
The Team
Learning Guides
The guides are an essential part of LLEAD's learning experience.
Guest lecturers have included:
Doug Kobayashi
Mayor, City of Colwood
Board Member, Greater Victoria Public Library
Retired Lieutenant-Colonel Royal Canadian Air Force
Tanis Fink
Director Libraries, Learning Commons and Testing Centres, Seneca College
Ayo Owodunni
Kitchener City Councillor and
Management Consultant
Mary Lee Kennedy
Executive Director, Association of Research Libraries
Former Chief Operating Officer, New York Public Library
Alex Gavrilov
Learning Strategies Advisory and
Nan Ami
Centre for Academic Communication Manager University of Victoria
Karen Munro
Associate Dean, Learning and Research Services
Simon Fraser University Libraries


LLEAD is directly responsible for helping me achieve a place at the Leadership table that I had until then found every excuse to avoid! Throughout the year there wasn’t a topic, presenter or speaker that didn’t elevate my understanding of key concepts and principles needed to be effective in my role as a manager. The net result was that I not only benefited from an engaged and resourceful network of colleagues and mentors, but it paved the way for me to move into a managerial position that I had never felt confident enough to pursue, previously. - LLEAD 2016 Grad
Paul Burry
Library Director,
Prince George Public Library
LLEAD Grad 2016