Canadian Association of Law Libraries 2019 National Conference Presenters

Canadian Association of Law Libraries
  2019 National Conference Presenters
Helen Frost
Bio coming soon.

Monica Fuijkschot
Bio coming soon.

Randy Goebel
President (Research) and Associate Vice President (Academic), and principle investigator in the
Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (AMII). He received the B.Sc. (Computer Science), M.Sc.
(Computing Science), and Ph.D. (Computer Science) from the Universities of Regina, Alberta,
and British Columbia, respectively. Professor Goebel's theoretical work on abduction,
hypothetical reasoning and belief revision is internationally well known, and his recent research
is focused on the formalization of visualization, with applications in several application areas
including web mining, optimization, natural language processing, legal reasoning, precision
health, and intelligent transportation. Randy has previously held faculty appointments at the
University of Waterloo, University of Tokyo, Multimedia University (Kuala Lumpur), Hokkaido
University (Sapporo), visiting researcher engagements at National Institute of Informatics
(Tokyo), DFKI (Germany), and NICTA (Australia); is actively involved in collaborative research
projects in Canada, Japan, China, and Germany.

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Brea Lowenberger
Brea Lowenberger is passionate about interdisciplinary collaboration to improve access to legal
information and the public’s legal empowerment. She is currently pursuing this goal as
Saskatchewan's Access to Justice Coordinator in organizing the province’s Access to Justice
Network; as the Director of CREATE Justice, an action-oriented research centre at the University
of Saskatchewan (U of S) that is working on transforming legal and justice services and the
removal of systemic barriers to justice; and as an adjunct law instructor at the U of S. Brea
completed her Master of Laws Degree and Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Arts degrees with
Distinction.

Her current role involves consulting, collaborating, and coordinating with justice and community
stakeholders to implement research and action-oriented projects that improve justice and
access to justice in Saskatchewan and across Canada. One such project has been co-
establishing the “Saskatchewan Access to Legal Information Project”, which involves a
collaboration among library systems and justice organizations to establish public libraries as an
'access to justice entry point’ to increase access to legal information for Saskatchewan
residents. Prior to her current role, Brea was a lawyer in private practice, was a seconded law
clerk at the Saskatchewan’s Court of Queen’s Bench, and worked as a law student at CLASSIC,
Saskatoon’s inner-city poverty law clinic and with the Calgary Crown Prosecutor’s office.

In the community, Brea is an elected member of Council for the Saskatchewan Branch of the
Canadian Bar Association. Her reputation for collaboration and innovation in the justice sector
includes 2016 and 2018 nominations as a “Young Influencer” and “Changemaker” by Canadian
Lawyer.

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Melanie Hodges Neufeld
Melanie is the Director of Legal Resources at the Law Society of Saskatchewan. In addition to
being responsible for the administration of the traditional library, Melanie is responsible for
developing and recommending a strategic plan for the management of legal information within
the Law Society and the province, and various access to justice initiatives.

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Kristin Hodgins
Kristin Hodgins is currently the Project Director for Legal Services Branch, Ministry of Attorney
General in Victoria, BC. For the past two years, she has led a strategic legal service delivery
and organizational redesign project within Legal Services Branch. Prior to her current role, she
was the Director of Library and Research Services with the Ministry of Attorney General. Kristin
has also worked in the government’s freedom of information department, as a research librarian
at a prominent Vancouver law firm and as a student librarian at the University of British
Columbia Law Library.Kristin holds a BA in Law from Carleton University and an MLIS degree
from the University of British Columbia.

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Daniel Hoadley
Daniel Hoadley is a barrister and manages R&D at England and Wales’ official law reporting
agency, the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales.

Prior to entering the world of product development, Daniel was a legal journalist in the English
superior courts where he covered globally high-profile cases, including the now notorious
Twitter Joke Trial, Julian Assange's failed extradition appeal and cases involving the alleged
torture of Iraqi civilians by members of the British Armed Forces. He has contributed articles for
a range of legal and general news outlets, including The Times and the Guardian newspapers.
As a developer, Daniel co-designed ICLR's online platform, ICLR.3, and has a particular focus on
opening access to English case law.

