We hope everyone is feeling more settled in their classes and routines after the new term was disrupted by Hurricane Fiona. While the common room is looking a bit different this year thanks to ongoing revitalization efforts, there are many new faces around SIM! We were lucky to welcome an incoming cohort of students who have made our community even more vibrant and engaging in only a short time! Once a month for the rest of the year we will spotlight a first-year student at SIM. We hope you enjoy getting to know our new students through this series.
First up we are highlighting MI student Toni Beaton! Thanks so much for sharing a bit about yourself, Toni. We are lucky to have you with us and can’t wait to see where you go in Information Management!
Hi everyone! My name is Toni Beaton (she/her) and I am from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. For the past seven years, I have taught internationally at Ontario and Alberta accredited Canadian schools in Egypt, Mexico, and St. Maarten. Ready for a bit of a career shift, I decided to pursue a Master of Information with SIM. My favorite things about SIM so far would have to be the combination of a small cohort of fellow students, as well the professors. You can tell the professors truly want all the students to succeed, and are very helpful and accommodating. After completion of this program, I’d love to work in the public librarianship sector, with a focus on children and youth programming; alternatively, I’m very interested in archival work and museums. I’m looking forward to my electives next semester: Community-Led Services and Archives I. I would love to learn more about how libraries and archives are shifting their focus onto how to best serve community members, as well as ensuring a variety of perspectives, especially Indigenous ways of knowing, are being featured.