Camille Callison Explained

Camille Callison
Known For:Indigenous cultural activist
Employer:University of the Fraser Valley
Occupation:Librarian
Nationality:Member of the Tsesk iye (Crow) Clan of the Tahltan Nation

Camille Callison is an Indigenous librarian, archivist, academic, and cultural activist who is a member of the Tsesk iye (Crow) Clan of the Tahltan Nation in what is now known as British Columbia, Canada. She is the University Librarian at the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford. Callison is an advocate for the rights of Indigenous peoples and knowledge, particularly as these rights intersect with GLAM institutions.[1] Callison is actively involved across local, national, and international professional associations related to the library and informational needs of Indigenous peoples, including in her role as co-lead of the National Indigenous Knowledge and Language Alliance (NIKLA).

Education

Callison earned her BA in Anthropology in 2003 and her MLIS with a First Nations Concentration in 2005, from the University of British Columbia. She was mentored by Dr. Gene Joseph, founding librarian of the Xwi7xwa Library.[2] She is a PhD Candidate studying anthropology, with a focus on Indigenous knowledge, through the University of Manitoba.

Career

Academic career and projects

Prior to her position as University Librarian at the University of the Fraser Valley, Callison worked at the University of Manitoba (2012-2021), including in positions such as the first Indigenous Services Librarian,[3] the Indigenous Strategies Librarian,[4] the Learning and Organizational Development Librarian,[5] the Liaison Librarian for Native Studies, Anthropology, and Social Work,[6] and as a member of the university's Indigenous Advisory Circle (2015-2017).[7]

She helped to foster the Indigenous Cultural Competency Training (ICCT) program for University of Manitoba Libraries staff.[8] She also founded the Mazinbiige Indigenous Graphic Novels Collection[9] at the Elizabeth Defoe Library, part of University of Manitoba Libraries. Output from this project included ‘Indigenous Comics and Graphic Novels: An Annotated Bibliography’[10] and the downloadable ‘Mazinbiige Indigenous Graphic Novel Collection List’.[11]

Callison was on the University of Manitoba's Bid Committee (2012) and Implementation Committee (2013-2015), which worked to bring the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada archives to the University of Manitoba and to form the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.

In 2013, Callison served on the Association for Manitoba Archives MAIN-LCSH Working Group, which replaced culturally insensitive LCSH terms for Indigenous peoples and culture with more representative terms for use within the Manitoba Archival Information Network (MAIN) database. This work resulted in the Working Group's listing of subject headings[12] and is visible on MAIN's website.[13]

Chair, working group, and committee positions

Current Positions

Callison serves as a Professional Division H Committee Chair for IFLA (2021-2023),[14] on the board of directors for Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN),[15] and on the Advisory Group for the OCLC project Reimagining Descriptive Workflows.[16] Callison is also Indigenous caucus co-lead (and was formerly the Secretary) of IEEE P2890™ Recommended Practice for Provenance of Indigenous Peoples’ Data[17] and is a member of the Response to the Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Taskforce of the Steering Committee on Canada's Archives.[18] [19] She is founding co-chair of the University of Manitoba Anthropology Department Repatriation Committee, is a member of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion subcommittee,[20] and is co-lead of the National Indigenous Knowledge and Language Alliance (NIKLA).[21]

Past Positions

In 2015, Callison became a founding board member of the Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA-FCAB), which replaced the Canadian Library Association in 2016. She has held positions as the Indigenous Representative to the Board (2015-2019),[22] vice-chair to the Board (2018-2019),[23] and member of the CFLA-FCAB's Copyright Committee (2017-2020). Within her role on the Copyright Committee, Callison worked on the Position Statement on Indigenous Knowledge. She also independently presented to the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology as they reviewed The Copyright Act.[24]

Callison's tenure with the CFLA-FCAB included her position as Chair of the CFLA-FCAB Truth and Reconciliation Committee in 2017.[25] In this capacity, Callison oversaw the creation of the ‘Truth and Reconciliation Report and Recommendations’,[26] after which she served as founding Chair (2017-2019) and Past Chair (2019-2020) of the CFLA-FCAB's Indigenous Matters Committee.[27] [28] [29]   Alongside her work as the Committee Chair, she co-chaired working groups on Indigenous Knowledge Protection/Copyright,[30] Indigenous Knowledge and Curriculum, and the Joint Working Group on Classification and Subject Headings. As chair, she also helped to oversee projects such as the CFLA-FCAB's ongoing partnership with the ‘Indigenous Canada’ MOOC developed by the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Native Studies.[31] [32]