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Alisa Lazear
Alisa is a recent MLIS graduate with a strong interest in legal information, open access, and
community building. This is reflected in her current position as a community manager for the
Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII), past work experience as a law librarian Intern at
the Diana M. Priestly Law Library, and scholarly communication/publishing co-op at the
University of Victoria Copyright Office. Alisa has worked on policy and information management
files, managed projects to develop open educational resources (OERs) and has created and
facilitated many programs for the community.

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Kim Clarke
Kim Clarke is currently a Senior Instructor with the Faculty of Law and the Director of the
Bennett Jones Law Library and the Doucette Library of Teaching Resources at the University of
Calgary. She obtained her LL.B. from the University of Manitoba and her MLIS from the
University of Alberta. Previously, Kim worked as a law librarian at The Ohio State University and
then at McGeorge School of Law in California where she was the Assistant Dean for Library and
Research Services. Kim’s teaching interests relate to the role and impact of legal technology and
legal research.

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Simone Hughes
As Field Law's Chief Marketing Officer, Simone Hughes leads the integrated marketing, business
development, brand and public relations functions to support the firm's strategic priorities of
professional excellence and client service. Simone's experience includes innovation in brand, big
data, finance, marketing, business development and public relations. She has worked for law
firms, an HR consultancy and banks for over 25 years in regional, national and global settings,
blending her business, academic and volunteer background. She's regarded as a strategic,
multi-cultural thinker and skilled, bi-lingual communicator, inspiring others to collaborate and
achieve challenging organizational objectives. Simone has a BA and MBA and a Chartered
Marketer designation from Canadian Marketing Association.

Donald Netolitzky
Donald Netolitzky received a Microbiology Ph.D. from the University of Alberta in 1995. Donald
spent several years as a biological defence researcher with the Department of National Defence,
and as a biology and biochemistry college instructor. He returned to the University of Alberta
and completed law school in 2005. Donald joined the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench as a court
legal counsel in 2007. He has written nine journal papers and other publications on the
pseudolaw phenomenon in Canada, and its history, nature, and implications. In 2018 Donald
was appointed as the Complex Litigant Management Counsel for the Alberta Court of Queen’s
Bench. In that position he assists the Justices of the Court and Court personnel in the
management of and responses to abusive and vexatious litigants and litigation.

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Sarah Miller
Sarah completed her MLIS from UBC in 2018, with the First Nations Concentration. She worked
as the Intern Law Librarian at the Diana M. Priestly Law Library at the University of Victoria. She
participated extensively in building the Law Library's teaching and research resources for the
new JD/JID program and our Indigenous law collection.

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Caron Rollins
MLS, University of Alberta. J.A. Weir Memorial Law Library, University of Alberta 1988-1996,
Reference, Instruction and Collections Librarian. University of Victoria Libraries: Diana M.
Priestly Law Library, Associate Law Librarian, 1997 to 2007; McPherson Library, Political
Science, Gender Studies, and Government Publications Librarian 2007-2016: Diana M. Priestly
Law Library, Law and Government Publications Librarian, 2016-present.

National and regional committees: CALL/ACBD Preservation Committee Co-Chair, 1991-2003,
Chair CLA Government Information Network 2005-2015, Publications Canada Depository
Services Library Advisory Committee , (ongoing), BCRLG Government Publications Task Force
2010, COPPUL Municipal Government Web Archiving Group 2016, Canadian Government
Information Digital Preservation Network (ongoing), COPPUL SPAN Phase 4B, (ongoing), Web
Archiving Working Group (UVIC), ongoing.

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Meera Nair
Meera Nair holds a doctorate in communication, with a research interest in systems of
copyright, both historical and contemporary. Her most recent publication concerns nineteenth-
century Canadian copyright history, and can be read freely through the Papers of the
Bibliographic Society of Canada. Dr. Nair also blogs occasionally at Fair Duty. She is the
Copyright Officer for the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT); all opinions
expressed are her own.

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Mike Brown
Mike currently leads ATB’s efforts around blockchain, where he actively identifies and manages
opportunities to pilot and evaluate blockchain use cases with a vision to transform areas of our
industry that are prime for disruption. He and the team have been working on initiatives based
on Hyperledger Fabric, Hyperledger Indy and Corda protocols, across a wide variety of
enterprise and consumer use cases.

