Monica Rettig

@monicarettig
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librarian at Brock University ~ i'm new here.
bloghttps://falconcreek.wordpress.com/
@wdenton Thank you for sharing and writing this up! Appalling... in so many ways
@wdenton What!!?? My gosh, our household LOVED the Bear & Mouse books. The illustrations are delightful and charming and so memorable. our fave is still 'A Visitor for Bear'. Mouse appearing in all those nutty spots & their tentative friendship... a classic for us.
@wdenton oh, it's back! excellent, thanks
@wdenton thanks! sounds like lots of good stuff
@wdenton i'm intrigued! is there a public website with the agenda, info on registration? clicking on these links takes me to a 404 :(

Here's our presentation materials from the OCULA Spring conference & subsequent reflections about combatting cynicism, collaboration, and next steps with these topics.

Also some lovely botanical drawings courtesy of the Met.

https://falconcreek.wordpress.com/2025/06/12/seeking-solidarity-challenging-the-binary-of-the-librarian-staff-divide/

Seeking Solidarity: Challenging the Binary of the Librarian/ Staff Divide

My colleague Alicia Floyd and I presented at the Ontario College and University Library Association (OCULA) Spring Conference in May. The conference theme was “Under Whose Authority: Power &a…

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Gov. Walz: “I’m just going to say it, shame on any of us who throws a trans child under the bus for thinking they’re going to get elected.”

“That child deserves our support,” he continued. “Don’t worry about the pollsters calling it distractions, because we need to be the party of human dignity.”

https://www.startribune.com/gov-tim-walz-backs-transgender-kids-as-democrats-grapple-with-debate-over-sports-ban/601366472

Gov. Tim Walz backs transgender kids in sports as Democrats grapple with debate over bans

The Minnesota Democrat has been critical of other members of his party who are retreating at a time when the issue has become a political lightning rod nationally and in Minnesota.

@wdenton
such a 🔥 take ~ and yeah, our contemporary journal articles are missing sweet line drawings like these 🔧

I've been thinking about power, how it operates, how it shows up in our library workplaces.
I've shared the text of my recent lightning talk at the CAPAL25 conference @CAPALacbes

https://falconcreek.wordpress.com/2025/06/04/examining-concepts-of-power-in-academic-libraries-and-imagining-feminist-possibilities/

‘Examining concepts of power in academic libraries and imagining feminist possibilities’

This week I attended the CAPAL conference in Toronto, as part of Congress 2025. I delivered a lightning talk and have shared the text below, PDF version available as well. Power. In the words of so…

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South Florida meteorologist John Morales told his viewers live on air that he can no longer accurately predict hurricane season, due to federal government cuts.

#climatechange #science #scicomm