Influencing policy (training slides from Fast Track Impact)
LSSAP presentation
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2. Established in 1991.
LSSAP Mandate is to enrich communities by
promoting and seeking to improve library
services for Aboriginal peoples through a
network of partnerships.
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4. Saskatchewan Aboriginal Storytelling Project
Sponsors and organizes workshops, training,
awareness and professional development
relating to Aboriginal content in libraries
5. Since 2003, Saskatchewan Aboriginal Storytelling
Month has been celebrated throughout our
province in February of each year to promote First
Nation and Métis oral traditions and the use of
public libraries.
In 2014, 279 sessions were held in 81 locations with
a recorded 17,305 participants.
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13. “Voices of Librarians Serving Indigenous
Peoples of Canada: Sharing Sound Practices in
Library Services”, April 21, 2015
Digital Aboriginal Imaging Project
SAS Workshops
Storyteller in Residence Pilot
“Take a Book, Leave a Book” Project
Aboriginal Stock Photos
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16. https://lssap.wordpress.com/
CHAIR: Harriet Roy, Assistant Director,
Pahkisimon Nuye?ah Library System
Linda Demers-Guillet, Resource Centre Coordinator, Treaty Six
Education Council
TREASURER: Marilyn E. Belhumeur, Librarian, Gabriel Dumont
Institute Library
Wendy Sinclair, Branch Head, Albert Branch, Regina Public
Library
Kathie Tenold, School Library Consultant,
Northern Lights School Division 113
Deborah Lee, Librarian, Indigenous Studies Liaison & Aboriginal
Engagement, University of Saskatchewan Library
Zenon Zuzak, Director of Libraries, Saskatoon Public Library Rosalyn Michael, Librarian, Willow Cree Education Complex
Brendan Edwards, Librarian, First Nations University of Canada Darren Okemaysim, Languages Consultant, Saskatchewan Indian
Cultural Centre
Becky Szeman, Digital Ecosystems Librarian, Saskatchewan
Polytechnic – Kelsey Campus
Tony Murphy, Regional Director and CEO
Wapiti Regional Library
Lonette Pelletier, Aboriginal Library Services Coordinator,
Provincial Library & Literacy Office
Cheryl Piprell, Library Services Consultant, Prince Albert Grand
Council – Education
Honorary Member: Phyllis Lerat, MLS Jessica Generoux, U of S MLIS Student
On-Leave: Edna Mirasty, Librarian, Senator Myles Venne School
Public Library
Joanne Cunningham, First Nation and Métis Education
Coordinator, Horizon School Division #205
On-Leave
Linda Jones, Executive Director,
Southeast Saskatchewan Literacy Link Inc.
Editor's Notes
The committee includes representatives from:
Regina Public Library
Gabriel Dumont Institute
Pahkisimon Nuye?áh Library System
Senator Myles School Public Library
Treaty Six Education Council
Southeast Saskatchewan Literacy Link Inc.
University of Saskatchewan
Willow Cree Education Complex
Wapiti Regional Library
Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre
Prince Albert Grand Council
Saskatchewan Polytechnic
Northern Lights School Division
Saskatoon Public Library
Provincial Library and Literacy Office