairs (Vols. I &
II), dealing with topics at the
intersection of computing
and philosophy, are being
prepared for 2012 publication
by Harvard University Press.
With Matt Zukowski and Jun
Luo, he developed “SlowTalk,”
a web-based annotation/commentary system used for the
Faculty’s “iTable” discussion
group. He has also begun
work on “the fan calculus”, a
long-term project to develop a
reflective, descriptive language
for dealing with the ontological
subtleties of documents and
other forms of web-based
Aviv Shachak
Assistant Professor
Research interest is in the
area of Health Informatics
and particularly the
implementation and use of
Electronic Health Records
(EHRs) in primary care, as
well as qualitative and mixed
methods research. Prof.
Shachak continues his case
study research on end-user
Matt Ratto
Aviv Shachak
Brian Cantwell Smith
Siobhan Stevenson
discursive engagement.
Siobhan Stevenson
Assistant Professor
Focusing on her project
“Labour in Canada’s Millenium
Public Libraries,” that looks
into the redefinition of the
library’s role as the central
point of access for citizens to
the world of informational,
cultural, and recreational
materials and the struggle
faced by public librarians to
reinvent their institution. The
study relies on a case study
of six urban libraries across
Canada.
Yuri Takhteyev
Assistant Professor
Looking at the relationship
between the material and
the immaterial aspects of
computer-mediated practices,
Yuri Takhteyev
Lynne Teather
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using qualitative and quantitative methods. His current
focus is on finalizing a book
presenting an ethnography of
software development in Brazil (expected 2012, MIT Press),
continuing a study of the role
of geography in production of
free software, and starting a
new SSHRC-funded project
looking at preservation of old
software.
Lynne Teather
Associate Professor
Elected to the Chair of the
International Council of
Training of Personnel of
the International Council
of Museums. Prof. Teather
supervised forty interns
through the 2010-2011
academic period, and helped
another thirty-three begin
their 2011 internships. She
is pursuing a number of
research projects, including
history of Canadian museums
and history of Canadian women and their museum work.
Eric Yu
Associate Professor
Published Social Modeling for
Requirements Engineering (MIT
Press, 2011). As co-principal
investigator in the Business Intelligence Network,
Prof. Yu co-authored a paper
on “Entreprise Modeling
for Business Intelligence,”
which outlines the strategic
modeling approach that is a
central theme in the network.
Aside from the book, he
published twenty-eight papers
in refereed conference
and workshop proceedings,
two book chapters, and
one journal paper. He was
program committee member
for twelve international
conferences and workshops,
serving as referee for fortyeight papers in total.
A Stellar Year for Professor Eric Yu
I
School Professor Eric Yu has enjoyed two great professional
chievements this year.
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In January, a book he co-edited with Paolo Giorgini (Italy),
Neil Maiden (London), and John Mylopoulos (Italy) was published
by MIT Press. The book centres around theories Prof. Yu laid down
more than fifteen years ago in his doctoral dissertation that introduced
the i* framework for modeling and analyzing
strategic actor relationships.
Social Modeling for Requirements Engineering
includes his original work on social modeling
for requirements analysis as well as eighteen
outstanding essays representing the work of
nearly two dozen scholars whose work has been
constructed on his foundation.
Much of the difficulty in creating information
technology systems that truly meet people’s needs
lies in the problem of pinning down system requirements.
This book offers a new approach to the requirements challenge, based
on modeling and analyzing the relationships among stakeholders.
“The publication is a monumental achievement. It further cements
Eric’s reputation as an internationally recognized leader in his field.
All of us are proud to have this innovative and pathmaking scholar as
a colleague and mentor,” says Dr. Seamus Ross, Dean of the Faculty
of Information.
Dr. Yu achieved another milestone in
July when he became a Full Professor at
the iSchool. He has been at the Faculty
of Information since 1995, after receiving
his PhD in Computer Science from the
University of Toronto.
His ongoing research focuses on
the analysis and design of information
systems and services in social contexts,
and knowledge management. Prof. Yu’s
projects include designing for security
and privacy, agile software development,
and business modeling for business
intelligence.
