Contact CBBAG
If you have questions about CBBAG or would like to contact someone in a specific service or programme area, please see the information below. CBBAG's staff are in the head office on a limited part-time or volunteer basis, so please be prepared to leave a message if you call. A staff member or volunteer will get back to you as quickly as possible.
Email is the best way to contact CBBAG as most of its staff, volunteers, and programme coordinators are spread quite broadly across Canada. They look forward to hearing from you.
CBBAG's mailing address is:
Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild
Artscape Youngplace
180 Shaw Street, Unit 102
Toronto ON M6J 2W5 Canada
CBBAG head office phone number is 416-581-1071; phone messages are checked intermittently, please be prepared to leave a message. If possible, please contact CBBAG at an e-mail listed below.
CBBAG has a Facebook group page, which is private to Facebook users only. This group allows for community interaction and discussion and is a great way to network and see what other bookbinders are up to!
CBBAG also has a public Facebook page. This will be a source of news and information related to CBBAG and to the bookbinding world.
In addition, several CBBAG regional chapters have Facebook pages with information on those chapter activities. Please visit the Regional Chapters page and click on the link for the chapter you are interested learning more about.
Here is a general directory of CBBAG's service and programme related emails:
General E-mail: cbbag@cbbag.ca
Membership Registrar: membership@cbbag.ca
Home Study Registrar: homestudy@cbbag.ca
Workshop Registrar: workshop@cbbag.ca
Video Loan Librarian: dvdloan@cbbag.ca
Publications (for the CBBAG magazine, Book Arts arts du livre Canada): publications@cbbag.ca
Note: certain CBBAG e-mails (membership notices, workshop registrations, e-network notices) are sent to CBBAG members from an admin@ cbbag.ca e-mail address - however, e-mails sent to that address are lost in the ether and not read. Please DO NOT send e-mails to that address.
If you are not sure whom to contact, please contact cbbag@cbbag,ca
CBBAG board of directors:
President - Jose Villa-Arce (Victoria BC)
Vice President - Christine McNair (Ottawa ON)
Secretary - Iona M. Reid (Victoria BC)
Directors at large:
Robin Canham (Regina SK)
Patrick Miller (Waterloo ON)
Christine Trainor (Stratford PE)
Arielle Vanderschans (London ON)
CBBAG board committee chairs:
- Chapters Liaison - Jose Villa-Arce
- National Education - Patrick Miller
- Publications - Frances Hunter
- Social Media - Arielle Vanderschans