What is your favorite summer activity? Or your favourite Halifax activity? 

 My favourite summer activity has to be running, whether on a track or out and about in nature. This is my first summer in Halifax, but I love going down to Point Pleasant as much as I can, whether that’s to run along the coast or have a relaxing walk with the blue jays and chickadees. 

What internship are you affiliated with? 

 I’m currently interning at the Sir James Dunn Law Library, supervised by Dr. David Michels. 

What brought you to the MI program at Dal? 

After completing my Masters’ thesis, law school felt like a natural next step. When I discovered that Dalhousie also had a combined Information/Library Science degree, the decision became a no-brainer. Because of my love of research, the combined MI/JD program is perfectly suited to my skillsets.  Law plays to my academic strengths and provides me a balance of applying acquired skills and confronting new challenges that will allow me to grow as both an academic and as a person. Information Management, meanwhile, allows me to further develop the skills I have in research and data organization to pursue a career as a legal researcher or librarian. The opportunity to intern at the law library is an added bonus! 

What drew you to the internship opportunity at the Dal Libraries? 

 I’ve always wanted to work in an actual library but have never had the opportunity. Since I’m the newest MI/JD student in the program (and only one of a few), I was presented with the chance to intern and took it. It is a fun and rewarding  

What’s your educational background? 

I have a Bachelors and a Masters degree in English Literature from the University of Calgary, where I focused primarily on medieval literature, embodied performance, and queer studies.  My research interests are primarily in law, legal research, feminism, queer studies, Indigenous rhetoric, and embodied research. I’m currently going into my second year of law school and my third year of the MI/JD program. 

What projects have you worked on so far during your internship? 

I’ve got my hands in a lot of ongoing projects right now, from updating the law school’s repository, Schulich Law Scholars, to shifting books as we move some of our collections. Currently, I’m working on evaluating and rebuilding the law school’s LibGuides in preparation for the fall.