A second speaker is coming to Brandon University to talk about the importance of including queer content in school libraries.

Dr. Robert Mizzi is the Canada Research Chair in Queer, Community and Diversity Education and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Manitoba, as well as a member of the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame and the Royal Society of Canada.

Dr. Mizzi’s talk, “Queer Flourishing: Why 2SLGBTQ+ Inclusion in School Libraries Matters,” will be held on Thursday, Oct. 26 at 4:30 p.m. in the Gathering Space — an open area at the front of the John E. Robbins Library at BU. All are welcome to attend.

This will be the second talk at BU this fall to support queer content in libraries, following an earlier presentation by Professor Melissa Adler, from the University of Western Ontario.

The event is hosted and supported by BU’s Gender and Women’s Studies program, by the John E. Robbins Library, by the BU Faculty Association, BU Human Resources, the BU Office of the Provost, the BU President’s Office, and Brandon University itself. Funding also comes from the Margaret Laurence Endowment Fund.