The Teaching Librarian volume 18, no. 3 15 Meet Your 2011 OSLA Council! my school board. I recently co-planned our board's first Vendor display/ Learning Sessions…a very-mini Super Conference for one hundred of our teacher-librarians and hope to make it a yearly event. Cheryl White Central East Ontario Councillor I am the teacher-librarian at Prince of Wales Public School in Peterborough. Assisting emergent readers and providing literacy support from kindergarten to grade eight has been my educational focus. I am looking forward to building a stronger relationship with our local public library. Lindsay Brennan Central West Ontario Councillor I am a teacher-librarian and kindergarten teacher for the District School Board of Niagara. I also teach Additional Qualification courses for Brock University and have presented many board workshops focusing on my two passions: kids and books. Elizabeth Macdonald Eastern Ontario Councillor I am a teacher-librarian at Bayridge Secondary School in Kingston. I have held many roles in education including curriculum consultant, secondary school vice principal, math teacher and computer liaison. Libraries have always been close to my heart, first working at Hamilton Public library and later at Mohawk College and McMaster University Library. My work includes: • District Vice President of OSSTF #27 • Co-chair the health and safety committee for the Limestone District School Board • Additional Qualification Librarianship Instructor at Western, OISE and Queen's • Graduate Course Instructor in Educational Administration at OISE and Brock • Wiki, glogs, blogs and podcast support for Queen's University's Faculty of Education teacher candidate programs Lisa Dempster Metro Toronto Councillor I am Assistant Curriculum Leader of Library and Learning Resources at Riverdale Collegiate Institute in the Toronto District School Board. I encourage students to effectively, safely, ethically, and creatively engage in multi-media collaborative online learning. I am an active voice in school and district policy and professional development and participate in several online professional sharing systems. I am committed to the promotion of lively and relevant dialogue through multiple platforms. Please join me on Twitter @LisaJDempster June Rysinski Northern Ontario Councillor I am a teacher-librarian for the Thunder Bay Catholic District School and work half time at Corpus Christi School and half time at St. Paul School. I am pursuing a Masters of Education at the University of Alberta in Teacher-Librarianship. I am part of a leadership team that plans and implements By Diana Maliszewski and the members of the OSLA Council ...continued on page 16