Research in progress

The information lives of trans women experiencing housing precarity or homelessness in Toronto.
A qualitative study in collaboration with Sam Kruger.

Trans women and housing precarity or homelessness: A review of the literature.
A comprehensive literature review in collaboration with Sam Kruger.

Library work placemaking during a global pandemic. [Tentative title]
A qualitative study in collaboration with Jenaya Webb.

Publications

Innovating for inclusion: 2SLGBTQ+ outreach and programming at the University of Toronto Libraries (2023)
Co-authored with Jesse Carliner for IFLA LGBTQ+ SIG, The Hague. https://repository.ifla.org/handle/123456789/2806

Continuity of Academic Library Services during a Pandemic: The University of Toronto Libraries’ Response (2020)
Co-authored with Harjinder Rana in the Journal of Scholarly Publishing
https://doi.org/10.3138/jsp.51.4.04

Strengthening electronic resource competencies: A structured approach (2019)
Co-authored with Eva Jurczyk in The Serials Librarian
https://doi.org/10.1080/0361526X.2019.1676363

Public library and private space: Homeless queer youth navigating information access and identity in Toronto (2018)
http://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/2144

Leveraging Escape Room Popularity to Provide First-Year Students with an Introduction to Engineering Information (2018)
Proceedings of the CEEA 2018 9th Annual Conference
https://doi.org/10.24908/pceea.v0i0.13054

Knowledge Synthesis

Scoping review search practices in the social sciences: A scoping review (2024). Co-authored with Judith Logan et al. in Research Synthesis Methods
https://doi.org/10.1002/jrsm.1742

A Scoping Review to Guide Social Work Policy Practice for Pandemic Recovery. Research on Social Work Practice (2023). Co-authored with Rachelle Ashcroft et al. in Research on Social Work Practice https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/132639/1/A_Scoping_Review_TSpace_2023.pdf

Preparing social workers to address health inequities emerging during the COVID-19 pandemic by building capacity for health policy: a scoping review protocol (2021)
Co-authored with Rachelle Ashcroft et al. in BMJ Open https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053959

Thesis

Information Out in the Cold: Exploring the Information Practices of Homeless Queer, Trans and Two-spirit Youth in Toronto (2014)
Completed as a requirement for the degree of Master of Information, University of Toronto
http://hdl.handle.net/1807/68014

Presentations and posters

Ditch Amazon!: Building Capacity to Work With Local Booksellers and Vendors (2024)
A poster presented at OLA Super Conference, Toronto (with Lindsay Gibb) Poster PDF

Expanding Digital Access To Literature By Black Canadians: From Assessment To Action (2023)
Presented at OLA Super Conference, Toronto (with Eva Jurczyk, Jeff Newman, and Chad Crichton).

Expanding digital access to literature by Black Canadians (2022)
A poster presented at World Library and Information Congress, Dublin. Poster PDF

Expanding Digital Access To Literature By Black Canadians (2022)
Presented at Canadian Research Knowledge Network (with Eva Jurczyk, Jeff Newman, and Chad Crichton). Recording: https://vimeo.com/770773342

Upholstery for Rule Breakers (2021)
Presented at OCULA Summer Conference: Beyond the Library, Toronto. Recording: https://youtu.be/NM7Z7ZsTtX8

Serving vulnerable members of the public at an academic library: Implementing an empathy-driven approach (2020)
Presented at OLA Super Conference, Toronto (with Margaret Wall, Susan Gropp and Allison Ridgway)

Teaching Research Skills Through Gamification: A Collaborative Project between Robarts Library and Woodsworth One (2019)
Presented at University of Toronto's Teaching & Learning Symposium (with Beth Fischer, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream & Woodsworth One Coordinator, Woodsworth College)

Constructing a Future for Reference in Print: A Collaborative Approach to Planning, Assessment and Materials Processing (2019)
Presented at OLA Super Conference, Toronto (with Christina Santolin and Yoonhee Lee)

JK to PhD: Active Learning in the School and University Classroom (2019)
Presented at OLA Super Conference, Toronto (with Darren Berberick - YRDSB and Caleb Domsy - Humber College Library)

Reigniting Imaginations: Consultation, Curriculum, and Gamified Library Orientation (2018)
Presented at the TRY Conference, St. Michael’s College, Toronto (with Michelle Spence)

Reflecting forward: Developing teaching abilities through collective practice (2018)
Presented at the TRY Conference, St. Michael’s College, Toronto (with Aneta Kwak, Kelly Shultz, and Eden Rusnell)