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iSchool Students Help Spread Literacy
in Guatemala
I
n the spring, twenty-six students from
Librarians Without Borders (LWB)
chapters at the University of Toronto,
Dalhousie University, McGill University,
and the University of Western Ontario
travelled to Guatemala to promote literacy
at the Miguel Angel Asturias Academy
in Quetzaltenango (Xela). Almost half of
those volunteers were from the iSchool.
Through several fundraising events,
and support from the Master of
Information Student Council, the LWB
iSchool Students Volunteer
for Nelson Mandela Day
of time to their community in honour of
Nelson Mandela giving sixty-seven years
of his life to his community.
iSchool graduate and 2010 Nelson
Mandela Foundation (Johannesburg,
South Africa) intern, Lindsay Chick (MISt
‘11), organized two volunteer days on July
16 and 17 in honour of Nelson Mandela
International Day. Participants joined
the 100th anniversary of Central Neighbourhood House’s World of Neighbours
event in Toronto. The next day, more
iSchool volunteers and one from Manulife
Financial visited seniors at the Salvation
Army’s Isabel & Arthur Meighen Manor
in Toronto. Nelson Mandela International
Day, July 18, is a national holiday in South
Africa and is recognized by the United
Nations, celebrating Mandela’s birthday. It
asks that people give sixty-seven minutes
Renovated E-classroom
for Students
The renovated, upgraded, and technically
advanced Margaret E. Cockshutt
Electronic Classroom (Rooms 224
and 225, 140 St. George St.) now
offers students the capability to
learn better, work smarter, and
be taught more effectively. The
refurbished e-classroom has the
added bonus of improving the
iSchool’s environmental footprint
by drastically reducing energy use
and implementing green information technology solutions.
iSchool chapter was able to purchase
more than 150 books, mostly in Spanish,
to donate to the Asturias Academy. LWBers
donated 350 books overall, helped organize
the library, and encouraged students to
read, promoting learning and opening
doors to higher education and literacy.
Volunteers left the library in a muchimproved state. “I believe they were a
great service to Asturias Academy,”
says iSchool student Angie McHodgkins,
who graduated this past spring. As a
result of the experience, she adds: “I feel
more confident that I am prepared for
this profession, and have a network of
twenty-five other library professionals
across Canada.”
Other iSchool participants included:
Nalini Battu, Ahlya Fountain, Katie
Needs, Nina Pena, Carla Wintersgill (all
2011 graduates); and 2012 candidates
Melissa Bell, Katie Cuyler, Samhita
Gupta, Carmen Ho, and Maggie Reid.
Available for classes, workshops,
and learning events, the classroom
space focuses primarily on engagement
with instructional technology to benefit
students and faculty, allowing for flexible
and tailored student-teacher interactions,
collaborative learning, and productive
personal workspace.
STUDENT NEWS
Cory Doctorow Keynote at
iSchool Student Conference
Canadian-born, England-based science
fiction author, activist, journalist, and
blogger, Cory Doctorow, headlined a
University of Toronto student conference,
“Boundaries, Frontiers & Gatekeepers,”
on March 5, 2011. In the keynote speech,
he discussed the dangers that overzealous regulation of computers pose to our
future. Mr. Doctorow is well respected
and revered as the co-editor of Boing
Boing (boingboing.net) and the author of
UK novels such as For the Win and the
bestselling Little Brother. The March 4 to
6 conference was organized by students
ginger coons and Danielle Cooper.
(L–R): Lina Traboulsi and Jessica Derreck
StudentS lead
Instructional Videos
This past winter, students taking Introduction to Reference worked in small
groups to produce twenty-four instructional videos about reference services in
libraries — a multimedia assignment the
first of its kind at the Faculty of Information. In January, students eagerly began
forming groups, writing scripts, getting
equipment and costumes, and filming
their understanding of key concepts of
reference. Examples of titles include “The
Mystery of the Reluctant Parent,” and
“Reference Interview: Newcomer to Canada in Need of ESL Resources.” Professor
Jenna Hartel initiated the project. “All
the students produced incredible instructional videos this semester. They learned
about teamwork, new technologies, and
the importance of the reference interview.
The experience will surely serve them
well in their future careers,” she says.
