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Dr. Nadia Caidi is a Professor at the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto. Trained in Linguistics and Communications, she also holds an MLIS and a Ph.D. in Information Studies from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Dr. Caidi was the 2011 President of the Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS) and the 2016 President of the International Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T). She has extensively consulted on information and media practices for a range of governmental agencies and foundations. Dr. Caidi has published extensively in the areas of human information behaviour, global migration and digital diasporas, as well as (mis)information in times of crisis. She sits on several journal editorial boards and has has been recognized with numerous research grants and awards. With a practical orientation toward knowledge translation and mobilization, Dr. Caidi is committed to community-engaged research. In 2019, the Association of LIS Education awarded her the Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation Award.
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Naloxone Now! Canadian Librarians Save Lives

by Atticus Hawk, Nadia Caidi April 28, 2025 0

Nearly 50% of library workers in Canada have responded to an opioid overdose at work, while only half of library workers who had responded to a suspected overdose... Read more.