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Other 2009 Conferences

A successful 2009 InformOntario Symposium was held Tue, May 5 and Wed, May 6, 2009. See separate posting on this page.

The AIRS annual conference was held in Reno, Nevada, May 31 to June 3, 2009. Link to site The 2010 site will be Rochester, New York.

The Canadian Community Information and Referral Conference (CCIRC) is being hosted by Distress Centre Calgary on September 28 and 29 at the Delta Calgary South. The Theme is Family, Community, Diversity. Registration is now open. See the InformCanada website for detials.

Certification

Interested in pursuing the professional designations of Certified Information and Referral Specialist (CIRS) and Certified Resource Specialist (CRS)? Learn more about certification, exam sites and the Canadian process at InformCanada website.

2009 InformOntario Symposium

 

        "Helping Our Networks and Communities Grow"   

More than 60 attendees participated in workshops at the 2009 InformOntario Symposium at Durham College, Oshawa, ON  on May 5-6, 2009. The annual conference was hosted by InformDurham (a program of the United Ways of Durham

 

Activities include 

(materials will be posted as they become available):

• launching of the Style Guide (see separate posting)

• Data/Enquiry Tag Team – Download Power Point presentation

• IO Standards – Past, Present, Future - Download Power Point Presentation

• update on 211, including announcement that United Way-Centraide Canada recognized the 211 Ontario initiative as the “2009 Community Builder of the Year” (picture coming soon)

• Using Globals for Style Guide workshop - PPT Presentation Download ZIP file and Saved Searches help pages - Download supplement

• Supporting Frontline Workers workshop

• Utilizing the taxonomy workshop  Download ZIP file on Searching plus Download Workshop - Maximizing Your Taxonomy Potential

• IO-OACCAC workshop

• synergies between volunteer centres and CICs workshop

• framework for a Peer-Supported Agency Designation Program

• Annual General Meeting including annual Recognition Awards (see separate posting)

   And who could forget……an evening with "Elvis".

  For a list of the attendees Download here

2009 Recognition Awards

“AND THE AWARD GOES TO…………..”

The 2009 InformOntario Recognition Awards were presented on May 6, 2009 during the association's Annual General Meeting. The winners were:

• Double nominees…John Allec, Findhelp Information Services and from Barbara McLachlan, InformOntario. These two people were nominated together due to their tremendous dedication and commitment towards the creation of our sector's newest tool – The Style Guide.

Also recognized for their contributions to the sector were:

• Claudette M Gauthier, Essex Community Services,
  Enthusiastic, energetic and experienced, Claudette is a pioneer in the field of information and referral for the Windsor-Essex County area. For now over 28 years, her leadership helped her going through many storms. Claudette is committed and totally dedicated to her work.

• David Caulfield (retired), Ancaster Community Services, and as a former board member of both InformOntario and Community Information Online Consortium (CIOC)
  Long-standing member, committed to the information and referral sector, David Caulfield is an inspiration to many workers. He provided valuable insight and leadership to the I&R community.

• Marie Klassen, Lakehead Social Planning Council / 211 Ontario North
  “Without Marie, the 211 North would not be established.” These are the words used in the nomination form to recognize the work that Marie has done to establish 211 North that will eventually reach almost 800,000 residents of Ontario.

• Ross Cooling, Community Connection (Collingwood)
  Ross was instrumental in supporting Community Connection’s eventual migration from Edibase to CIOC, and for supporting their network of data partners in Simcoe County. Ross has served several terms on InformOntario Board of Directors including the position of Treasurer. He is also the current CIOC Board President. The committees and task forces he has participated on are too numerous to mention.

Recognition Awards committee: Christine Geoffion, chair, Volunteer/Information Quinte; Michele Watson, Information Durham; Jennifer Tanner, 211 Windsor-Essex. Our thanks to Trudy Beaulne for donating the lovely blue keep-sake vases included with the awards.

“Appreciate everything your associates do for the business.  Nothing else can quite subsitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise.  They are absolutely free and worth a fortune”

 - Sam Walton - founder of Wal-Mart -

Subject Records Task Group

The Standards and Accreditation Cmte has created a short-term task group to work on definitions and best practices related to Subject Records. The report will be presented to the IO Board in July 2009. Feedback on the document can be forwarded to IO Admin Support or through the IO Bulletin Board

Report on Subject Records (dated March; reviewed June 2009)  >> Download

Draft list of potential shared provincial records >> Download

Group's Terms of Reference. Download >>>

Its members are:

Sean McCorkell - 211 Windsor-Essex (chair)

Brian Harding - Information Oakville

Diane Graham - Community Connection Collingwood

Kristen Tomcko - 211 Ontario North

Liz Gallagher - Volunteer Centre of Guelph/Wellington

Michele Watson - Information Durham

Vicki McMullen - Information Niagara

 

Membership Application

As the national organization of Information and Referral (I&R) providers, InformCanada serves as a resource for members from coast to coast. Our members represent multi-faceted services sharing a common vision. Read more >>

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