One of the videos, “Superstar Librarian”,
was showcased in AL Direct, the American
Library Association’s newsletter. All student videos were celebrated with a video
festival on April 5 and 6.
iSchool Students
volunteer for Literacy
Faculty of Information students Jackie
Flowers and Jennifer Lewis-Phillips are
closely involved in projects to help develop
literacy and bring knowledge to disadvantaged communities at the local and international levels. Ms. Flowers began volunteering at the Children’s Book Bank in
Toronto, after being inspired at an iSchool
Librarians Without Borders panel discussion in 2009 with book bank founder, Kim
Beatty. In April, she was joined by another
volunteer and now recent graduate, Avi
Krebs (‘11). Since 2006, Jennifer has been
sending barrels of books to Jamaica for
elementary and young adult students. The
initiative began when her older sister, then
an Education Officer with the Ministry of
Education in Jamaica, mentioned that she
was in charge of training teachers who
taught at basic schools in the Caribbean.
These teachers were in great need of
reading material. The project, now dubbed
“Operation Basic School,” has been
growing thanks to Ms. Lewis-Phillip’s
efforts. She has been joined by her mentor, Cherrell Shelly-Robinson, who was
also trained at the iSchool, now a lecturer
at the University of the West Indies, Mona.
Student Lands “choice”
MAGAZINE COVER
The Inforum, the
academic and
community hub at the
Faculty of Information,
was showcased on
the cover of the May
2011 issue of Choice
magazine, a publication of the American
Library Association. The photograph,
entitled “Light and Life in the Inforum,”
by Information student Victoria Baranow,
was chosen by Choice staff from among
ten finalists of the Inforum Photo Contest,
hosted by the iSchool’s Information
Services unit.
Class of 2011 Celebrate
Grand Convocation
Congratulations to more than 200
graduates of the iSchool who convocated on June 2. At a special reception
afterward, our newest alumni gathered
with friends, family, faculty, and staff
to celebrate and see who won prizes
for high academic achievement and
contributions to the community.
2011 Convocation Award
& Prize Winners
FIAA Outstanding Student
Contribution Award Katya Pereyaslavska and Cybil Stephens
The Ukrainian Heritage Association
and Museum of Canada Award in
Museum Studies Rebecca Noone
Canadian Museums Association and
Dean’s Award for Outstanding Academic
Achievement Diane Boyer Lianne Maitland Laura Bydlowska and Cassandra Zita
The AGO Visitor Experience Award Heather Anderson Michelle Chan Yasmeen El Azab Mairin Kerr
ARMA Toronto Chapter Award Vino Vipulanantharajah
Margaret Canning Public Librarian Prize Jackie Flowers
William L. Graff Memorial Prize Melanie Beaton
OLA Anniversary Prize Marie-Eve Belanger
Rare Books and Manuscripts Award Brandon Weigel
Kathleen Reeves Memorial Award Christina Lochead
TAAG Award
Lindsay Chick
Toronto Health Libraries Association
Annual Prize in Health Sciences
Librarianship Allison McArthur
Douglas Armstrong Memorial Award Wing Lam (Helen) Lee
Library Services Centre Award
in Cataloguing Matthew Wells
Gertrude M. Boyle Memorial Award
in Cataloguing
Jenice Batiforra
Jane Prescott Memorial Prize Heather Schuster
Beta Phi Mu Letters of Achievement Marie-Eve Belanger Danielle Manning Jana Purmalis Andrea Siemens
Christina Lochead Arlo Murphy Anna Szot-Sacawa
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nal newsletter, and the digitalization of
documents and archives. She says her
previous experience at UNICEF, her language skills, and courses with Professors
Chun Wei Choo and Andrew Clement
helped get her this prestigious internship.
FIAA Outstanding Student
Contribution Award
(L-R): Danielle Cooper, Kate Johnson and Christine DeLuca
Gordon Cressy Student
Leadership Awards
President, Development and University
Relations.
Faculty of Information students Jackie
Armstrong, Danielle Cooper, Christine
DeLuca and Kate Johnson received
the prestigious Gordon Cressy Student
Leadership Awards at a UofT reception
on March 30, 2011, to acknowledge
their outstanding student leadership.
The awards were presented by David
Naylor, President, University of Toronto,
and Gordon Cressy, UofT’s former Vice
Successful
Theses Defenses
2010-2011
For those students who wish
to challenge themselves with
the additional demands of a
thesis, the iSchool offers both
a Master of Information thesis
stream, and a full doctoral
program (indeed, the first
library science PhD degree
in Canada was awarded at
the iSchool in 1974 to Claire
England). We are delighted
to list the names and theses
titles of those students and
doctoral candidates who
successfully defended theses
in 2010 and 2011.
iSchool Student InternS
at United Nations
Student Eleonore Fournier-Tombs
participated in a two-month summer
internship at the United Nations in
New York at the Knowledge Management Branch of the Office of Information
and Communications Technology. She
worked on the intranet and the inter-
Master of Information
2010
Marie-Eve Bélanger
The Annotative Practices
of Graduate Students:
Tensions & Negotiations
Fostering an Epistemic
Practice
of Physical Artifacts in
Libraries
Emily Mathisen
A Textual Analysis of
Book Reviews of Critically
Acclaimed and Chick Lit
Novels, 1998-2008
This year, students Katya Pereyaslavska
and Cybil Stephens were both chosen
to receive the FIAA Outstanding Student
Contribution Award for their involvement at the iSchool, active participation
in professional organizations, academic
excellence, and publishing. Typically, the
award is given to one recipient, but this
year the selection committee decided
both students were deserving. They each
received a framed award along with $500
at the 2011 Convocation Reception on
June 2.
Cybil Stephens
Stephen Tracy
Service Systems & Social
Enterprise
Greta Golick
Frank Nunan and the
Guelph Bookbindery: A
Documentary Investigation
PhD in Information
Studies
Rumi Y. Graham
A Multiple Case Study
Exploration of Undergraduate Subject Searching
2010
Alison Benjamin
Making Conformance Work:
Constructing Accessibility
Standards Compliance
Leslie Elizabeth Anne
Thomson
Information in the Home
Office: An Ethnographic
Study of Space, Content,
Management, and Use
Jamon Camisso
Embedding Metadata:
Exploring the Ontology
of Hybrid Digital Material
Objects
Sambhavi Chandrashekar
Is Hearing Believing?
Perception of Online Information Credibility by Screen
Reader Users who are Blind
or Visually Impaired
Reuben Zaramian
Testing the Limits of Oral
Narration: A Case Study
on Armenian Genocide
Survivors
Antonio Gamba Bari
Critical Assessment of
Customization Discourse in
Information Systems Design
2011
Keren Dali
The Psychosocial Portrait
of Immigration Through the
Medium of Reading: Leisure
Reading and Its Role in the
Lives of Russian-Speaking
Immigrants in Toronto
Voytek Bialkowski
Navigating Textual Space in
Print and Digital Interfaces:
A Study of the Material and
Cognitive Dimensions of
Reading System
Colin Furness
Group Information
Behavioural Norms and
the Effective Use of a
Collaborative Information
System: A Case Study
Armin Martin Krauss
Dynamic Categorization:
What We Can Learn from
the Emergent Arrangement
Katya Pereyaslavska
Christine Marton
Understanding How Women
Seek Health Information on
the Web
Scott McLaren
Books for the Instruction
of the Nations: Shared
Methodist Print Culture in
Upper Canada and the MidAtlantic States, 1789-1851
2011
Daniel Gross
Software Architecture
Decision-Making in Organizational Settings
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profile
Museum Studies Student Brings
a Photographer to Light
W
hile completing a 2010 summer internship at the Art Gallery of Ontario
(AGO), Museum Studies student Vanessa Fleet discovered that a series
of 1,702 photographs auctioned at Christie’s in 1997, and acquired by the
Gallery in 2005, were taken by the previously unknown French photographer and
painter, Abel Boulineau. The photographs had been credited to another photographer,
Émile Fréchon, but Ms. Fleet discovered an inscription on the back of one of the
photographs stating the author’s date and place of birth (“Auberive — Avenue de
l’Abbatiale”), which did not match those of Fréchon. Intrigued, she obtained the parish
records for the town and discovered that Abel Boulineau was the only baby boy born on
March 16, 1839.
This historically significant discovery became the subject of an AGO exhibition that
ran until August 21, 2011, featuring seventy never-before-seen photographs of French
rural life, taken between 1897 and 1916. Abel Boulineau was a painter and teacher
at l’Association Polytechnique in Paris. He modeled many of his paintings after the
photographs in this collection, which were given to the AGO by an anonymous donor.
