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Shaunna MacDonald @mrsmacdonald.bsky.social · May 13

So honoured to be named alongside so many amazing BC Teacher Librarians ❤️ #sd36tl #ss36learn #BCTLA

Nicole Hurtubise @mshurtubise.bsky.social · May 13

Congratulations to all the winners of the 2025 #BCTLA awards 👏
I’m esp proud of Surrey TL helping teacher @mrsmacdonald.bsky.social for winning the President’s Award! She’s a prime example of the wonderful, hardworking TLs in Surrey!

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Shaunna MacDonald @mrsmacdonald.bsky.social · Apr 9

Visiting @surreyschools.bsky.social École Laronde LLC - Mme Montgomery has some fantastic picture directions and signage to help student monitors be independent with tasks around the LLC #sd36tl #sd36learn #BCTLA Thank you for hosting one of our TL Regional Gatherings! #sd36tlGatherings

A wall with signage and photos of how the library shelves should be tidied

A close up on the photo instructions of how the library shelves should be tidied. There are printed photos with an X showing the incorrect way and matching photos with a check showing the correct way

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Shaunna MacDonald @mrsmacdonald.bsky.social · Apr 9

Check out this adorable 3D printed Book Suggestion Box at @surreyschools.bsky.social Don Christian LLC. I checked out what the students were requesting and there were some great suggestions! #sd36tl #sd36learn #BCTLA #3DPrinter #MGReads

A blue 3D printed box with a sign on the front saying “Book Suggestion Box”. There is a a lot at the top for piece of paper to be inserted

An open blue 3D printed box with small papers inside. The top paper is requesting purchasing the graphic novel “Awkward”

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Shaunna MacDonald @mrsmacdonald.bsky.social · Apr 9

A visit to @surreyschools.bsky.social North Ridge LLC for a regional TL Gathering. Look at those windows! 😍 Even on a very rainy gloomy day the space was bright and inviting - especially inviting with SSPBOY nom “Stickler” greeting us on arrival #SD36TL #SD36learn #BCTLA

An elementary library space with tables and chairs and large solarium type windows

A bulletin board with the character “Stickler” made from paint and found sticks

A book on display with a printed post it note that says “I’m Book One”

Handmade animal heads hanging on the wall made from folded paper. There is a panda and a red fox

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Shaunna MacDonald @mrsmacdonald.bsky.social · Feb 12

Love this! Get hooked on a series #sd36tl #BCTLA

Colleen Heidrich @mrscheidrich.bsky.social · Feb 12

Thanks to an #sd36tl colleague sharing her template for the post it notes, I’ve started a table of first in a series books and they’re moving quickly! #booklive #mglit #kidlit #teacherskybrarians

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Shaunna MacDonald @mrsmacdonald.bsky.social · Feb 8

A whole day of talking NF genrefication at two different sites today. Each one tailoring needs to their unique student population 🥰 Great conversations about student focused language and categories #sd36tl #sd36learn #BCTLA #TLSky #CDNSchoolLibraries #NFGenrefication 📚

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Shaunna MacDonald @mrsmacdonald.bsky.social · Feb 6

Add all our wonderful #BCTeacherLibrarian colleagues in one easy button press! ✅
If you’re a BC Teacher Librarian, please let me know to add you to our curated list! #BCTLA #OSLA #sd36tl #sd36learn #BCEd #TLSky go.bsky.app/5cfJDML

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Shaunna MacDonald @mrsmacdonald.bsky.social · Feb 6

So exited to hear @mychal3ts.bsky.social’s keynote and be in the magical presence of him and #BCTLA Teacher Librarians 🥰 #OSLA / #TMCanada2025 come on over to our magical TL conference! #sd36tl

Nicole Hurtubise @mshurtubise.bsky.social · Feb 6

Calling all BC teacher-librarians! Save the date for the 2025 BCTLA conference with keynote @mychal3ts.bsky.social
Let’s celebrate how magical libraries - and teacher-librarians like you - are!
#sd36tl #BCTLA

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M. Bains @mbains.bsky.social · Feb 6

Honouring Black History Month by highlighting Black Canadian authors who are creating stories with Black characters to foster representation & visibility, validating experiences and identities of Black individuals. #blackexcellence #blackhistorymonth #bctlaofficial #surreyschools #sd36tl #sd36learn

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Shaunna MacDonald @mrsmacdonald.bsky.social · Feb 5

Happy World Read Aloud Day #sd36tl #sd36learn #BCTLA #TLSky #WRAD

Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · Feb 5

To educators celebrating #WorldReadAloudDay #WRAD: Feel free to use my "Read & Learn With SimonKids" read-aloud and art activity, courtesy @ssedlib.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social:

youtu.be/96QW1jZvFM4?...

