[5][6] The CFLA-FCAB's stated strategic priorities are to amplify the influence and impact of libraries in national and international public policy; anticipate and respond to the changing information environment by defining national policy positions to advance library excellence; raise the visibility of libraries as contributors to Canadian intellectual, social, and cultural life; and develop a sustainable organization to effectively support CFLA-FCAB’s mission and vision.

[2] In January 2015, the CLA’s Executive Council began formal discussions to address the sustainability challenges it was facing.

[19] The inaugural CFLA-FCAB National Forum was held on 2 May 2018 in Regina, Saskatchewan and focused on topics of Artificial Intelligence and intellectual freedom.

[7] Before the dissolution of the CLA in 2016, this body prioritized the need to advance the 94 Calls to Action[23] that were issued in 2015 by the Truth & Reconciliation Commission of Canada.

[24][18][25] Chaired by Camille Callison (founding CFLA-FCAB member and Indigenous Representative, 2015-2019 [18]), the T&R Committee delineated ways that libraries, archives, and cultural memory institutions can support the Calls to Action and can become more welcoming to, inclusive of, and respectful towards Indigenous peoples and communities.

[7] Guided by Elder Norman Meade, Callison used the model of the medicine wheel[28] to organize the T&R Committee and the focused teams within it.

[25] The Report was presented at the CFLA-FCAB 2017 Annual General Meeting[19] in the presence of the International Indigenous Librarians’ Forum Mauri Stone.

[26] Among other of its outputs, the T&R Committee started collaborations with the University of Alberta that led to the launch of the Indigenous Canada MOOC.

[36] The Committee also engages in collaboration and outreach with CFLA-FCAB members and the broader cultural heritage community both in Canada and internationally.

The Indigenous Matters Committee works to promote collaborations among and between its members and other Canadian libraries, archives, and cultural memory institutions to implement these calls to action and makes annual progress reports to the CFLA-FCAB Board.

[46][47][48] This program was initially launched in 2006 by the CLA and is carried forward by the CFLA-FCAB, which announces an annual theme and provides promotional materials and resources for libraries in support of these events.