diff --git a/vortex-array/src/array/chunked/canonical.rs b/vortex-array/src/array/chunked/canonical.rs
index 9cdcea07a0..366c0e7b1f 100644
--- a/vortex-array/src/array/chunked/canonical.rs
+++ b/vortex-array/src/array/chunked/canonical.rs
@@ -20,15 +20,12 @@ use crate::{
 
 impl IntoCanonical for ChunkedArray {
     fn into_canonical(self) -> VortexResult<Canonical> {
-        try_canonicalize_chunks(
-            self.chunks().collect(),
-            if self.dtype().is_nullable() {
-                self.logical_validity().into_validity()
-            } else {
-                Validity::NonNullable
-            },
-            self.dtype(),
-        )
+        let validity = if self.dtype().is_nullable() {
+            self.logical_validity().into_validity()
+        } else {
+            Validity::NonNullable
+        };
+        try_canonicalize_chunks(self.chunks().collect(), validity, self.dtype())
     }
 }
 
@@ -240,3 +237,43 @@ fn pack_varbin(chunks: &[Array], validity: Validity, dtype: &DType) -> VortexRes
         validity,
     )
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use rstest::{fixture, rstest};
+    use vortex_dtype::Nullability;
+
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[fixture]
+    fn binary_array() -> Array {
+        let values = PrimitiveArray::from(
+            "hello worldhello world this is a long string"
+                .as_bytes()
+                .to_vec(),
+        );
+        let offsets = PrimitiveArray::from(vec![0, 11, 44]);
+
+        VarBinArray::try_new(
+            offsets.into_array(),
+            values.into_array(),
+            DType::Utf8(Nullability::NonNullable),
+            Validity::NonNullable,
+        )
+        .unwrap()
+        .into_array()
+    }
+
+    #[rstest]
+    fn test_pack_varbin(binary_array: Array) {
+        let arrays = vec![binary_array.clone(), binary_array.clone()];
+        let packed_array = pack_varbin(
+            &arrays,
+            Validity::NonNullable,
+            &DType::Utf8(Nullability::NonNullable),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(packed_array.len(), binary_array.len() * arrays.len());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/vortex-array/src/array/varbin/mod.rs b/vortex-array/src/array/varbin/mod.rs
index 000def8c7a..26bbae4613 100644
--- a/vortex-array/src/array/varbin/mod.rs
+++ b/vortex-array/src/array/varbin/mod.rs
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ pub fn varbin_scalar(value: Buffer, dtype: &DType) -> Scalar {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
+    use rstest::{fixture, rstest};
     use vortex_dtype::{DType, Nullability};
 
     use crate::array::primitive::PrimitiveArray;
@@ -236,6 +237,7 @@ mod test {
     use crate::validity::Validity;
     use crate::{Array, IntoArray};
 
+    #[fixture]
     fn binary_array() -> Array {
         let values = PrimitiveArray::from(
             "hello worldhello world this is a long string"
@@ -254,20 +256,19 @@ mod test {
         .into_array()
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    pub fn test_scalar_at() {
-        let binary_arr = binary_array();
-        assert_eq!(binary_arr.len(), 2);
-        assert_eq!(scalar_at(&binary_arr, 0).unwrap(), "hello world".into());
+    #[rstest]
+    pub fn test_scalar_at(binary_array: Array) {
+        assert_eq!(binary_array.len(), 2);
+        assert_eq!(scalar_at(&binary_array, 0).unwrap(), "hello world".into());
         assert_eq!(
-            scalar_at(&binary_arr, 1).unwrap(),
+            scalar_at(&binary_array, 1).unwrap(),
             "hello world this is a long string".into()
         )
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    pub fn slice_array() {
-        let binary_arr = slice(&binary_array(), 1, 2).unwrap();
+    #[rstest]
+    pub fn slice_array(binary_array: Array) {
+        let binary_arr = slice(&binary_array, 1, 2).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(
             scalar_at(&binary_arr, 0).unwrap(),
             "hello world this is a long string".into()
diff --git a/vortex-array/src/validity.rs b/vortex-array/src/validity.rs
index 3ba0a2158d..2b54dc1999 100644
--- a/vortex-array/src/validity.rs
+++ b/vortex-array/src/validity.rs
@@ -197,18 +197,19 @@ impl FromIterator<LogicalValidity> for Validity {
         // Else, construct the boolean buffer
         let mut buffer = BooleanBufferBuilder::new(validities.iter().map(|v| v.len()).sum());
         for validity in validities {
-            let present = match validity {
-                LogicalValidity::AllValid(count) => BooleanBuffer::new_set(count),
-                LogicalValidity::AllInvalid(count) => BooleanBuffer::new_unset(count),
-                LogicalValidity::Array(array) => array
-                    .into_bool()
-                    .expect("validity must flatten to BoolArray")
-                    .boolean_buffer(),
+            match validity {
+                LogicalValidity::AllValid(count) => buffer.append_n(count, true),
+                LogicalValidity::AllInvalid(count) => buffer.append_n(count, false),
+                LogicalValidity::Array(array) => {
+                    let array_buffer = array
+                        .into_bool()
+                        .expect("validity must flatten to BoolArray")
+                        .boolean_buffer();
+                    buffer.append_buffer(&array_buffer);
+                }
             };
-            buffer.append_buffer(&present);
         }
-        let bool_array = BoolArray::try_new(buffer.finish(), Validity::NonNullable)
-            .expect("BoolArray::try_new from BooleanBuffer should always succeed");
+        let bool_array = BoolArray::from(buffer.finish());
         Self::Array(bool_array.into_array())
     }
 }