Vanessa is completing her Master of Museum Studies thesis this year. n
Museum
Studies Summer
Internships
Every summer, second-year
Museum Studies students take
on internships in museums,
both locally and internationally. This year, twenty-nine
students participated in
the program, with thirteen
working in Toronto, nine
elsewhere in Canada, and two
in the United States. Additionally, students in the past few
years have augmented their
professional development by
going abroad. This year, five
students travelled to other
countries to obtain an international experience. Following is
a list of all students and their
placements:
ALBERTA
ONTARIO
Caylie Dawn Gnyra
Alberta Historic Sites
and Museums
Edmonton
Morgan Mavis
Royal Ontario Museum
(Field Site)
Algonquin Park
Tamara Ivis
Whyte Museum of the
Canadian Rockies
Banff
Brenda Eileen Beliveau
Fort Henry
Kingston
Robyn Allysa Watt
Royal Alberta Museum
Edmonton
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Rachel Amanda Meloche
Gulf of Georgia Cannery
National Historic Site
of Canada
Richmond
QUEBEC
Renee Johanna Vander
Avoird
Musée des beaux-arts
de Montréal
Montreal
NOVA SCOTIA
Erika Kathleen Smith
The Maritime Museum
of Atlantics
Halifax
Stephanie Joyce Butland
Nova Scotia Museum
of Science
Halifax
Shannon Linde
Erin Stump Projects
Toronto
Haley Michaela Smith
Multicultural History
Society of Ontario
Toronto
Monique McFarlane
The Textile Museum of
Canada
Toronto
Diana Madalina Gore
Agnes Etherington Art
Gallery
Kingston
Rebecca Ann Michaels
Toronto
Gillian Gallimore
Canadian War Museum
Ottawa
Elizabeth A. Novak
The Ontario Science
Museum
Toronto
Annika Caroline Lauffer
Canadian War Museum
Ottawa
Susan Yoon Wah Pang
The Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto
Yasmeen El Azab
Toronto
Scott Pollock
and The Design Exchange
Toronto
Alyssa Gomori
Toronto
Jason James Harvey
Ministry of Tourism and
Culture
Toronto
Jacqueline Reich
Toronto
Laura Adrienne Robb
Toronto
Jennifer Rose
Ministry of Tourism
and Culture
Toronto
UNITED STATES
Melanie Derschowitz
American Museum of
Natural History
New York, New York
Sandra Guerrero
The Exploratorium
San Francisco, California
INTERNATIONAL
Chelsea Carss
Acropolis Museum
Athens, Greece
Tarnjeev Singh Guram
Acropolis Museum
Athens, Greece
Rumin Jehangir
British Museum
London, England
Natalie Adelina King
Anthropology Department
Museum, University of
Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Heather Joyce Audrey
Mawby
Universcience/Cité des
Sciences et de l’Industrie
Paris, France
Naomi Rupke
Canadian National
Exhibition Archives
Toronto
In Memoriam
The Faculty of Information pays tribute to the f ollowing
graduates who passed away between July 2, 2010 and
July 1, 2011. We offer our most heartfelt sympathies to
their families. The majority of these notices are excerpted
from the Globe and Mail and Toronto Star, as researched by
Professor Emerita Nancy Williamson (BLS ’50, MLS ’64)
and Professor Emerita Margaret Cockshutt (BLS ’49, MLS
’64). Compiled and edited by Jeannie An (MISt ’99).
Rev. Ralph E. Blight
(BLS ’61)
Alison Bradley
(MISt ’07)
Zoe Buchanan (MLS ‘86)
Lois Jacqueline Carrier
(BLS ’52, MLS ’68)
Passed away November 5,
2010. Predeceased by her
father, mother, and sister.
Lois will be sadly missed
by her cousins and her very
dear friends. Lois was born
in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
in 1930. As a librarian she
worked in both Edmonton
and Calgary for several years,
finally settling in Vancouver.
Lois worked as a Reference
Librarian, Humanities/Social
Sciences Division at UBC from
1966 until her retirement in
1988.
Evelyn L. Fudge
(Dip. Lib ’35)
Laurent J. Gauvin
(BLS ’68)
Marian A.I. Holleman
(BLS ’46)
Patricia H. Hurlburt
(MLS ’73)
Irma Kaarina Milnes
(Dip. Lib ’46, BLS ’66)
Died October 17th, 2010 at
85 years in Sudbury, Ontario.
