Wendy Bellack-Viner , Adjunct Professor, University of Toronto Faculty of Law
LL.B. (Toronto), LL.M. (Columbia), called to the Bar of Alberta in 1983 and to the Bar of Ontario in 1987.  She practised in Calgary with Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer.  In Toronto,  she practised with McCarthy Tetrault in the Research Department as an associate (1987-90) and as a partner (1990-98).  Wendy has taught Legal Research and Writing at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law since 1998, including Advanced Legal Research to undergraduate students, and  Legal Research and Writing to internationally trained lawyers studying to become accredited in Canada in both the Internationally Trained Lawyers Program and the National Committee on Accreditation program.

Johanne Blenkin, Executive Director, BC Courthouse Libraries
Johanne was appointed Executive Director in 2004.  She received her Master of Library Science degree from McGill University in 1978 and her Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Alberta in 1984.  Johanne was called to the Alberta Bar in 1985 and the BC Bar in 1994.  She was the chief librarian for law firms in Edmonton and Vancouver and practised law on Vancouver Island from 1994 to 2004.
Johanne has lectured in legal research at both the University of BC and the University of Alberta law schools and has edited guides on legal research.  Johanne is also active in professional library associations and has served on the boards of numerous community organizations

Annette L. Demers BA, LLB, MLIS, Acting Law Librarian and Lecturer, Paul Martin Law Library, University of Windsor
Annette Demers earned her BA (Hons. Law) from Carleton University in 1995, her LLB from the University of Windsor in 1998, and her MLIS from Western in 2002. In 1995, she attended the Hague Academy of International Law.   Annette has over twenty years of library experience.  For the past 6 years, she worked as a Reference Librarian in the Paul Martin Law Library.  Prior to this, she worked as a Reference Librarian for International, Foreign and Comparative Law at the Harvard Law School Library.  Annette has also practiced law early in her career.

Professor Nicole Doyle, School of Justice and Emergency Services
Nicole has been a member of the Durham College faculty since February 2005. From 2005 until 2011, she was a faculty librarian instructing and supporting students in a variety of programs at Durham College and University of Ontario Institute of Technology. She is a subject specialist in the areas of law, government and legal research, criminology, justice, data/statistics and company/business research. In May 2011 she joined the full time faculty in the School of Justice and Emergency Services at Durham College where she teaches legal research, information literacy, and research skills. Nicole’s achievements include developing the library’s first data library service, serving on the Data Liberation Initiative’s Education Committee and, most recently, initiating and launching a new college graduate certificate program in Legal Research and Information Management. Prior to her career in education, Nicole spent several years as a corporate librarian and leader in knowledge management with human resources and public relations consulting firms. She holds a Master of Library and Information Science Degree and an Honours BA in Economics and History from the University of Western Ontario.

Darren Furey, Technical Services Librarian, Gerard V. La Forest Law Library
Mr. Furey has been a cataloguer at the Gerard V. La Forest Law Library for many years.  He is co-Chair of the Access Services & Resource Sharing SIG and gave an excellent presentation updating the SIG membership on the status of RDA developments at the business meeting in 2011.

Sarah Glassmeyer, Director of Content Development, Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction/CALI
Sarah is a former academic law librarian that now works for a non-profit publisher/consortium of law schools.  She has experience using these technologies from her librarian days and her employer currently develops and explores uses for these technologies by law libraries.
Twitter:  @sglassmeyer

Nigel Holloway, Founder and CEO, Holloway Forums
Nigel has deep roots in information and research.  He lead American Lawyer Media's Legal Intelligence division after serving as the chief editorial strategist in the Americas for business research for the Economist Intelligence Unit.  Nigel was founding deputy editor at Forbes Global and has had significant experience as an international business editor and correspondent working with the BBC, The Economist, and the Far Eastern Economic Review. He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford and studied at Harvard University and the National University of Singapore.

Joseph Janes, Professor, University of Washington Information School
Joe is Associate Professor and Chair of Library and Information Science at the Information School of the University of Washington and Founding Director of the Internet Public Library. A frequent speaker in the US and abroad, he is the co-author of eight books on librarianship, technology, and their relationship, including the forthcoming Introduction to Reference Work in the Digital Age and writes the "Internet Librarian" column for American Libraries magazine. He holds the M.L.S. and Ph.D. from Syracuse University, and has taught at the University of Michigan, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the State University of New York at Albany as well as at Syracuse and Washington

Sooin Kim, Faculty Services Librarian, Bora Laskin Law Library, University of Toronto
Sooin Kim is the Faculty Services Librarian at the Bora Laskin Law Library, University of Toronto. Her major responsibility is managing the highly successful service at the Law School that provides critical research and teaching support for its Faculty members. In the recent past, Sooin has co-taught the Legal Literature & Librarianship course at the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto.  Sooin is an active member of a number of professional associations, currently serving on the committees of both CALL and IALL. She was also on the TALL Board of Directors for four years, including her term as its President during 2008-2009. Sooin’s current research interests include professional development of law librarians, instruction, and adult education, training and development.

