| Title: | Director, Library and Information Services |
| Department: | Library Services |
| ntukhareli@cmcc.ca |
Dr. Natalia Tukhareli is the Director of Library & Information Services. She was previously the Head Librarian at the Scarborough and Rouge Hospital. Natalia has received her PhD in Linguistics from the Moscow State University in Russia and her Master’s in Library and Information Science from the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Her professional experience includes service in libraries and non-profit organizations, teaching in post-secondary institutions, and scholarly research in various fields of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Over the past nine years, she has been actively involved in bibliotherapy. Natalia has developed and implemented a number of bibliotherapy-based reading programs to promote well-being and resilience to diverse groups of people, including African children and women living with HIV/AIDS, marginalized populations in Toronto, and the staff of a community hospital. Natalia is a frequent conference speaker and a published author. Currently, she is the President of the Ontario Health Libraries Association (OHLA).
1. Tukhareli, N. (2018). Read to Connect: Reading to combat loneliness and promote resilience. In S. McNicol & L. Brewster (Eds.), Bibliotherapy. London, UK: Facet Publishing.
2. Tukhareli, N. (2014). Healing through books: The evolution and diversification of bibliotherapy. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 206 p.
3. Tukhareli, N. (2017). Bibliotherapy-based Wellness Program for Healthcare Providers: Using Books and Reading to Create a Healthy Workplace. Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association, 38 (2), 44-50.
4. Tukhareli, N. (2014). Using bibliotherapy to promote consumer health information in a library setting. Proceedings of the 14th Annual Conference of the European Association for Health Information and Libraries, Rome, Italy, 11-13 June 2014.
5. Tukhareli, N. (2011). Bibliotherapy in a library setting: Reaching out to vulnerable youth. The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, 6 (1). 1-18.
