{"id":2659,"date":"2023-10-17T13:03:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T16:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caal-cbpa.ca\/?p=2659"},"modified":"2026-05-05T13:08:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:08:55","slug":"announcing-the-new-caal-cbpa-chair-suzanne-van-den-hoogen-university-librarian-saint-marys-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caal-cbpa.ca\/en\/2023\/10\/17\/announcing-the-new-caal-cbpa-chair-suzanne-van-den-hoogen-university-librarian-saint-marys-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the New CAAL-CBPA Chair, Suzanne van den Hoogen, University Librarian, Saint Mary&#8217;s University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" pl-media-id=\"2327\" src=\"https:\/\/caal-cbpa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/CAAL-CBPA_Logo_Email_250x62_72dpi.png\" alt=\"\"><br><br><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" pl-media-id=\"2636\" style=\"margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom:5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/caal-cbpa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Suzanne_2022_sm.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Suzanne van den Hoogen, University Librarian, Saint Mary's University\">Please join me in welcoming <strong><strong>Suzanne van den Hoogen<\/strong><\/strong> in her new role as CAAL-CBPA\u2019s Board Chair.  Suzanne has more than twenty years of experience working in and managing academic libraries.  She has been the University Librarian at Saint Mary\u2019s University since 2018.<\/p><br>\n<p>A Past-President of the Atlantic Provinces Library Association (APLA), she has also held leadership roles in other key regional and national organizations, including Vice-Chair of Novanet; and Secretary of the Partnership: Canada\u2019s national network of provincial and territorial library associations.  Suzanne was a member of the CFLA Truth and Reconciliation Committee and the CFLA Indigenous Matters Committee.<\/p><br>\n<p>At CAAL-CBPA, Suzanne has served as the Vice Chair for the past two years, where she was instrumental in transitioning CAAL-CBPA to its new, much more inclusive name.  She also served as the Chair of the Collaborative Research Grant Committee, and as the Board Liaison to the CAAL-CBPA Indigenous Knowledge Committee (IKC).  While a member of the IKC, she worked with Committee members to advance the CAAL-CBPA\u2019s strategic priorities, most notably the recent creation of the BIPOC Professional Development Grant and the Indigenous Professional Development Grant.<\/p><br>\n<p>Suzanne is committed to the academic library as a strong and vibrant resource for learning and research on campus. Suzanne has a passion for education and a strong background in developing and implementing new and innovative services.\nPlease join us in extending a warm welcome to Suzanne in her new role!\n<\/p><br>\n<p>Please join us in extending a warm welcome to Suzanne in her new role!<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-2659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-board"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caal-cbpa.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caal-cbpa.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caal-cbpa.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caal-cbpa.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caal-cbpa.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2659"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/caal-cbpa.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2669,"href":"https:\/\/caal-cbpa.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2659\/revisions\/2669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caal-cbpa.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caal-cbpa.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caal-cbpa.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2659"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caal-cbpa.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=2659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}