F. Tim Knight, Head of Technical Services, Osgoode Hall School of Law
Tim is Associate Librarian at the Osgoode Hall Law School Library.  He is a longtime law cataloguer and the Canadian Association of Law Libraries' liaison on the Canadian Committee on Cataloguing.  Tim has been actively involved with the Canadian Association of Law Libraries and the American Association of Law Libraries for many years and is the current editor of the KF Classification Modified for Use in Canadian Law Libraries (aka KF Modified) the classification scheme used at the Osgoode Law Library and in other law libraries across Canada.  He has been involved with the development of RDA since 2007.  Tim teaches  Cataloguing Electronic and Internet Resources, a distance education course available through Mohawk College Library Technician Program in Hamilton.  He is developing a new course for Mohawk entitled An Introduction to Metadata and Meatadata Applications.
Twitter:  @freemoth

Ruth Kuras BSc, BA, LLB, LLM, Legal Research and Writing Lecturer and Director of the Academic Success Program, Faculty of Law, University of Windsor
Professor Kuras is a Legal Research and Writing Lecturer, and is the Director of the Academic Success Program

Colin Lachance, President and CEO, CanLII
Colin obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Alberta, and was admitted in to the Law Society of Alberta in 1998. Prior to joining CanLII, Mr. Lachance enjoyed a successful career at the virtual intersection of technology, law and public policy. Most recently he was the Director of Federal Government Affairs with a major Canadian telecommunications company. Mr. Lachance has also held the positions of Director of Marketing and Director of Regulatory Affairs with major Canadian communication companies, and served as Director of Telecommunications Regulatory Affairs with the Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association (CCTA).
Twitter:  @colinlachance

Steven Lastres, Director of Library & Knowledge Management, Debevoise & Plimpton
Steven has over 20 years of experience as an information and knowledge management professional working in law firms.  He is a regular speaker at library conferences on the role of librarians in knowledge management. 
Twitter:  @lastrst

Eileen Lewis, Research Librarian, Legislative Library of Ontario
Eileen Lewis is a Research Librarian at the Legislative Library at the Ontario Legislature. Prior to joining the team at “the Ledge,” she held positions with United Way Toronto, the Ontario Securities Commission and BMO Financial Group. Eileen holds an MISt from U of T’s Faculty of Information, and an HBA in History and Political Science, also from U of T. Outside of the Pink Palace, she straps on roller skates to become Marian the Diebrarian, a hard hitting blocker in the fast-growing sport of roller derby.
Twitter:  @eflewis

Moira McCarney BA, M Ed, LLB, Legal Research and Writing Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Windsor
Professor McCarney teaches the Clinic Seminar and is a Legal Research and Writing Lecturer

Shaunna Mireau, Director of Knowledge Management and Libraries, Field Law LLP
Shaunna Mireau is the Director of Knowledge Management and Libraries at the Field Law firm in Edmonton, Alberta. Her position includes management of the firm libraries, coordinating knowledge management projects, and close collaboration with the firm technology team and practice groups. She obtained her Library and Information Management diploma from Grant MacEwan College in 1992.  She is a member of the Edmonton Law Libraries Association, the Canadian Association of Law Libraries, and the Alberta Association of Library Technicians.   Shaunna has given presentations on legal research and technologies for many organizations including CALL/ACBD, Legal Education Society of Alberta, Alberta Association of Library Technicians, Canadian Bar Association, Edmonton Law Libraries Association, and Grant MacEwan University.
Twitter:  @smireau

Janet Moss, Head Law Librarian, Gerard V. LaForest Law Library
Janet is responsible for all facets of law library management at the University of New Brunswick's law library, with particular emphasis on development of the library’s collection of print and electronic resources.  She is an active member of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL), recently serving on their Executive Board and as editor of their journal Canadian Law Libraries. In 2004, her Guide to the KF Classification Modified for Use in Canadian Law Libraries was published by CALL. She is currently a Co-Chair of the Canadian Academic Law Library Directors Association.

