- BA International Relations, University of Toronto
- MA History, University of New Brunswick
- Master of Library and Information Science, Western
- PhD Library and Information Science, Western
I've been on faculty at FIMS since 1998, and full-time since 2000.
Most of my teaching is in the MLIS program. I've also taught in the LIS
PhD. Since 2020, I've taught multiple sections of required MLIS courses GRADLIS 9004 Research Methods and GRADLIS
9005 Managing and Working in Information Organizations. These are two
of my favourite courses to teach, both face-to-face and online.
I supervise individual student projects: theses, Major Research
Papers, and individual reading courses and studies. My students have
been interested in an incredibly wide range of topics, including
in-hospital patient education, LGBTQ2+ picture books in public
libraries, how people talk about human milk sharing on
Facebook, nutrition education for children in schools, academic
librarians' information literacy work, the information work people do
when caring for loved ones with dementia, the nature of privacy and
anonymity in the 21st century, harm reduction education for recreational
cannabis use, open peer review, and how people find information about
non-hormonal contraceptives. You can find the list of FIMS theses
supervised in this profile.
I've got
two major projects on the go. First is a set of small
studies about the value and purposes of the public library over time and from a variety of perspectives. I'm working with several collaborators at FIMS and beyond. Second, I'm doing some thinking with an international group of LIS researchers about the ways we understand some foundational LIS concepts.
In 2024, I'm co-chair of the Canadian Association for Information Science conference.
For 11.5 years (2009-2019, Jan 2021-June 2023), I held a variety
of administrative roles at FIMS: Assistant Dean Research, Associate Dean
(for both undergraduate and graduate programs) and then, when that role
was split, Associate Dean Graduate and Postdoctoral.
For 2023-24, my service is assigned to supporting the new Associate Dean Graduate and Postdoctoral.