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The Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (CAPAL) conference at Congress 2014  will be held at Brock University, St. Catharines, May 25-26, 2014. The following sessions are diversity-related and might be of interest to ViMLoC members. “Why Diversity‟ Is Not … Continue reading →

To help kick off the 2014 CLA conference in Victoria, the Visible Minority Librarians of Canada (VimLoc) Network invites you to attend our first ever dinner social on Wednesday, May 28 at 7 pm at The Old Spaghetti Factory Restaurant, … Continue reading →

A big thank you to all those who participated in the survey on collecting statistics of visible minority librarians currently working in Canadian institutions.  The survey was open from December 9th 2013 to January 31, 2014.  There were 120 complete … Continue reading →

Thursday, April 17, 2014.  Facilitator:  Dr. Loriene Roy  Dr. Loriene Roy (Anishinabe), Professor in the School of Information, the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin), served as the 2007-2008 President of the American Library Association (ALA) and the 1997-1998 President … Continue reading →

Colleagues, We are pleased to share with you the Preliminary Programme for the Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians’ (CAPAL) inaugural conference Shifting Landscapes: Exploring the Boundaries of Academic Librarianship to be held at the Congress of Humanities and Social … Continue reading →

Dear Friends: 2013 proved to be a year of great activity for ViMLoC!  January 2013 began with presentations by ViMLoC members at the Ontario Library Association Super Conference in Toronto on Thursday January 31st.  Topics discussed included: job market challenges … Continue reading →

The year 2014 promises to be an active year for ViMLoC.  First of all, we should introduce ourselves as the new co-moderators for ViMLoC (January 2014 – December 2015). Norda Majekodunmi is reference and instruction librarian at York University and … Continue reading →

Dear all, Heather and I have had the pleasure of leading ViMLoC over the last two years since its approval in December 2011.  We have worked tirelessly with CLA and other library associations and library schools to promote ViMLoC and … Continue reading →

Are you an experienced visible minority librarian willing to provide advice and support to another visible minority librarian? Did you have a great mentoring experience and would like to “pay it forward”? ViMLoC wants you! The Visible Minority Librarians of … Continue reading →

Are you a visible minority librarian in need of guidance? Do you want to connect with an experienced visible minority  librarian for professional advice and support? The Visible Minority Librarians of Canada (ViMLoC) Network (a CLA Network) recognizes the need … Continue reading →