Prof. Lynne Teather - Faculty of Information - University of Toronto

FiAA ouTsTANdiNG sTudENT
coNTriBuTioN AWArd
Student Council President (2009-2010),
Kim stymest, is the well-deserved winner
of this year’s FIAA Outstanding Student
Contribution Award (formerly the Jubilee
Award). Kim received a $500 cheque and
plaque in recognition of her influential
contribution to student life, participation
in professional organizations, academic
excellence, and publishing. Before being
elected President, Kim served as Student
Council vice-President, and joined the
editorial team of the Faculty of Information
Quarterly. As President, Kim participated
in Faculty Council and Graduate Student
Union meetings, and contributed to the
recent ALA Accreditation Panel. Under
her leadership, the student lounge on the
7th floor of Bissell (140 St. George) was
transformed into a welcoming space, now
frequented as both a work and a social
hub. Kim has also been active in librarianship,
with memberships in OLA, SLA,
CLA, and ALA. She convened a session
at the OLA 2010 SuperConference, and
moderated a session at Information Access:
Commons, Control, Controversy, the
2nd annual University of Toronto iSchool
lindsay chick
Kim Stymest
Student Conference. She was also a
poster presenter at the 2010 CLA National
Conference & Trade Show in Edmonton.
Kim’s paper, “The War on Women’s
Bodies: War Rape in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo,” will be published
in the inaugural issue of the Journal of the
Motherhood Institute. She is also a double
award winner this year, having been one
of the recipients of the Gordon Cressy
Awards. Congratulations to an outstanding
student!
iscHooL sTudENT cHosEN
For 2010 NELsoN MANdELA
iNTErNsHiP
Second-year MISt student Lindsay
chick spent her summer undertaking
archival and records management work
in South Africa with the Nelson Mandela
Foundation’s Centre of Memory. This
unforgettable internship was supported
by the continued generosity of Manulife
Financial, and provides iSchool students
with the chance to gain invaluable
international work experience. Lindsay
worked under the guidance of Verne
Harris, considered to be one of the
leading postmodern thinkers of archival
theory. As a professional archivist, Mr.
Harris helped transform South Africa’s
apartheid public records system. “I am
both thrilled and humbled to have the
opportunity to intern with the Centre of
Memory in Johannesburg,” Lindsay says.
She was excited about gaining “practical,
hands-on experience with records while
preserving the painful history of apartheid
and the legacy of a truly inspirational
individual.” Motivated by her goal to
promote social justice and education
through historical records, Lindsay
hopes to work as a reference archivist
in a repository of Holocaust collections,
“in order to expand research in the area,
maintain the legacy and memory of
survivors and victims, and to illuminate
issues of prejudice and intolerance.” You
can read about Lindsay’s experiences in
South Africa at http://lindsayinjoburg.
blogspot.com/.
coNGrATuLATioNs,
cLAss oF 2010!
At a special reception held by the Faculty
of Information Alumni Association after
Convocation in June, many of the 160
graduates gathered to celebrate and
honour those who won prizes for high
academic achievement and contributions
to the community. Award winners were:
MMst Awards valentine Moreno,
Maddie Knickerboxer, victoria Kushelnyk
ontario Library Association Anniversary
Prize Mark Bold and Christina Kim
(both with 3.97 grade averages)
Margaret canning Public Librarian Prize
Erin Anderson and Jessica Rovito
Library service centre Award of
Excellence in cataloguing
Erika Dickenson
Kathleen reeves Memorial Award
Kimberly Rawluk
ArMA Toronto chapter Award
Renee Chaput
douglas Armstrong Memorial Award
Jorge Rivera
Gertrude M. Boyle Memorial Award in
cataloguing Sarah vaisler
ontario Library Boards’ Association
Prize in Public Library Management
Li Chen
Jane Prescott Memorial Award
Jana Purmalis
sheridan Park Association Award
Dylanne Dearborn
Toronto Area Archivists’ Group Award
Emily Monks-Leeson
Toronto Health Libraries Association
Annual Prize in Health sciences
Librarianship
Louise Donnelly
William L. Graff Memorial Prize
James Murchison
rare Books and Manuscripts Award
Bridget Whittle
Beta Phi Mu Nominees Mark Bold,
Li Chen, Monique Flaccavento, Christina
Kim, Klara Maidenberg, Matthew
McPherson, Emily Monks-Leeson, James
Murchison, Stephanie Orfano, Alison
Schroeder, Tetiana Senyshyn, Erica
Sum, Lynette Terrill, Leslie Thomson,
Jacqueline Whyte Appleby
We welcome the graduates of 2010 as our
newest alumni and wish them all the best
as they advance in their careers.
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