Past-President
Mica Depner (she/her)
Mica Depner is a librarian with Interior Health and works out of Vernon Jubilee Hospital in the Okanagan. She attended UVic and Dalhousie universities and was a law librarian in Vancouver for a number of years before joining Interior Health in 2020. She loves running on trails and riding her bike to work.
President
Melissa Caines
Melissa Caines is the Library Services Manager at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (CCNM). She holds a BA Hons in Germanic and Gender Studies from Rutgers University, a research MLitt in Germanic Studies from Trinity College Dublin, a LibTech diploma from Snəw̓eyəɬ leləm̓ (Langara College), and is currently an MLIS candidate at the University of Alberta. Melissa works collaboratively and interdepartmentally to support curriculum and research at CCNM, ensuring students and faculty have access to current evidence-based resources. In her free time, Melissa enjoys hot yoga, urban hiking, knitting, crocheting, and spending a lazy Sunday with a good book.
Vice-President
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Secretary
Rachael Bradshaw
Rachael Bradshaw is a Health Librarian at the University of British Columbia working primarily in Rehabilitation Sciences. She worked as the librarian for the Physiotherapy Association of British Columbia before joining UBC in 2024. She holds BAs in English Literature and Spanish and received her MLIS and MAS at UBC. In her free time, Rachael loves curling up with a good book, swimming, and taking care of her many house plants.
Treasurer / Membership
Aubrey C. Geyer
Aubrey Geyer is a Health and Sciences librarian at the University of British Columbia, with a focus area in Rehabilitation Sciences. She holds a BA and MA in English Literature, and was a law librarian prior to getting her MLIS at UBC. Aubrey spends her spare time crocheting, sewing, and trying new arts & crafts.
Continuing Education & Programming Director
Jane Jun
Jane Jun is the Southern Medical Program librarian and liaison librarian for Health and Exercise Sciences at the University of British Columbia Okanagan campus. She holds a BEd and MLIS and loves learning languages. Currently she is learning nsyilxcen.
Communications Director
Darcie Smith (she/her)
Darcie Smith is the Regional Manager of Library Services for Northern Health, and lives on the traditional and unceded territory of the Lheidli T’enneh in Prince George. She holds a BA in English from Vancouver Island University and completed her MLIS at the University of Alberta. Darcie likes hiking with her dramatic German Shepherd, exploring off-road on her motorcycle, and pretending to knit.
Student Representatives
Hannah D’Souza
Hannah D’Souza is a second-year MLIS student at UBC. She is interested in medical and research librarianship. In her free time, she likes to read, paint, and go on really long walks.