Lea Sansom

Teaching & Learning Librarian (Librarian I)

Humanities & Social Sciences

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Lea Sansom (she/her)

Library Department: Teaching & Learning
Office: ST 1132
Email: [email protected]

As a member of the Teaching & Learning Department, I support the research and teaching needs of the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Humanities.

I am available to:

  • Collaborate with instructors to integrate information literacy into course curricula
  • Provide one-on-one or small group research consultations
  • Visit individual classes as a guest speaker
  • Create digital learning objects, library guides, and asynchronous teaching content
  • Knowledge (epistemic) justice
  • Librarian-instructor-student partnerships

Campbell, H., McKeown, A., Holmes, K., Sansom, L., Dilkes, D., and Glasgow, B. (Eds.). (2025, August). Knowledge Justice in the Helping Professions: From Theory to Practice. eCampusOntario Open Library: Western University. https://doi.org/10.5206/TTYQ9415.

  • McKeown, A., Dilkes, D., Sansom, L. Holmes, K., Glasgow-Osment, B., Lengyell, M., & Campbell, H. (2025, July). Locating voices, not just sources: Using an epistemic justice lens to diversify evidence through social media (presentation). McMaster Conference on Education & Cognition. Hamilton, Ontario.
  • Holmes, K., Sansom, L., McKeown, A., and Campbell, H. (2025, June). Teaching the edges: supporting students’ recognition of knowledge boundaries (presentation). WILU 2025 Conference, Hamilton, Ontario.
  • Sansom, L., McKeown, A., Holmes, K., Lengyell, M., and Campbell, H. (2025, June). Practical partnerships: collaborating with faculty to advance epistemic justice instruction (panel presentation). WILU 2025 Conference, Hamilton, Ontario.