Advocacy and Campaigns

Current Campaigns

Read CHLA's press release, and CHLA's letter to the CADTH board and government officials
Sign and share CHLA's petition at change.org
Find Your MP to send a letter of your own

Read CHLA's letter to the College registrar, BC Health Minister and Shadow Health Minister
Sign and share CHLA's petition at change.org
In BC? Find your MLA to send a letter of your own

Other Activities

Letter to CMA regarding recently announced changes to Canadian Medical Association (CMA) programs and services. CHLA/ABSC with Support from SAHLA, OVHLA, THLA, SHLA, HLABC, NAHLA, MAHIP, and WWDHLN. (03/2023)

Recognizing Librarians and Information Professionals as Authors on Evidence Synthesis Publications. Joint MLA & CHLA/ABSC Statement. (11/2022)

MLA Statement Calling on Hospital and Health System Executives to Support Libraries and Library Staff. Co-signed by CHLA/ABSC, American Nurses Credentialing Center, AAHSL, and SLA. (01/2022)

La contribution des professionnelles de l’information du milieu de la santé et des services sociaux à la gestion de la crise sanitaire saluée par la CBPQ, La FMD, la FMD 3S et l’ABSC. (05/2021)

Statement on the Importance of Hospital Libraries: A statement by CHLA/ABSC with support from MLA, ACMQ, CBPQ, HLABC, MAHIP, NAHLA, OVHLA, SHLA, SAHLA, and THLA. (05/2021)

International health library associations urge the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) to seek information specialists as peer reviewers for knowledge synthesis publications: Joint letter by CHLA/ABSC, EAHIL, ALIA HLA, and MLA. (06/2020)

NAHLA Land Acknowledgement, Template for Personalization, Definitions, and Speaker Protocol: Courtesy of Northern Alberta Health Libraries Association. (06/2019)

Letters of Support and Endorsements:

CHLA/ABSC Response to Provincial Funding Cuts to Saskatchewan Public Libraries: CHLA/ABSC letter to Premier Wall regarding the elimination of funding for public libraries in Regina and Saskatoon. (03/2017)
MLA and CHLA/ABSC Joint Statement - Déclaration commune de la MLA et de lABSC/CHLA (03/2017)
Statement from CHLA/ABSC Board of Directors in response to U.S executive order (01/2017)
CHLA/ABSC Response to NL Public Library Closures: CHLA/ABSC letter to the Premier of Newfoundland & Labrador regarding the closure of over 50% of the provinces public libraries. (05/2016)
Cochrane Canada (09/2015)
Réaction à la fermeture du Centre de documentation du Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec (09/2015)
Pisa Declaration on Policy Development for Grey Literature Resources (2014)
Lyon Declaration on Access to Information and Development / Déclaration de Lyon sur laccès à lInformation et au Développement (2014)

CHLA/ABSC funded the study Results of a Survey to Benchmark Canadian Health Facility Libraries (01/2015), which aimed to determine the status of hospital libraries in Canada and evaluate whether libraries met the 2006 CHLA/ABSC Standards for Library and Information Services in Canadian Healthcare Facilities.

Past Activities

A summary for each group is available in the Governance Manual.

Pan Canadian Cochrane Task Force (2009-2010)
National Network of Libraries for Health / Réseau national des bibliothèques pour la santé (2000-2008)
Task Force on Hospital Library Standards/ Normes pour les bibliothèques et les services dinformation au sein des établissements de soins de santé au Canada (2005-2006) (see the Publications section)
Professional Librarian Recruitment Letter Writing Campaign (2003-2004)
Volunteers in Libraries (2003-2004)
Resource Sharing II (1997-1999)
Benchmarking (1997-1998)
Resource Sharing (1994-1997)
Oral History Committee (1982-1983)