OLA Climate Action Committee
Mandate
The OLA Climate Action Committee was formed in 2022. Reporting to the OLA Board of directors, the OLA Climate Action Committee works to support the Ontario library and information sector in responding collectively to the climate crisis. The committee will focus its efforts on capacity building and will work in alignment with the United Nations Strategic Development Goals relating to climate action.
Committee Members
Michael/Michelle Rogowski, Co-Chair, Canadian Federation of Library Associations
Merley Wheaton, Co-Chair, Mississauga Public Library
Erin Braam, Secretary, Elgin County Library
Siu Hong Yu, University of Waterloo
Jennifer Aston, West Oaks French Immersion Public School
Alison Dee, Clarington Public Library, Museums, & Archives
Nicole Slattery, University of Toronto, OISE Library
Sarah Cairns, McMaster University
Heather Cunningham, University of Toronto Libraries
Patricia Buckley, Sheridan College Library Services
Kaeleigh MacPhail, Woodstock Public Library
Marta Samokishyn, Saint Paul University, Jean-Léon Allie Library
Caitlin MacRae, BCLA Liasion
and
Ex-Officio members
Lily Kwok, Ontario Library Association
NEW - 2023 Ontario Public Libraries Climate Benchmarking Survey Report
In the Spring of 2023, OLA’s Climate Action Committee created its first climate benchmarking survey. As the survey was the first of its kind in Ontario, we hoped it would capture the current climate affecting the library landscape, and how libraries were responding to these challenges. It is our hope that this survey will shed light on those challenges, provide a road map forward, and celebrate the work already being done.
Climate Action Week
Saturday, November 2 – Friday, November 8, 2024
Join libraries and other GLAM organizations across BC and Ontario to focus on the climate change related challenges and emergencies facing our communities. Our goal is to raise awareness, answer our communities’ growing needs, and articulate clearly that libraries are places to connect people and access resources on climate change.
Participate in Climate Action Week
Read4Climate Rack Card and Posters
We intend these Read4Climate (R4C) rack card and poster designs to help libraries share and promote the many ways we can support our communities to learn about and respond to the climate crisis.
We hope they provide talking points, conversation starters, information, ideas/possibilities, and encouragement – in a positive way.
You can add your logo and/or QR code and print or share in various ways.
Developed by Diana Marshall, Fraser Valley Regional Library, 2022-24 BCLA Climate Action Committee Co-Chair, and OLA Climate Action Committee Member.
Climate Action: Reading Lists & Library Resources
View Climate Action: Reading Lists & Library Resources (updated October 2024)
Learn more
Read the Committee’s Terms of Reference. For more information contact Lily Kwok.