Callison's other past positions include President of the Manitoba Library Association (2013-2015),[33] [34] member of the National Film Board of Canada’s Indigenous Advisory Group,[35] Vice-Chair of the Canadian Advisory Committee, Commission for UNESCO Memory of the World Committee (2017-2019),[36] and Chair of the Indigenous Matters Section of IFLA (2017-2021).[37]

Public outreach

Callison engages in public outreach facilitating intergenerational and intercultural knowledge exchange. She has been an invited keynote or speaker several events, including: the OLA Super Conference 2021,[38] the Atlantic Provinces Library Association 2021 Conference,[39] the Archive/Counterarchive Summer Institute 2021 Public Talks,[40] the 2020 American Indian Library Association President’s Program,[41] the 2019 Designing the Archives 2019 conference,[42] the 2019 Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums conference,[43] the 2019 Dalhousie-Horrocks National Leadership Lecture,[44] and the 2015 Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums Archives Summit.[45] She has also been a guest on Western University’s ‘So What? Library and Information Science Podcast’ for their ‘CFLA-FCAB Truth and Reconciliation Efforts’ episode,[46] she has served as a guest editor for the IFLA Journal October 2021 special issue on ‘Indigenous Matters in Libraries’,[47] and she was a 2019 University of British Columbia Okanagan Library Leader in Residence.[48]