Born in Sault Ste. Marie,
Ontario, predeceased by her
parents, one brother, and
husbands Ted McDonough and
Humphrey (Bud) Milnes. A rich
cultural and political childhood growing up in a northern
Finnish community spawned
Irma’s ambitions and vigorous working life in Toronto
as librarian, editor, author,
and consultant for Canadian
children’s literature. Loving mother and friend to her
daughter Dale, proud and loving grandmother to Kaija, and
passionate about her many
life-long friends.
Gladys I. Mitchell
(Dip. Lib ’40)
Beatrice Pickett
(BLS ’48)
Beatrice, of Stoney Creek,
passed away peacefully at
Hamilton General Hospital
on Monday, June 28, 2010,
in her 86th year. Beloved
daughter of the late Norman
and Muriel Pickett of Stoney
Creek. Will be missed by
several cousins, close friends
and the Church of Our
Saviour The Redeemer family.
Beatrice was a librarian at
McMaster University for
forty-two years.
Rose A. Pringle
(BLS ’39)
Katherine L.M. Punch
(Dip. Lib ’38)
Carolyn M. Ross
(Dip. Lib ’33)
Helen Marguerite Shaver
(née Brownlie) (Smith)
(MLS ’72)
Passed away peacefully
on April 7, 2010. She will
be missed by her husband
Don, her children Jim Smith
(Madeleine), Vicki Smith (Mike
Dick), Pam Calow (Russ) and
Bil Smith; her eight grandchildren whom she adored.
Predeceased by her first
husband Grant Smith, son
Mark Shaver and daughter
Stephanie Owchar. Helen grew
up in Hamilton and taught primary school. She attained her
BA from McMaster University
(1961) and her Master’s from
the UofT (1972) and worked as
a librarian at Mohawk College
for twenty-five years.
Martha Shepard
(Dip. Lib ’36, BLS ’38)
Born December 12, 1911 in
Toronto, passed away peacefully in Victoria, August 1,
2009. Martha was the first
Director of the Canadian
Bibliographic Centre and the
Reference Branch, National
Library of Canada, a post she
held until her retirement. A
large part of Martha’s life was
spent caring for the many
pets she loved over the years.
She will be greatly missed by
special friends.
Ann W. Smith
(BLS ’58)
Katrin Soots
(BLS ’61)
P. Patricia Thompson
(BLS ’62)
Lillian Jean Walker
(née Phillips)
(BLS ’40, MLS ’70)
On October 10, 2010. Predeceased by beloved husband
Hugh Leslie (Les) Walker,
and by her sister and brother.
Jean was born near London,
Ontario, in 1916. She took an
Honours degree in History and
English at the University of
Western Ontario. Pursuing a
Bachelor of Library Science at
the University of Toronto, Jean
worked at the UofT’s Library
School, finally as head librarian, and completed a Master
of Library Science degree in
1970. Fondly remembered by
her three daughters, grandson, great granddaughter,
family and friends.
Amber Mae Wilde
(MISt ‘09)
Amber and
her son Liam
passed away
suddenly in
February
after a brief
illness. She
will be lovingly remembered and sadly
missed by husband Nathan
Robinson, adoring parents
Gary and Debra Wilde, brother
Curtis (Victoria), nephew
Gavin, dear mother and
father-in-law Carol and Mark
and sister-in-law Sarah. Beloved by all her grandparents,
aunts, uncles, cousins, dear
friends and loyal dog Minnie.
Amber was employed by the
Brampton Public Library soon
after graduating with a Master
of Information Studies in 2009.
As Information Service Librarian, Amber enjoyed watching
children’s happy faces during
story time and got great
satisfaction from knowing that
what she did made a difference in someone else’s life.
Donor Appreciation
We gratefully acknowledge the alumni, friends, faculty,
and staff listed below that have generously donated
to the Faculty of Information, as well as those who
wish to remain anonymous. You have a special
relationship with us and we appreciate your devotion
to advancing education, to supporting our students,
and to strengthening the practices and communities of
Information and Museum Studies.
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Donald G. Mutch
Kaja L. Narveson
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