by Annette MacIntyre
Cultural Humility in the School Library: One Librarian’s Perspective from a Montreal Public School
Abstract
Cultural humility offers “a way to sit with your unknowing, to acknowledge the limits of your knowledge” (Hurley, Kosteleky & Townsend, 2022, p. 16). Annette MacIntyre humbly shares her exploration of cultural humility and many sensitive issues such as hierarchies in our schools. Her personal journey may open valuable perspective for other school library professionals.
Annette MacIntyre is a librarian at Royal Vale School in Montreal. She has also worked at Halifax North and Dartmouth North Branch public libraries in Nova Scotia, the Western Quebec School Board, and the Library of Parliament. She would like to thank librarians Graeme Langdon and Patricia Sutherland for their wise and constructive feedback which greatly strengthened this paper.