Multi-lingual Library Services
The people listed below are fluent in languages in addition to English, to varying degrees. They have all volunteered to serve as contacts for international students who want or need to talk in their native language about library services or collections. Any students wishing to learn about the Libraries may contact these Libraries staff members for assistance.
| Language | Speak | Read | Write | Contact | Library |
| Bosnian | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Edina Tankovic 474-9544 |
Dafoe |
| French | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Nicole Michaud-Oystryk 474-6966 nicole_michaud-oystryk@umanitoba.ca |
Dafoe |
| Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Muriel St. John, 474-6372, mstjohn@ms.umanitoba.ca |
Law | |
| Very Good | Very Good | Very Good | Juliette Nadeau 474-7895 juliette_nadeau@umanitoba.ca |
Dafoe | |
| Very Good | Excellent | Fair | Zoe Green 474-8909 zoe_green@umanitoba.ca |
Architecture / Fine Arts | |
| Cantonese | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Lucilla Leung 789-3462 Lucilla_Leung@umanitoba.ca |
Health Sciences |
| Danish | Excellent | Liv Valmestad 474-8447 liv_valmestad@umanitoba.ca |
Art & Architecture | ||
| Dutch | Very Good | Good | Fair | Betty Braaksma 474-7193 betty_braaksma@umanitoba.ca |
Dafoe |
| German | Good | Fair | Fair | Thomas Quinlan 474-8467 thomas_quinlan@umanitoba.ca |
Concordia Hospital |
| Icelandic | Excellent | Excellent | Very Good | Sigrid Johnson 474-6345 sigrid_johnson@umanitoba.ca |
Dafoe |
| Japanese | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Asako Yoshida 474-6591 yoshidaa@ms.umanitoba.ca |
Dafoe |
| Mandarin | Fair | Excellent | Excellent | Lucilla Leung 789-3462 Lucilla_Leung@umanitoba.ca |
Health Sciences |
| Norwegian | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Liv Valmestad 474-8447 liv_valmestad@umanitoba.ca |
Art & Architecture |
| Polish | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Anna Kosciuk 474-8440 anna_kosciuk@umanitoba.ca |
Management |
| Portuguese | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Mirna Wishart 474-9281 wishartm@cc.umanitoba.ca |
Science |
| Russian | Good | Good | Good | James Kominowski 474-9681 james_kominowski@umanitoba.ca |
Dafoe |
| Fair | Fair | Fair | Orysia Tracz 474-9961 Orysia_Tracz@umanitoba.ca |
Dafoe | |
| Very Good | Good | Good | Elviera Mearon 474-9248 elviera_mearon@umanitoba.ca |
Dafoe | |
| Sanskrit | Fair | Excellent | Good | Dr. Ganga Dakshinamurti 474-8441 gdaksh@ms.umanitoba.ca |
Management |
| Spanish | Fair | Fair | Fair | Mirna Wishart 474-9281 wishartm@cc.umanitoba.ca |
Science |
| Swedish | Good | Liv Valmestad 474-8447 liv_valmestad@umanitoba.ca |
Art & Architecture | ||
| Tagalog | Good | Very Good | Fair | Jovy Santiaquel 789-3342 jovy_beltran@umanitoba.ca |
Health Sciences |
| Tamil | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Dr. Ganga Dakshinamurti 474-8441 gdaksh@ms.umanitoba.ca |
Management |
| Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Mullai Manickavalli 474-6232 mullai_manickavalli@umanitoba.ca |
Dafoe | |
| Ukrainian | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | James Kominowski 474-9681 james_kominowski@umanitoba.ca |
Dafoe |
| Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Orysia Tracz 474-9961 tracz@cc.umanitoba.ca |
Dafoe | |
| Good | Fair | Fair | Bill Wsiaki 474-8585 bill_wsiaki@umanitoba.ca |
St. Paul's |