Up next: F15: Becoming the Village: GVPL and Victoria Native Friendship Centre's Community Inspired Approach to Reconciliation
Delia Filipescu, Fatima Ferreira & Barbara Strachan
Delia Filipescu, Fatima Ferreira & Barbara Strachan
"serendipity" as theme for the Bruce Parisian Library at the Victoria Native Friendship Centre vnfc.ca/the-bruce-pari…
From their support of the community, the library has received serendipitous donations of books, art, monetary and time that continue to help develop the library and serve the community.
"if you invite people, you feed them" - their mindset for hosting events
GVPL is working to include diversity, reconciliation, and inclusion in policies, programming, & developing collections.
Talked about the importance of saying and hearing Indigenous language words, scubas the sxʷeŋxʷəŋ təŋəxʷ James Bay branch.
Talked about the importance of saying and hearing Indigenous language words, scubas the sxʷeŋxʷəŋ təŋəxʷ James Bay branch.
It's all about relationship building & it's important to do it in person. We are used to email, but for this you need to take the time to meet & talk.
Take the time to find out practices of every group you work with, and do not assume that one Indigenous group has the same needs or interest as another group.
Shoutout to @KimLawsonUBCLib for asking everyone to consider this question following F015: what will you do to make a metaphor village in your library?
