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Meet the IDEAL Speakers—Visiting: First Nations and Indigenous Schools Surfacing Truths

Day two of the IDEAL Conference will begin with an intimate conversation among First Nations and Indigenous library and academic leaders from the United States and Canada.

Meet the IDEAL Truth-Tellers

Cori Bazemore-James, Assistant Vice Provost, Graduate School Diversity Office, and Affiliate Faculty, Higher Education Program, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities; Stephen R. Curley, Director, Digital Archives, National Native American, Boarding School Healing Coalition; Mikayla Redden, Librarian, New College, University of Toronto; Allison M. Waukau, President, American Indian Library Association

During this plenary conversation, participants will hear from four First Nations and Indigenous truth-tellers working at the intersection of libraries, archives, and activism. The conversation will focus on how identity informs one’s work, the responsibility of libraries as places of resistance, and methods for indigenizing library spaces and practices.

You won’t want to miss this incredible learning opportunity! See you in Toronto July 15–17th!

Register now! Group rates for five or more individuals are available. Please reach out to ARL at events@arl.org for more information on group rates.

With general questions, email learning+dei@arl.org.

 

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Thank you IDEAL 2024 hosts:

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About the IDEAL Conference

Previously known as the National Diversity in Libraries Conference (NDLC), ARL IDEAL is a triennial experience that raises awareness and appreciation of workplace diversity issues through the exploration of theory and practice in libraries and archives. IDEAL 2024 is on the web at events.arl.org/IDEAL24/landing.

About the Association of Research Libraries

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of research libraries in Canada and the US whose vision is to create a trusted, equitable, and inclusive research and learning ecosystem and prepare library leaders to advance this work in strategic partnership with member libraries and other organizations worldwide. ARL’s mission is to empower and advocate for research libraries and archives to shape, influence, and implement institutional, national, and international policy. ARL develops the next generation of leaders and enables strategic cooperation among partner institutions to benefit scholarship and society. ARL is on the web at ARL.org.

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