Vickery Bowles Explained

Vickery Bowles is the City Librarian at the Toronto Public Library.[1] [2] She took up the post in January 2015, after working for the library service for 32 years.[3]

She is the board vice-chair for the Urban Libraries Council (ULC) based in Washington, D.C., a member of the Canadian Urban Libraries Council (CULC), the Federation of Ontario Public Libraries (FOPL) and the Toronto Region Board of Trade Smart Cities Working Group.

In October 2019 she came under scrutiny for refusing to ban an opponent of transgender rights, Meghan Murphy, from speaking at Toronto Public Library.[4] [5]

References

  1. Web site: Management Staff. 2021-07-08. Toronto Public Library. en. 2021-07-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184621/https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/contact/management-staff.jsp. live.
  2. Web site: Rider . David . 2015-01-08 . Toronto's new city librarian pushes the digital envelope . 2023-12-23 . Toronto Star . en.
  3. Web site: Khandaker . Tamara . 2014-12-17 . Toronto Public Library appoints new city librarian . 2023-12-23 . Toronto Star . en.
  4. News: 2019-10-17 . 'I'm not going to reconsider': Toronto's top librarian refuses to bar speaker critical of transgender rights . 2024-01-06 . . en.
  5. News: Gee . Marcus. 2019-10-18 . Three cheers for Vickery Bowles, Toronto’s head librarian who faced a storm but stood firm for free speech . 2024-01-06 . . en.

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