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Lucie Desjardins, archivist, Morisset Library
What is your most important function at the University, and why?
Ensuring people have access to and are aware of our wide range of unique and rare records on topics such as the feminist movement in Canada, because it supports the University’s teaching and research activities.
What is it about your job that inspires you most?
The sense that I have a chance to be creative, and to play an active role in extending the University’s influence and advancing the feminist cause.
What is your proudest achievement?
Maintaining a career while running a single-parent household.
What would you change in the world today if you had the power?
Social, economic, political and environmental imbalance.
Who is the most influential person in your life today, and why?
My mother, because of her courage, wisdom, understanding and patience.
What would your co-workers be the most surprised to know about you?
That I led a double life in my twenties: archivist by day, belly dancer by night.
What is the quality you value most?
Good listening skills.
What is your greatest hope for the future?
Fair trade would be a sign that we were taking real steps toward building a better future for everyone.
What is the best kept secret of your faculty, department or service?
Too few people are aware of the wealth of our resources.
