Library Board Meeting – March 22, 2021

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Land Acknowledgement Statement

Toronto Reference Library is on Indigenous land. This is the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy (also known as the Six Nations Confederacy), the Wendat, and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. Toronto Public Library gratefully acknowledges these Indigenous nations for their guardianship of this land. We'd also like to remind and reaffirm, as Torontonians and Canadians, our accountability to these Indigenous nations, and to all Indigenous peoples and communities living in Toronto.

This land is also part of the Dish with One Spoon territory, a treaty between the Haudenosaunee Confederacy (also known as the Six Nations Confederacy), the Anishinaabek and allied nations, to peaceably share and care for this land, its waters, and all of the biodiversity in the Great Lakes region. All those who come to live and work here are responsible for honouring this treaty in the spirit of peace, friendship, and respect.

Members:

• Councillor Paul Ainslie
• Sarwar Choudhury
• Andrea Geddes Poole
• Sue Graham-Nutter
• Jonathan Hoss
• Jennifer Liu
• Alison Menary
• Councillor Gord Perks
• Alim Remtulla

Agenda and Reports

(Revisions marked with two asterisks**)

1. Call to Order
2. Declarations of Conflicts of Interest
3. Approval of Agenda
4. Confirmation of February 22, 2021 Toronto Public Library Board Meeting Minutes (PDF)
5. Approval of Consent Agenda Items
   All Consent Agenda Items (*) are considered to be routine and are recommended for approval by the Chair. They may be enacted in one motion or any item may be held for discussion.
6. Business Arising from the Minutes
7. * City Librarian's Report
8. * Communications (PDF)
9. ** Presentations
   - Toronto Public Library Board – Self-Evaluation: 2020 Results (PDF) 

   Peter Holleley

10. TPL Board Education –TPL’s provincial role and key initiative update (PDF)

Items for Action:

11. Funding for the Centre for Equitable Library Access (CELA) and the National Network for Equitable Library Service (NNELS) (PDF)
12. Toronto Public Library Board – Self-Evaluation: 2020 Results (PDF)
    (deferred by Toronto Public Library Board at January 25, 2021 meeting)

Item for Information:

13. COVID-19 Emergency Response – Update (PDF)
14. 2021 Fundraising Initiatives (PDF)
15. Potential Use of TPL Facilities by Toronto School Boards – Library Activity and the Impact of Closed Branches Verbal
16. * Annual Statistical Report to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (PDF)
17. * Board Resolutions – Status Report (PDF)
18. Adjournment

About Board Meetings

Closed Meeting Requirements:

If the Toronto Public Library Board wants to meet in closed session (privately), a member of the Board must make a motion to do so and give the reason why the Board has to meet privately (Public Libraries Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.44, s. 16.1).

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Not all Board documents are available electronically. All documents are available from the City Librarian's office. Please contact Philippa Williamson at 416-393-7215 or pwilliamson@tpl.ca