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I am an archival leader and scholar whose work centers on recordkeeping, information governance, and the role of archives in public accountability and social justice. I have held senior leadership roles across archival institutions, including with the Archives of Ontario, University of Waterloo, and the ArQuives: Canada’s LGBTQ+ Archives. I also served two consecutive terms as Vice President of the Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA), where I led strategic renewal initiatives and advanced equity-focused governance and professional practice. Since 2021, I have been a member of the faculty at the University of British Columbia’s School of Information.
My book, Documenting Rebellions: A Story of Four Lesbian and Gay Archives in Queer Times (Litwin: 2020) tells the story of my deeply moving encounters with archives that have been founded as part of the North American gay and lesbian rights movement. One reviewer describes the book as a “fitting homage to the transformational power of such encounters with [a] meticulously researched and thoughtfully composed consideration” that “exudes the author's deep love and reverence for queer archives, despite (and often because of) their circuitous histories, quirky casts of characters, and shifting cultural locations” (K.J. Rawson, American Archivist). Documenting Rebellions won the 2022 American Library Association Gleason Book Award.
I served as an archival consultant on an award-winning feature documentary, Parade: Love on the March (NFB, 2025). My co-edited anthology, Any Other Way: How Toronto Got Queer (2017, Coach House) was nominated for the 2017 Toronto Book Award and received an Honourable Mention at the 2018 Heritage Toronto Awards for Historical Writing.
My public policy work has focused on issues related to recordkeeping, information access, and privacy management in government, data governance, and artificial intelligence. As a Senior Policy Advisor for Ontario’s Privacy, Archives, Digital and Data Division (Ontario Digital Service), I led the development of a digital recordkeeping transformation project and co-led work on the Ontario Data Authority. I have also led policy work on Ontario’s response to generative artificial intelligence.