Board of Directors

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Julie McKenna

Chair, Prairie Provinces Representative (Saskatchewan and Manitoba), 2020-2022

Julie McKenna is a member of the Saskatchewan Library Association and Deputy Library Director at Regina Public Library.

Todd Kyle

Vice Chair, Ontario Representative, 2020-2022

Todd Kyle is a Past-President of the Ontario Library Association and CEO of Newmarket Public Library.

Mary Chevreau

Treasurer, CULC Representative, 2020-2022

Mary Chevreau is the CEO of Kitchener Public Library. She is Vice-Chair of the Canadian Urban Libraries Council and also represents the Large Urban Caucus on the Board of the Federation of Ontario Public Libraries.

Kirk MacLeod

Secretary, Alberta Representative, 2020-2022

Kirk MacLeod, a member of the James Smith First Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, works as Team Lead, North, for Alberta Law Libraries in the Government of Alberta. Currently he sits as the 1st Vice-President for the Library Association of Alberta.

Vivian Lewis

Executive Member at Large, Canadian Association of Research Libraries Representative, 2020-2022

Vivian Lewis currently serves as Vice-President / President Elect of CARL, the Canadian Association of Research Libraries. She is a member of both the Board of Directors of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and, until Spring 2020, the Executive of the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL).

Stacy Allison - Cassin

Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit) Representative, 2019-2021

Stacy Allison-Cassin is a Citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario and an Associate Librarian in the Department of Student Learning and Academic Success at York University. She is Chair of the CFLA Indigenous Matters Committee, sits on the IFLA Indigenous Matters Section, leads the IFLA Wikidata Working Group, and sits on the Board of Wikimedia Canada.

Katya Borrás

Francophone Representative, 2019-2021

Katya Borrás is the Library Coordinator of the Pointe-Claire Public Library , Treasurer, Bibliothèques des Banlieues de l’Ile de Montréal (BBIM), and Representative of BBIM at the Board of Directors of the Association des bibliothèques publiques du Québec (Quebec Public Library Association)

Ron Knowling

Northern Territories (the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut) Representative, 2019-2021

Ron Knowling is the Manager of Public Library Services for the Government of Nunavut based in Baker Lake, Nunavut. He also represents Nunavut on the Funders Council of the National Network for Equitable Library Service and the Provincial and Territorial Public Libraries Council.

Ryan Lewis

Atlantic Canada Representative, 2019-2021

Ryan Lewis is a member of the Atlantic Provinces Library Association (APLA), the Newfoundland and Labrador Library Association (NLLA), and is a Social Sciences Liaison Librarian at Memorial University.

Christine Middlemass

British Columbia Representative, 2019-2021

Christine Middlemass is the President of the British Columbia Library Association. She is a former Association Treasure, Director-at-large, and BC Library Conference Chair.

Sonia Smith

Québec Representative, 2019-2021

Sonia Smith is a Past President of L’Association des bibliothécaires du Québec – Quebec Library Association (ABQLA), and a current member of ABQLA’s Board of Directors, as well as a Law Librarian at the Nahum Gelber Law Library at McGill University.