#EduSky #IWantToReadALLTheBooks

I Want to Read All the Books read aloud and activity | Read & Learn with Simon Kids

YouTube video by Simon Kids

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Shaunna MacDonald @mrsmacdonald.bsky.social · Feb 4

#sd36tl #BCTLA #TMCanada2025 Fantastic musing and breakdown of a wonderful, thought-provoking event 👏

Timothy King @tk1ng.bsky.social · Feb 4

Diana doing what librarians do best: making an avalanche of information accessible & understandable - something we desperately need in the 24 hour media onslaught we face.

Why are we shutting down libraries just when we need them most? #OLASC #TMC8

mondaymollymusings.blogspot.com/2025/02/trea...

Treasure Mountain Canada 8 SLLC Think Tank Thoughts

No rest for the weary! (Or is it "no rest for the wicked!"?) Right after the Ontario Library Association Super Conference, we began another...

mondaymollymusings.blogspot.com

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Kelly Johnson @teacherkjohnson.bsky.social · Feb 3

February marks Black History month in Canada 🇨🇦
TL friends , I love the ways you celebrate - not just Black history but Black Excellence.

#rtla #bctlaofficial #librarians #teachers #equity #diversity #representationMatters

Black Legacy and Leadership
Black Bistory Month (in English)
Mois de history des noirs (in French)
Image of two hands clasping

Black History Month 2025
Canada
Image of two hands clasping

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Shaunna MacDonald @mrsmacdonald.bsky.social · Feb 2

Here’s an easy way to add all BC TLs that are on BlueSky with a click of a button! (all that have identified themselves) #BCTLA

go.bsky.app/5cfJDML

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Shaunna MacDonald @mrsmacdonald.bsky.social · Feb 2

I think I took a photo of every slide of yours 😂 Choose my fav 4 instead of a 🧵🧵🧵🧵

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Shaunna MacDonald @mrsmacdonald.bsky.social · Feb 2

Table talks at #TMCanada2025 with my co-authors @josephjeffery.bsky.social and @c3fowler.bsky.social presenting our paper on the Importance of District-Level TL leadership. Read it here ➡️ tmcanada.blogspot.com/p/tmc8-fowle... #BCTLA #sd36tl

A photo of a group engaged in conversation at a table. Shaunna MacDonald and Joseph Jeffery can be seen as well as others

Shaunna MacDonald and Cathy Fowler taking a photo together at a table with others. The are many tables in the background also with conversations happening

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Shaunna MacDonald @mrsmacdonald.bsky.social · Feb 2

Thought provoking presentation by @jcasatodd.bsky.social on AI Literacy and the role of the School Library/TL. I appreciated her idea to encourage Lateral Researching as we work with AI generated answers, quotes, citations, etc. #TMCanada2025 #BCTLA #sd36tl

Jennifer Casa-Todd presenting with a slide titled “AI Literacy & the School Library”

A slide that says “To what extent should the Library Learning Commons be the center of AI Literacy in a school?”

A slide that says “I think it’s hypocritical that I have to cite my use of AI but that I clearly see teachers using it and they don’t” from a Grade 12 student

A slide that has many popular GenAI down the side with 18+ next to them. In the middle of the slide is a graphic with Lateral Reading replaced with Lateral Researching

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Shaunna MacDonald @mrsmacdonald.bsky.social · Feb 1

What a phenomenal day of learning, thinking, sharing #TMCanada2025 Wishing there could be more days of this research symposium to draw out the discussions & deep thinking. Thank you @cdnschoollibrary.bsky.social @josephjeffery.bsky.social @abrookskirkland.bsky.social for your leadership❤️ #BCTLA

A group of people sitting around round tables with a presenter at the front. On the tables are large chart papers with brainstorming ideas written on them.