Wendy Newman, MLS, Lecturer and Senior Fellow, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto
Wendy Newman, MLS, is a former President of the Canadian Library Association. She has been awarded the Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship by both the CLA and ALA, the Ontario Public Library Association Lifetime Achievement Award, and the CLA’s Outstanding Service to Librarianship Award. She also holds a Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal for community service. Wendy is currently a Senior Fellow and Lecturer at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information, where she teaches Advocacy and Library Issues and mentors students in the library and information science stream.

Rhonda O'Neill, Assistant Director, Alberta Law Libraries
 
Carolyn Petrie, Manager, InfoAction, Vancouver Public Library
Carolyn is an experienced business and legal researcher who specializes in carrying out due diligence searches on companies and individuals. She is expert at using commercial databases, particularly Factiva, FPInfomart, LexisNexis and Quicklaw.  Prior to joining InfoAction, Carolyn worked at the Langara College library and at the BC Securities Commission, where she conducted background research to support enforcement, completed legal research for litigation and policy development, and led usability projects to improve internal systems.  Carolyn currently sits on the boards of the Special Library Association's Western Canada Chapter and the Vancouver Association of Law Libraries.  Carolyn received a Masters of Library & Information Studies and Master of Archival Studies from the University of British Columbia in 2007 and a BA in Art History in 2003.

Stephanie Poce, User Experience Strategist, Thrillworks, Inc.
Stephanie Poce has been working in digital Communications and Design for the last 6 years, touching everything from print to web in a variety of industries. She has worked on campaigns for Colgate Palmolive, Teletoon, Motorola, Samsung, Microsoft, HMV, The University of Toronto, The Toronto Star, Toronto.com, Corus Entertainment and the Ontario Government. She is a User Experience Strategist at Thrillworks Inc. and her previous titles include Art Director and Digital Designer.
Twitter:  @poacheh

 Rick Powers, Professor, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
Rick workes as a corporate lawyer at Smith, Lyons, Torrance, Stevenson and Mayor (now Gowlings) after receiving his MBA and LLB from Queen's University.  He later served as Corporate Counsel for Honda Canada before joining the University of Toronto.  Rick's areas of expertise include corporate governance, ethics, business and corporate law and sports marketing.  He teaches in Rotman's Executive MB, OMNIUM, MBA, and Executive Educations programs and has received numerous teaching awards. 

Karen Sawatzky, Librarian, Tapper Cuddy LLP
Karen provides information management and legal research services as a solo librarian in a medium-sized private law firm in Winnipeg.  She writes a column on legal information on the collaborative Slaw.ca blog as well as contributing to the Library Technician dialog blog.
Twitter:  @karensawatzky

Iain Sinclair, Knowledge Manager, Stewart McKelvey

Rebecca Strange, Librarian Specialist, Office of the Medical Officer of Health, Peel Public Health
Rebecca works in a virtual library as one of two professional librarians at Peel Public Health.  She has worked at the Globe and Mail and in pharmaceutical and public health organizations.

Sarah Sutherland, Manager, Library Services, McMillan LLP
Sarah is the manager of library services at McMillan LLP in Vancouver, and is working through the process of migrating their local systems, including our integrated library system, to a shared national system.  She was manager of library network development for the Provincial Library and Literacy Office in Saskatchewan and  was involved in the province wide initiative and worked closely with the ten regional library systems as they migrated their data from 2009 to 2010.

Ted Tjaden, National Director of Knowledge Management, McMillan LLP
Ted Tjaden is a lawyer and law librarian, called to the Bar in British Columbia and Ontario. In addition, Ted also holds a Master of Information Studies and also a Master of Laws, both from the University of Toronto.
He is currently the National Director of Knowledge Management at McMillan LLP, a 400-lawyer national business law firm in Canada, where he oversees the firm’s library, research and knowledge management. Ted is the author of Legal Research and Writing, 3d ed (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2010) and The Law of Independent Legal Advice (Toronto: Carswell, 2010). He has also been blogging for over 6 years on SLAW.ca and maintains a free website on legal research and writing at www.legalresearchandwriting.ca. As a hobby, Ted also developed a website containing free pre-1923 ragtime piano sheetmusic at www.ragtimepiano.ca, including digitized versions of sheet music from his own collection.

Deborah Wolfe, Managing Director, National Committee on Accreditation (NCA)
Deborah is the Managing Director of the National Committee on Accreditation for the Federation of Law Societies of Canada and previously was Director, Education, Outreach and Research with Engineers Canada. She received a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Western Ontario and served in the Canadian Armed Forces as a construction engineer before joining Engineers Canada. Her work there centred on accreditation of Canadian university engineering programs and research into other country's educational systems.