Board of Directors

Canadiana.org is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors made up of distinguished Canadian scholars, representatives of Canada's major research libraries, and partners who champion access to Canadian heritage.

Our pan-Canadian governance structure encourages many types of partners and sectors to participate in the vision, governance and financial support of the organization. Governance strives to be as representative as possible of the many constituent sectors within the memory community, such as libraries, archives, government, museums, and history and genealogy societies. This collaborative approach gives us the flexibility to grow and the agility to respond to changing opportunities.

Leslie Weir

President
Executive Committee Member
University Librarian, University of Ottawa

Lynn Copeland

Past President
Executive Committee Member 
Consultant and former Dean of Library Services, Simon Fraser University

Jane Pyper

Vice President
City Librarian, Toronto Public Library
Foundation Member
Executive Committee Member

Sylvie Belzile

Treasurer
Executive Committee Member
Directrice générale, Service des bibliothèques et archives, Université de Sherbrooke

Susan Brown

Executive Committee Member
Associate Professor of English, University of Guelph

Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec

Foundation Member
Executive Committee Member  
Represented by Guy Berthiaume, Chair and Chief Executive Officer

Canadian Association of Research Libraries

Foundation Member
Executive Committee Member  
Represented by Tom Hickerson, President

Library and Archives Canada

Foundation Member
Executive Committee Member  
Represented by Dr. Daniel J. Caron, Librarian and Archivist of Canada

University of Alberta

Foundation Member
Executive Committee Member
Represented by Ernie Ingles, Vice Provost and Chief Librarian

University of Toronto

Foundation Member
Executive Committee Member
Represented by Larry Alford, Chief Librarian

York University

Foundation Member
Executive Committee Member
Represented by Cynthia Archer, University Librarian

Gerald Beasley

University Librarian, Concordia University

Guylaine Beaudry

Director, Webster Library and Acting Associate University Librarian, Collection Services, Concordia University

Fiona Black

Professor and Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Management, and Director, Academic Planning, Dalhousie University

Simon Langlois

Directeur du département de sociologie, Université Laval

Carole Moore

Former Chief Librarian, University of Toronto

Michel Pierssens

Professeur titulaire-littérature de langue française, Université de Montréal

Carolynne Presser

Former University Librarian, University of Manitoba

Ray Siemens  

Canada Research Chair in Humanities Computing
Professor of English, Faculty of Humanities, University of Victoria

John Teskey

Director of Libraries, University of New Brunswick

Ian E. Wilson

Director, Stratford Initiative, University of Waterloo

Ron Walker  

Executive Director, Canadiana.org
Executive Committee Member ex-officio