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
Kiirstin Maki, Wellington County Library
Carolyn Pecoskie, McGill University Library
Merley Wheaton, Mississauga Public Library
Diana Marshal, Fraser Valley Regional Library
Erin Braam, Elgin County Library
Joel Begin, Hamilton Wentworth Catholic District School Board (HWCDSB)
Michelle Parker, Library and Archives Canada
Siu Hong Yu, University of Waterloo
and
Ex-Officio members
Lily Kwok, Ontario Library Association
Climate Action Week
Saturday, November 4 – Friday, November 10, 2023
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.
Download the Collection Development and Reading Lists (May 2023)
ALA – Top 10 Sustainability Themed Children’s Books 2022
BookRiot – The 25 Best Climate Change Books to Add to Your TBR (November 2022)
Canadian School Libraries Journal – Books on Environmental Sustainability, Climate Change & Outdoor Education (November 2022)
CBC – 11 Canadian Books to Read for Earth Day (April 2022)
CBC – 20 Canadian Books for Kids to Read for Earth Day 2022 (April 2022)
CBC – How to Save the World in 6 Books: Top Climate Leaders Share their 2020 Reads (December 2020)
Climate Action Network Canada – Explore our Resources
Climate Change Connection – Recommended Reading (November 2018)
Columbia Law School – Summer Reading List on Climate Justice
Earth.org – 25 Best Climate Change Books to Read in 2023 (December 2022)
Earth Day Canada – Educating & Raising Awareness Through Literature & Documentaries (September 2022)
Fraser Valley Regional Library – Climate Action Week Reading List (September 2022)
Fraser Valley Regional Library – Climate Action Week Reading List Kids (September 2022)
Greenpeace – 5 Brilliant Books for Young Environmental Activities
Greystone Books – David Suzuki Institute
Indigenous Climate Hub – Climate Change Resource Library
Libraries Connected – Climate Change Booklist for COP26
McGill Library – Open for Climate Justice (November 2022)
New York Public Library – A Reading List for Climate Week NYC (September 2022)
The New York Times – The Year You Finally Read a Book About Climate Change (April 2020)
OneTreePlanted – 28 Best Books on Climate Change & the Environment (July 2022)
Penguin Random House – The Best Books About Climate Change & How to Fight It (April 2022)
Read This Twice – Best Climate Change Books
Social Justice Books – Environment / Climate Justice
Sustainable Review – 15 Climate Change Books That Will Totally Change Your Perspective (August 2022)
Thunder Bay Public Library – Climate Change Collection
United Nations – Research Guides: Books and Journals
The University of British Columbia – Research Guides: Climate Change Books
Vancouver Island Regional Library – C is for Climate Change
Vancouver Public Library – Climate Fiction
Watershed – Climate Reading List
West Vancouver Memorial Library – Climate Future Recommended Reading
West Vancouver Memorial Library – Recommended Reads by Our Climate Writer in Residence
Learn more
Read the Committee’s Terms of Reference. For more information contact Lily Kwok.