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Shaunna MacDonald @mrsmacdonald.bsky.social · Feb 1

@vwoelders.bsky.social This was such a fantastic, thought provoking presentation on the Medical Model VS Social Model of disability - @banana29.bsky.social would be a great voice for you to follow ❤️ #Accessibility

Canadian School Library @cdnschoollibrary.bsky.social · Feb 1

An important conversation about ability and ways to prioritize inclusion over accommodations via @banana29.bsky.social #tmcanada2025

Ibby resource for outstanding books for young people with disabilities

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Shaunna MacDonald @mrsmacdonald.bsky.social · Feb 1

Some fun at the #TMCanada2025 photo booth ➡️ Pic 1: All BC TLs representing! Pic 2: BC District-Level TLs representing! Pic 3: Surrey TLs representing! Pic 4: Canadian School Libraries Board representing! @cdnschoollibrary.bsky.social @josephjeffery.bsky.social @c3fowler.bsky.social #sd36tl #BCTLA

Teacher Librarians from British Columbia in a group photo. They are holding funny signs and props

District Level Teacher Librarians from British Columbia in a group photo. They are holding funny signs and props.

Two Teacher Librarians from Surrey in a group photo. They are holding a large cardboard photo frame that says Treasure Mountain Canada Toronto

A group photo of the board members of the Canadian School Libraries. They are all fitting into a small cardboard frame that says Treasure Mountain Canada

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Shaunna MacDonald @mrsmacdonald.bsky.social · Feb 1

Congratulations to the #BCTLA Executive for winning the @cdnschoollibrary.bsky.social Donald Hamilton School Library Advocacy Award recipients!! Well deserved and thank you for your continued advocacy for Teacher Librarians in BC ❤️ #TMCanada2025 #sd36tl #BCTeacherLibrarians #LibraryAdvocacy #TLSky

Tammy Le, president of the BCTLA is speaking at a lectern with members of the BCTLA surrounding her. They are accepting an advocacy award as a group

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Shaunna MacDonald @mrsmacdonald.bsky.social · Feb 1

What a fabulous evening at the opening dinner to Treasure Mountain Canada 8 #TMCanada2025. An evening of celebration and recognition of phenomenal work by leaders in the school library world. @josephjeffery.bsky.social @abrookskirkland.bsky.social
@cdnschoollibrary.bsky.social

Joseph Jeffery, Canadian School Libraries Chair speaking at a lectern in front of a slide that says “TMC”

Anita Brooks Kirkland speaking at a lectern

Leslie Weir, Librarian and Archivist of Canada, speaking at a lectern. There is a slide projected next to her with a photo of herself and title

Carol Koechlin, Treasure Mountain Canada 8 Symposium co-chair, speaking at a lectern

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Shaunna MacDonald @mrsmacdonald.bsky.social · Jan 31

😂 Lesson learnt

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Shaunna MacDonald @mrsmacdonald.bsky.social · Jan 31

I found someone else’s #OLASC #OSLA love letter! But because I was in on the project I left it for someone else to find and read ❤️
Also… I found an actual pay phone IRL! 😂

A payphone with an envelope wedged under the receiver

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Shaunna MacDonald @mrsmacdonald.bsky.social · Jan 31

The Love Lettering Project: Making Place for Placemaking 😍 from Lindsey Zier-Vogel was so inspiring! Place-based positive connection. Participants all wrote love letters to the #OLASC to hide for others to find and brighten their day ❤️ #OSLA #LoveYourLibrary campaign #BCTLA

Lindsey Zier-Vogel speaking at a podium with her book “Dear Street”

A slide of students holding up handwritten love letters to their city

A love letter placed on a person’s car windshield under a parking ticket

An envelope that says “An OSLA Love Lettering Project” and “Hey you! Please take me + open me!”

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Shaunna MacDonald @mrsmacdonald.bsky.social · Jan 31

What a fantastic start to #OLASC Friday with a Forest of reading breakfast put on by Tinlids, official vendor for the program. Great food and conversations. And some speech shoutouts to BC representing! #TMCanada2025

People standing around table listening to a speaker at the front of the room. Event: Tinlids Forest of Reading breakfast event.

Maria Martella from Tinlids speaking at a podium

Meredith Tutching from Forest of Reading speaking at a podium

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