Mike’s 20+ years of experience managing various technology-focused initiatives in both the
energy and digital marketing sectors, and degrees in engineering and computer science from
the University of Saskatchewan, plus an MBA from Queen’s University allow Mike to bring a
unique perspective to ATB’s innovation journey.

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Al Hounsell
Al Hounsell is a lawyer and a knowledge manager responsible for creating and implementing
legal technology solutions. He has managed the production of numerous legal apps, leveraging
innovative technologies and artificial intelligence. He has also played a significant role in
developing bespoke solutions both internally and directly for clients in the areas of document
automation, data analysis and visualization, and workflow process innovation.

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Naomi Bloch
Straddling several teams at Justice Canada, Naomi collaborates with colleagues on the Digital
Transformation and Information Resource Management teams to address user experience
issues, administration, and communications for the department’s digital resources. She also
supports Justice Canada’s open government initiative. Naomi spent the first two decades of her
career as a researcher and technical writer before returning to graduate school to obtain her
PhD in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her
dissertation research looked at the information systems that support decision-making in
Canada’s parliamentary standing committees.

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Andrew Howes
Andrew Howes is a Librarian with Information Services at Justice Canada. He is a supervisor in
the National Research Service, leading a virtual team of librarians across the country. He
specializes in legal research and information management. He has a MLIS from the University of
Toronto.

K. Jessica Van Vliet
Dr. Van Vliet is an Associate Professor and Counselling Psychologist in the Department of
Educational Psychology at the University of Alberta. She specializes in the area of emotion
regulation, with a particular interest in how compassion and mindfulness help people cope
effectively with difficult emotions such as shame. Her most recent research is a nationally-
funded project investigating new ways of thinking about compassion as it relates to career
development and work satisfaction. Dr. Van Vliet was the 2018 recipient of the Excellence in
Teaching Award through the Psychologists’ Association of Alberta. She also maintains a small
private practice as a Registered Psychologist in Edmonton.

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Tim Knight
F. Tim Knight is an Associate Librarian and Head of Technical Services at the Osgoode Hall Law
School Library at York University. He has been a cataloguing librarian and metadata specialist
since the early 1990's. As a member of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries Tim
represents the association on the Canadian Cataloguing Committee and the CFLA-FCAB
Indigenous Matters Committee. He is Chair of the KF Modified Committee and editor of the KF
Classification Modified for Use in Canadian and Common Law Law Libraries.

His current research interests include: linked data; metadata applications; classification;
cataloguing; and indigenous knowledge. He has taught courses on Cataloguing Electronic and
Internet Resources and an Introduction to Metadata and Metadata Applications. He is also a
composer, music producer and plays a number of different instruments.

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Sharon Farnel
Sharon Farnel is Metadata Coordinator at the University of Alberta Libraries and a PhD
Candidate at the University of Alberta. In her doctoral research, she is working with the
Inuvialuit Cultural Centre in Inuvik to develop a community driven metadata framework for the
Inuvialuit Digital Library. She is a member of the CFLA Indigenous Matters Committee Joint
Working Group on Subject Headings and Classification, member of the OCLC Research Library
Partnership Metadata Managers Planning Group, and member of the Board of the Library
Association of Alberta.

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Erika Kornak
Erika Kornak is a recent graduate from San Jose State University, receiving her Masters of
Information and Science as well as an Advanced Certificate in Strategic Management of Digital
Assets & Services, focusing on Data Analytics and Data Driven Decision Making. Erika has
worked as a Reference Assistant and Community Outreach Assistant at the Calgary Public
Library. She is currently working as a Law Library Technician with Alberta Law Libraries. Erika
has a strong interest in the collection, analysis and visualization of library data, using it to assist
in the improvement of the library as it relates to its values and goals.

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Julia Brewster
Julia Brewster works as the Team Lead South for Alberta Law Libraries ensuring access to legal
information resources and services are effectively delivered to our clients in the south which
includes Calgary, Drumheller, Medicine Hat, Lethbridge and Red Deer. Julia believes strongly in
the importance of access to legal information in supporting the administration of justice in
Alberta.

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Ken Fox
Ken Fox has served as Reference Librarian for the Law Society of Saskatchewan Library since
2008, and was Librarian with Tapper Cuddy LLP in Winnipeg before that. He has been a
member of the Canadian Abridgment Editorial Advisory Board since 2016.

