Charlotte Teeple

Charlotte Teeple’s first full-time job was in the UK, where she worked for several years in London as a sub-editor with the Reuters News Agency.

On her return to Canada, she worked at several universities, including McGill University, the University of Toronto and Bishop’s University, to support their arts and culture sectors, which included all programs such as theatrical productions, concerts and the visual arts. All of these programs were open to both the students and the general public.

She took a detour from the arts to become, for six years, the Executive Director of the Open Door Centre, a day shelter for homeless and underhoused men and women, where her priorities were to increase its bottom line and secure greater funding in order to support the clientele.

She then went to the Canadian Children’s Book Centre, headquartered in Toronto, where she spent twenty-five happy years promoting the reading, writing and publishing of Canadian books for young people. During her time at the Centre, Charlotte collaborated with both English- and French-language book publishers.

In 2002–2003, she was seconded to the then National Library of Canada in Ottawa where, in honour of its fiftieth anniversary, she coordinated an international conference on children’s books. It was then that she learned all that the Library and Archives has to offer in terms of our history and heritage.

Therefore, Charlotte considers it both an honour and a privilege for her to be able to help support this very important Canadian institution.