Situating the Author: Cora Coady

Cora Coady is a proud member of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation with maternal connections to the Herkimer and Woods families.  Her father is non-Indigenous with variety of mixed settler ancestry.  She is an assistant librarian in the Student Learning and Success Department. Cora has a Masters of Information from the University of Toronto and a B.A. in Sociology from McMaster University. During her time at the University of Toronto, Cora was the Indigenous Outreach and Research Assistant at the University of Toronto Libraries. Before entering librarianship, Cora had a successful career as a Certified Vision Rehabilitation Therapist (CVRT) at the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and Vision Loss Rehabilitation Ontario, where she provided in-person and remote instruction to people living with visual impairment.

Her current research is focused on student experiences within the academic library system. Cora’s goal is to contribute to her community in a meaningful way by creating and supporting important Indigenous research, building strong relationships between the Indigenous community and the University Library, and promoting the works of Indigenous scholars and students.