Jennifer Beaufils
Jennifer Beaufils became the editor of the Index to Canadian Legal Literature in 2009, after
acting as the editorial librarian at Thomson Reuters. Prior to this, she worked as a law librarian
in various firms in Toronto. Jennifer participates to the Canadian Abridgment Editorial Advisory
Board as the editor of the Index, and coordinates the ICLL Data Collection Network.

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Nora Ballantyne
Nora is the Director of Information Services at the Department of Justice. In that role she
oversees the Department of Justice Library, Records Operations, Information Policy and most
recently has had the privilege of managing the Open Government file for the Department, a file
she believes has found the perfect home in the heart of the library

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Kim Nayyer
Kim Nayyer (BSc, LLB, MLIS) is the Edward Cornell Law Librarian, Associate Dean for Library
Services, and Professor of the Practice in at Cornell University. Until April 2019 she was
Associate University Librarian, Law at UVic Libraries and Adjunct Associate Professor in the
Faculty of Law. There, she taught courses in legal research and writing and covering topics
including legal research technology, artificial intelligence and legal information, and AI and big
data ethics. Previously, she was a research lawyer in Ontario and Alberta, practising at small
and large law firms and an appellate court. Kim is concluding her sixth year as co-chair of the
CALL/ACBD Copyright Committee and is the founder and co-chair of the CALL/ACBD Diversity,
Inclusion, and Decolonization Committee.

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Rachel McRory
Rachel is currently completing an MLIS and MAS at the University of British Columbia. She
completed a term as the Law Library Resource Assistant at the University of Victoria in the
summer of 2018. Previously, she has worked at the Douglas College archives and Union of BC
Indian Chiefs Resource Centre, and as a researcher for First Nations and Indigenous and
Northern Affairs Canada.

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Alexia Loumankis
Alexia Loumankis is a Reference and Research Librarian at Bora Laskin Law Library, University
of Toronto. Alexia has also worked at a national law firm, the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney
General Law Library, and the Ontario Judges’ Library.

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Amanda Wakaruk
Amanda Wakaruk, MLIS (UofA, 1999), MES (York, 2009), was appointed as the University of
Alberta's first copyright librarian in 2015 and has been "building" the position ever since. This
includes developing copyright literacy programming, supporting various faculty projects, and
continuing her own research / advocacy work related to Crown copyright and its intersection
with the stewardship of government information. Prior to this, Amanda worked as an academic
Government Information Librarian for more than fifteen years, served in a range of related
professional roles, instructed a course on government information at the University of Alberta,
and founded the Canadian Government Information Digital Preservation Network. She also
worked briefly in a private law firm library and spent a year at an Alberta Justice library.

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Julie Rainey
Law librarian with a background in layout & design

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Dayna Cornwall
Dayna Cornwall holds degrees in English Literature, and Education, from the University of
Windsor, and a Master of Library and Information Science degree from the University of
Western Ontario. Dayna has worked previously in public and academic libraries, in education
research, and in human resources, and brings a passion for access to information to the NSRLP.
Dayna coordinates the day-to-day and long term objectives of the NSRLP, overseeing
administration, information organization, and various special projects, including producing and
co-hosting the NSRLP podcast, “Jumping Off the Ivory Tower”. From 2018-2020 she is serving
as the Project Lead on NSRLP’s “Family Law at the Library” project, a pilot venture with local
libraries to provide resources and legal information to family litigants through public libraries, as
well as training on the SRL phenomenon for librarians. Dayna is interested in issues of
information literacy, social justice, and feminism, is active in local theatre, and co-hosts and
produces a podcast on women’s history.

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Megan Smiley
Megan Smiley is the Program Coordinator for the Courthouse Libraries BC LawMatters Program.
She works with public libraries to enhance public access to legal information in all communities
throughout British Columbia. She manages the LawMatters grant program, offers collection
support, and provides training on legal reference for public librarians.

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Judge Charles Gardner
Member of the Provincial Court since 2010, presides mostly in Stony Plain and communities
west of Edmonton, chair of the Provincial Court's Indigenous Justice Committee.

Gisele Abt
Bio coming soon!

Kirk Mcleod
Bio coming soon!

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