Jessie Loyer

I wrote a chapter about solidarity, care, and how becoming a mom made me mad about my Indigenous kid not being able to access cultural knowledge that belongs to him. Virtual book launch on Monday! libraryjuice.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Nicola Andrews, Sandy Littletree | Movers & Shakers 2025—Change Agents Nicola Andrews and Sandy Littletree, both passionate advocates for Indigenous librarians and librarianship, are coauthors (with 2022 LJ Mover & Shaker Jesse Loyer) of “Information as a Relation: Defin...

my dear co-authors @poidivision.bsky.social and @sandylittletree.bsky.social are Movers and Shakers! These two brilliant and thoughtful people deserve everything www.libraryjournal.com/story/nicola...

Kelli Rae Morning Bull | Movers & Shakers 2024—Community Builders Kelli Rae Morning Bull’s lived experiences entwine with her initiatives at Calgary Public Library. “My Blackfoot culture is what drives my passion,” she says. “Sharing it with people can be very impac...

One of my dear friends is a Library Journal Movers and Shakers this year! Kelli Morning Bull is a star, and has helped her library understand what it means to be a guest in Blackfoot territory www.libraryjournal.com/story/kelli-...

"academic librarians should not be complicit in higher education’s efforts to downplay the negative impact of ChatGPT on student learning. No amount of prompt engineering can prevent ChatGPT from generating responses containing erroneous information and logical fallacies."

Our article is up for the Ross Todd Award for Outstanding Research!

The Journal of #InformationLiteracy (JIL) is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Ross Todd Award for Outstanding Research.

The shortlist is now with the Editorial Board judging panel.

The awardees will be announced at #LILAC25 in Cardiff and online.

Thank you for your votes! 🧵

When I meet with students about their research, I try hold what else this question competing with. A deadline, personal stuff, childcare, classes, health...so many things are more important than the research question.
That doesn't devalue it; it just puts it into perspective.

She was kind and funny and had a wonderful ability to listen carefully, especially with elders.

She did the kind of work that rarely makes it to an academic article or a big magazine feature, but it should! I wish this wasn't a memorial post; I wish we all got to see her thrive for years to come.

Obituary information for Robyn Medicine View Robyn Medicine's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

I didn't know Robyn well, but I am sad to see her passing. There are not that many Indigenous librarians and for years, I admired the the work she was doing in Thunder Bay to make the library more welcoming and encourage them to hear what people need.
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This talk was such a tour de force. Making the connection between âniskôhôcikan (stringing beads) and âniskotapan (great grandparents/children) in the ways that non-linear time connects them closely. Chelsea is the best.

I see a lot of students working on projects and rarely get to enjoy the end result - but today was the Faculty of Native Studies Research Day and all day long I got to appreciate all this brilliant work!

There are so many absolute NERDS on campus today. Welcome, you little sweeties: you have found your people

Living back in home territory looks like my kid's daycare teacher and I both wearing nêhiyaw shirts with syllabics on them today #HappyIndigenousPeoplesDay

Mount Royal Library is hiring for my old position: mtroyalca.hua.hrsmart.com/hr/ats/Posti.... The due date to apply is April 8.

There are many great things about this job, but the thing I will miss terribly the 2 months of paid vacation. Let me know if you have any questions about it!

Promo for podcast 3QTL, shows Jessie in a red dress with the episode 6 title How can we practice reciprocity

As I get ready to head back to work, I'm happy to see this podcast conversation with Derritt Mason out! We talked about rowdy classrooms and how covid changed our ability to visit

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Off to Edmonton for a new job at UAlberta! The rare chance to be an Indigenous academic working in my home territory.

I'll miss Calgary! I started at MRU in 2012, a goofy Native kid pretending to be a grownup, but so many people mentored me and said the quiet parts out loud.

Excited to share this article that @cudjoe.bsky.social and I have been working on for quite some time! "Working Conditions Are Learning Conditions: Understanding Information Literacy Instruction through Neoliberal Capitalism" pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/comminfolit/...

Three Indigenous librarians pose in front of a grove of trees. All three librarians have a variety of Indigenous regalia and jewellery.

Sandy Littletree, @jmloyer.bsky.social and I are happy to share our new peer-reviewed, #DiamondOA article, "Information as a Relation: Defining Indigenous Information Literacy" in @jinfolit.bsky.social! Thanks to the librarians who participated in our research. Check it out: doi.org/10.11645/17....

Pretty excited that our years of work (through pandemic, deaths, births, job changes) have been published! "Information as a relation: Defining Indigenous information literacy"
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thrilled to see sandy littletree + nicola andrews + jessie loyer's beautiful piece on indigenous information literacy out in this issue where they connect our relationship to the land, ownership of information, and the ethics of sharing stories that aren't ours: doi.org/10.11645/17....

Starting to emerge from this sweet little post-partum cocoon and realizing that I missed smart chatter. And concision. So, hello!

Hello from month 11 of 16 of my maternity leave!