Category Archives: News

In 2018 we ran ViMLoC’s second session of our mentorship program. We were overwhelmed by the amount of people who applied that we realized the importance of this program. As such, we are happy to announce our third run of … Continue reading →

ViMLoC is proud to announce that two of our own have been selected as fellows for the Association of Research Libraries’ (ARL) Leadership and Career Development Program (LCDP). Maha Kumaran and Cecilia Tellis from ViMLoC were selected, as well as … Continue reading →

All are welcome to attend these free webcasts and registration is not required. The sessions will be recorded and made available on the on-demand webcast page about two weeks after each event date. Webinars take place once a month from … Continue reading →

If you’ll be attending OLA’s Super Conference this year, here’s a list of sessions that support diversity in librarianship: How to Lead White PeopleWednesday, January 29, 2020 at 10:30 am – 12:00 pmThis is a workshop specifically for Indigenous and … Continue reading →

Dear students, The Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (CAPAL)/L’Association canadienne des bibliothécaires en enseignement supérieur (ACBES) invites applications from eligible LIS students to receive a diversity & equity bursary to attend CAPAL’s upcoming meeting at the Congress of the … Continue reading →

The Hack Library School blog has new post about mentorship of BIPOC LIS students in North America. ViMLoC’s mentorship program is mentioned in their post! Follow the link to read more about the post titled To my fellow LIS Black, … Continue reading →

The Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (CAPAL)/L’Association canadienne des bibliothécaires en enseignement supérieur (ACBES) invites applications from eligible LIS students to receive a diversity & equity bursary to attend CAPAL’s upcoming meeting at the Congress of the Humanities and … Continue reading →

The CALA Canada Chapter (https://www.cala-canada.org/) invites you to submit presentation proposals to their first annual program: 2020 Chinese American Librarians Association Canada Chapter Annual Program  during the OLA Super Conference (https://www.olasuperconference.ca/) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Friday, January 31, 2020, 9:00am – … Continue reading →

If we have any ViMLoC members in Ontario that are interested in attending the OLA Super Conference from January 29 – February 1, 2020, there are two bursaries available thanks to the Cultural Diversity and Inclusion Task Force. You can … Continue reading →

IDEAL ’19 takes place in a few days. This conference is a great opportunity for ViMLoC members or other visible minority librarians from Canada to meet up in person. We’re planning on grouping together at breakfast on Tuesday, August 6th. … Continue reading →