Library Board Meeting – January 26, 2026

Toronto Public Library Board - Meeting No. 1

Monday, January 26, 2026, 6:00 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.

Via Webex and Teleconference only due to forecasted inclement weather.

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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 that includes a treaty between the Haudenosaunee 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.

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 given the reason why the Board has to meet privately (Public Libraries Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.44, s. 16.1).

Members:

  • Sakariya Ahmed
  • Deputy Mayor Paul Ainslie
  • Tamara Balan
  • Serda Evren
  • Jonathan Hoss
  • Ben Liu
  • Amina Mohamed
  • Deputy Mayor Amber Morley
  • Alim Remtulla
  • Soo Wong

Agenda

  1. Call to Order
  2. Election of Chair of the Board
  3. Election of Vice Chair of the Board
  4. Selection of Committee Members, Board Representatives, and Association Members – 2026
  5. Declarations of Conflicts of Interest
  6. Approval of Agenda
  7. Confirmation of December 01, 2025 Toronto Public Library Board Meeting Minutes
  8. Confirmation of December 01, 2025 Toronto Public Library Board Closed Meeting Minutes
  9. 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.
  10. Business Arising from the Minutes
  11. *City Librarian’s Report
  12. *Communications
  13. Presentations
  14. TPL Board Education – Cities for Digital Rights

Items for Action

  1. Naming New Branch – 3755 Bloor Street West
  2. Revised 2026-2035 Capital Budget and Plan Submission
  3. *Adobe Licenses – Award of Contract
  4. *Toronto Public Library Board – 2026 Meeting Dates Schedule

Items for Information

  1. 2026 Operating Budget – Update (verbal)
  2. Intellectual Freedom Challenges – 2025 Annual Report
  3. Reimagining tpl.ca (the Digital Experience Platform Project) – Update

Adjournment

  1. Adjournment
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