Kenneth Gariepy

Dr. Gariepy holds a PhD in Theoretical, Cultural & International Studies in Education (Alberta), a Master of Library & Information Studies (Alberta), and a Bachelor of General Studies (Athabasca). Currently, he is Director of the School of Library & Information Studies at the University of Alberta (Treaty Six), Associate Professor, and University Senator. In these roles, he also has many leadership, governance, and EDI-related service positions on campus. His scholarship includes Power, Discourse, Ethics: a Policy Study of Academic Freedom (Sense, 2016), the first Foucauldian study of academic freedom ever published. Before returning to the UofA, he was Head of the Dept. of Information Studies and Associate Professor at the University of the Fraser Valley (Stó꞉lō territory), where he spent a decade in administration, teaching across library and information technology education, and conducting scholarship. A Métis and member of the 2SGLBTQ+ community, he is the former volunteer librarian for the Pride Centre of Edmonton and a long-service employee of the Edmonton Public Library, having held various positions in the Collection Management & Access, Information Services, Government Information, Audio-Visual, and Branch Services Divisions.