Works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Callison . Camille . 19 June 2023 . CAMILLE CALLISON: University Librarian in University of the Fraser Valley, BC, Canada .
  2. Web site: Camille Callison appointed University Librarian at UFV – UFV Announce . 2022-03-15 . blogs.ufv.ca.
  3. News: UM News . 2015 . Sharing and celebrating Indigenous knowledge, memory and culture . UM News .
  4. Bone . Christine . Lougheed . Brett . 2018-01-02 . Library of Congress Subject Headings Related to Indigenous Peoples: Changing LCSH for Use in a Canadian Archival Context . Cataloging & Classification Quarterly . 56 . 1 . 83–95 . 10.1080/01639374.2017.1382641 . 196151905 . 0163-9374.
  5. Web site: UBC . 2021 . Leader in Residence . The University of British Columbia.
  6. News: UM News . 2014 . This youth soars! . UM News .
  7. News: UM News . 2015 . Members of new Indigenous Advisory Circle announced .
  8. Web site: University of Manitoba Libraries Staff Build Indigenous Cultural Competency . 2022-03-15 . Association of Research Libraries . en-US.
  9. Web site: Ford . Lyle . LibGuides: The Mazinbiige Indigenous Graphic Novel Collection: History . 2022-03-15 . libguides.lib.umanitoba.ca . en.
  10. Daigneault (Métis) . Taylor . Mazowita . Amy . Rifkind . Candida . Callison (Tahltan) . Camille . 2019-06-01 . Indigenous Comics and Graphic Novels: An Annotated Bibliography . Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures . 11 . 1 . i–xxxvi . 10.3138/jeunesse.11.1.i . 1920-2601.
  11. Web site: Ford . Lyle . LibGuides: The Mazinbiige Indigenous Graphic Novel Collection: Home . 2022-03-15 . libguides.lib.umanitoba.ca . en.
  12. Web site: Ford . Lyle . LibGuides: Indigenous Knowledge Management: Indigenous Subject Headings - AMA LCSH . 2022-03-15 . libguides.lib.umanitoba.ca . en.
  13. Web site: Welcome to MAIN: Your Source for Manitoba's Documentary Heritage! - MAIN – Manitoba Archival Information Network . 2022-03-15 . main.lib.umanitoba.ca.
  14. Web site: IFLA's Professional Council 2021-2023 Announced . 2022-03-15 . IFLA . en-US.
  15. Web site: Board of Directors Canadian Research Knowledge Network . 2022-03-15 . www.crkn-rcdr.ca.
  16. Web site: 2021-12-20 . Reimagine Descriptive Workflows . 2022-03-15 . OCLC . en.
  17. Web site: IEEE SA - P2890 . 2022-03-15 . SA Main Site . en.
  18. Web site: 2017-02-17 . Response to the Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Taskforce . 2022-03-15 . Steering Committee on Canada's Archives . en.
  19. Steering Committee on Canada’s Archives . 2022 . Reconciliation Framework: The Response to the Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Taskforce .
  20. Web site: DEIA Committee NISO website . 2022-03-15 . www.niso.org.
  21. Web site: Governance . 2022-03-17 . NIKLA-ANCLA . en.
  22. Web site: 2016-05-24 . Message from the Interim Chair, May 2016 . 2022-03-15 . Canadian Federation of Library Associations . en-CA.
  23. Web site: 2016-05-24 . Message from the Interim Chair, May 2016 . 2022-03-15 . Canadian Federation of Library Associations . en-CA.
  24. Web site: Evidence - INDU (42-1) - No. 112 - House of Commons of Canada . 2022-03-15 . www.ourcommons.ca . en-ca.
  25. Web site: Callison . Camille . 2017 . CFLA-FCAB Truth & Reconciliation Committee Report & Recommendations. . CFLA-FCAB.
  26. Web site: Associations (CFLA-FCAB) . Canadian Federation of Library . For National Aboriginal Day, CFLA-FCAB Acting on Recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee Report . 2022-03-15 . www.newswire.ca . en.
  27. Web site: A Brief History and Update from the CFLA-FCAB on Indigenous Matters BCLA Perspectives . 2022-03-15 . en-US.
  28. Web site: CFLA-FCAB . 2020 . CFLA-FCAB Matter Committee Update AGM 2020 .
  29. Web site: CFLA-FCAB . 2018 . Annual Report 2018 .
  30. Web site: 2018-11-09 . Abstracts 2019 . 2022-03-15 . ABC Conference 2022 . en.
  31. Group . CFLA-FCAB Indigenous Matters Committee- Indigenous MOOC Working . 2018-07-17 . Indigenous Canada MOOC continues to partner with CFLA-FCAB Indigenous Matters Committee / Comité des questions autochtones (IMC-CQA) . Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research . en . 13 . 1 . 10.21083/partnership.v13i1.4620 . 240364806 . 1911-9593. free .
  32. Web site: 2017-08-31 . Indigenous MOOCs . 2022-03-15 . Canadian Federation of Library Associations . en-CA.
  33. Web site: Manitoba Libraries Working Group . 2016 . ONE MANITOBA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: Final Proposal: Manitoba Libraries Working Group .
  34. News: Manitoba libraries 1 1 by Communications Director - Issuu . 2022-03-15 . Issuu . en.
  35. Web site: Government of Canada . National Film Board of Canada . 2017-06-20 . National Film Board of Canada . 2022-03-15.
  36. Web site: Library and Archives Canada . 2017 . Creation of the Canada Memory of the World Register . Government of Canada.
  37. Web site: BJARNAGIN . 2018-03-07 . Camille Callison and Carla Davis-Castro appointed to IFLA Indigenous Matters Section . 2022-03-15 . Advocacy, Legislation & Issues . en.
  38. Web site: Camille Callison OLA Super Conference . 2022-03-15 . www.olasuperconference.ca.
  39. Web site: Camille Callison's schedule for Atlantic Provinces Library Association 2021 Conference . 2022-03-15 . apla2021.sched.com.
  40. Web site: A/CA Summer Institute 2021 Public Talks The Practice of Indigenous Metadata and Knowledge Organization Archive/CounterArchive . 2022-03-15 . counterarchive.ca.
  41. Web site: Decolonizing Knowledge . 2022-03-15 . American Libraries Magazine . en-US.
  42. Web site: Designing the Archives 2019 - Keynote Speakers International Council on Archives . 2022-03-15 . www.ica.org.
  43. Web site: Reconciliation in Action: Practical Projects that are Making a Difference The Sustainable Heritage Network . 2022-03-15 . www.sustainableheritagenetwork.org.
  44. Web site: 2021-03-07 . 2019 Dalhousie-Horrocks National Leadership Lecture . 2022-03-15 . Librarianship.ca . en-CA.
  45. Web site: 2015 ATALM Archives Summit: Canadian Perspectives and Recommendations for Indigenous Archives The Sustainable Heritage Network . 2022-03-15 . www.sustainableheritagenetwork.org.
  46. Web site: 1.3 CFLA-FCAB Truth and Reconciliation Efforts – So What? . 2022-03-15 . sowhat.fims.uwo.ca.
  47. Web site: Out Now: October 2021 issue of IFLA Journal: Special Issue on Indigenous Librarianship . 2022-03-15 . IFLA . en-US.
  48. Web site: Leader in Residence . 2022-03-15 . library.ok.ubc.ca.

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