| The International Literacy Association (ILA) has recently announced the newly elected members of the ILA Board of Directors. The MCRC is excited to see a fellow Canadian leading this incredible Board! |
 Rob Tierney, Dean Emeritus and Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada, and Honorary Professor, University of Sydney, Australia, was elected vice president. His term on the ILA Board of Directors will begin July 1, 2020. He will then assume the presidency of the Board on July 1, 2021. |
| Three new Board members-at-large have also been elected for the 2020–2023 term: |
 Danielle V. Dennis Professor of Literacy Teacher Education and the Director of the University of Rhode Island School of Education  Annette M. Kiberu Librarian, GEMS Cambridge School, Kampala, Uganda  J. Helen Perkins Professor of Literacy, University of Memphis, Tennessee |
