Book Review: Aboriginal and Visible Minority Librarians

Authors

  • Erin Menzies University of British Columbia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5596/c16-012

Keywords:

diversity, recruitment & retention, mentorship

Author Biography

Erin Menzies, University of British Columbia

Southern Medical Program Librarian, Liaison to Education, Biology and Human Kinetics

References

Bourg, Chris. (2014, March 3).The unbearable whiteness of librarianship. [Web log post]. Retrieved from https://chrisbourg.wordpress.com/2014/03/03/the-unbearable-whiteness-of-librarianship/

Dei, G. J. S. (2000). Rethinking the role of indigenous knowledges in the academy. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 4(2), 111-132.

Kandiuk, M. (2014). Promoting racial and ethnic diversity among Canadian academic librarians. College & Research Libraries, 75(4), 492-556.

Lawson, K. (2014). Academic Inquiries at an Aboriginal Reference Desk during Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission's BC National Event. In D. Lee & M. Kumaran(Eds.), Aboriginal and Visible Minority Librarians (157-170). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Statistics Canada, “National Occupational Classification for Statistics (720 - F011)—Special Interest Profiles,” available online at https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/sip/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=1&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=838065&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=97611&PRID=0&PTYPE=97154&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2006&THEME=74&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0 [accessed 28 April 2016].

Sium, A., and Riskes, E. (2013) Speaking truth to power: Indigenous storytelling as an act of living resistance. Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society. Retrieved from http://decolonization.org/index.php/des/article/view/19626/16256

Weasel Fat, M. (2014). Challenges and Successes of a Tribal College Librarian. In D. Lee & M. Kumaran(Eds.), Aboriginal and Visible Minority Librarians (37-48). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

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Published

2016-08-07

How to Cite

Menzies, E. (2016). Book Review: Aboriginal and Visible Minority Librarians. Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association Journal De l’Association Des bibliothèques De La Santé Du Canada, 37(2). https://doi.org/10.5596/c16-012

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Book Reviews