GATINEAU, May 27, 2019
The Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism, announced the appointment of Ms. Leslie Weir as Librarian and Archivist of Canada for a term of four-year term, effective August 30, 2019. Ms. Weir will be the first woman to become Librarian and Archivist of Canada since the merging of these two institutions. Ms. Weir was the university librarian at the University of Ottawa from 2003 to 2018. Prior to her tenure at the university, she held positions at the National Library of Canada and the Statistics Canada Library.
“Ms. Weir will be the first woman to become Librarian and Archivist of Canada since the merging of these two institutions”.
“Throughout her career, Ms. Weir has had exceptional success in making information more accessible to the public. I am confident that as the first woman to be Librarian and Archivist of Canada, she will continue her efforts in education and accessibility, togive Canadians an awareness of their heritage, and the rich self-knowledge that it provides”.
—The Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism
