It’s hard to believe but this year is the 20th anniversary of First Nations Public Library Week, running from Oct. 4-10. It also coincides with Canadian Library month and it’s intended to raise aware of the resources, services, programs and activities of the 46 public libraries on First Nations in Ontario. This year’s theme is... Continue Reading →
Partnership continues to promote inclusion
It will be a year this summer, Anishinabek Employment and Training Services (AETS) moved in and helped transform the lower level of the Waverley Library through a collaborative partnership with the Thunder Bay Public Library (TBPL). As an incorporated, not-for-profit organization, AETS continues to be part of a national network delivering an Indigenous Skills and... Continue Reading →
Looking to the Future at the Thunder Bay Public Library
Seven Fallen Feathers: racism, death, and hard truths in a Northern City is the most borrowed book from Thunder Bay Public Library. When Tanya Talaga launched this book at Brodie Library in 2017 TBPL offered to help write the next chapter of hope for the future. TBPL must be, and must be seen to be,... Continue Reading →
Anishinabek Employment and Training Services (AETS) Partnership Deliverables
AETS is settling in nicely to the Thunder Bay Public Library (TBPL), through a partnership which is transforming Waverley Library into a Community Hub. As an incorporated, not-for-profit organization, AETS is part of a national network delivering an Indigenous Skills and Employment Training (ISET) federally funded program with a focus in the North Superior Region.... Continue Reading →
A Week in the Life of the Library
People frequently ask me what it is like working at the public library. It is a difficult question to answer. I don't know what they think it is like, but I know that every day is another incredible day of activity unlike the day before and so what I would like to do is to... Continue Reading →
Anishinabek Employment and Training Services (AETS) and Thunder Bay Public Library (TBPL) Partnership
Libraries are about freedom. Freedom to read, freedom of ideas, freedom of communication. They are about education (which is not a process that finishes the day we leave school or university), about entertainment, about making safe spaces, and about access to information. -Neil Gaiman, 2013 Under the direction and collaboration of both the TBPL Board... Continue Reading →
An Indigenous Partnership: A Shared Community Hub
Decolonization is a necessary process for creating community led and needs based public libraries. Partnerships with Indigenous organizations are a step towards decolonization. Partnerships transform strategies, structures and systems and challenge the organizational culture. At Thunder Bay Public Library (TBPL) decolonization is an outcome of our Reconciliation and Relationship Building Strategy and Action Plan. This... Continue Reading →
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