Susan Ewing

The Canadian Children’s Book Centre calls on the Government of Alberta For 49 years, the Canadian Children’s Book Centre has promoted the reading, purchasing, and borrowing of Canadian books for kids and teens. We celebrate diverse stories and believe in the power of rea...

The CCBC is deeply concerned with the Government of Alberta’s Ministerial Order 30/2025.

This sweeping and vague ministerial order risks the removal of many diverse and inclusive books and disproportionately targets 2SLGBTQIA+ stories.

Read the full statement: bit.ly/4m4SukO

Just one recess period? Ford government eyes changes to school day — and unions are concerned Recess periods could be longer — but be cut to once a day — under new plans by the provincial government to make school day schedules more flexible.

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Alberta bans school library books it deems sexually explicit | CBC News Alberta's education minister says sexually explicit content must be gone from school library shelves as of Oct. 1, but says the announcement is not about book banning.

Alberta bans school library books it deems sexually explicit www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Alberta's education minister says sexually explicit content must be gone from school library shelves as of Oct. 1, but says the announcement is not about book banning.

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White House Health Report Included Fake Citations

White House Health Report Included Fake Citations www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...

Alberta gets head start on life as a U.S. state by banning books “Next we’ll get started on for-profit prisons!” Luke and the Panel (Clare Blackwood, Ian MacIntyre and Nile Seguin) dive into the Throne Speech, including the absurdity of hearing a hereditary monarch...

Alberta gets head start on life as a U.S. state by banning books (Podcast)

“While public input can be valuable, it is quite concerning that there appears to have been no attempt to get trained professional input, or any attempt to understand under what criteria the books were selected.”

Trump Administration Fires Librarian of Congress

Librarian of Congress FIRED www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...

Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

Google Plans to Roll Out Gemini A.I. Chatbot to Children Under 13 (Gift Article) The tech giant said it would make its Gemini chatbot available to children next week, and warned families in an email about the changes.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/t...

Education Department restarts online library ERIC New contract slashes budget in half, but library will continue to operate

Education Department restarts online library ERIC hechingerreport.org/proof-points...

‘Vaguely Threatening’: Federal Prosecutor Queries Leading Medical Journal The New England Journal of Medicine received a letter suggesting that it was biased and compromised by external pressure. Other journals have also received the letter.

‘Vaguely Threatening’: New England Journal of Medicine received a letter from federal prosecutor suggesting it was biased and compromised by external pressure. Other journals have also received the letter, by @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/h... via @nytimes.com

UPDATE: Federal database of historical education documents ceasing operations The latest education news updates from EdSource.

Poof! Check out ERIC will cease to operate maybe as of today - thanks to the DOGE kids edsource.org/updates/fede... - the go to archive of almost 75 years of educational research. If this is important to you, better let your US senator and representatives #EduSky

A treasure trove of education reports and studies is under threat Funding for the Education Department’s online library, ERIC, is slated to end this week

DARK DAYS for Education Research Access - ERIC - the granddaddy of Education Research Databases (US Dept of Ed) is getting DODGED: hechingerreport.org/proof-points...

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Now isn’t the time for backing down, but notable that the U.S. now cites all of Canada’s core digital policies as foreign trade barriers. 2025 report references digital services tax, online streaming rules, and now the Online News Act. Friction isn’t going away.
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Trump administration lists Quebec language law Bill 96 as trade barrier | CBC News The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative released its annual list of global trade barriers Tuesday, and it includes Quebec's controversial language law Bill 96 as a trade irritant between the two c...

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How counter-tariffs could make it harder to support Canadian books | CBC Arts The Canadian government is proposing additional counter-tariffs on U.S. goods that could potentially include U.S. books coming into Canada. Reporter Josh O’Kane explains why this has Canadian book sta...

How counter-tariffs could make it harder to support Canadian books www.cbc.ca/arts/commoti...

Globe and Mail reporter Josh O’Kane explains why it’s not as simple as supporting Canadian authors

Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and

Orwellian attack on the Smitsonian: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Library Advocates Rally as Trump Targets Federal Funding An executive order has demanded that the Institute of Museum and Library Services be eliminated to the maximum extent allowed by law.

Then they came for the Libraries: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/a...

Values NATIONAL BESTSELLER A bold and urgent argument by economist and former bank governor Mark Carney on the radical, foundational change that is required if we are to build an economy and society based no...

What does Mark Carney have to say? First 45 pages free, read and see what you think. books.google.ca/books?id=_vL...

ALA response to White House assault on IMLS To dismiss the mission of an agency that advances opportunity and learning is to dismiss the aspirations and everyday needs of millions of Americans. And those who will feel that loss most keenly live in rural communities.  As seedbeds of literacy and innovation, our nation’s 125,000 public, school, academic and special libraries deserve more, not less support. Libraries translate 0.003% of the federal budget into programs and services used by more than 1.2 billion people every year. Show Up for Our Libraries, ALA American Library Association, #ForOurLibraries

President Trump's executive order to eliminate the Institute of Museum & Library Services would have disastrous effects for communities nationwide. We call on all Americans who value reading & learning to reach out to their elected leaders.

Read ALA's full response: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...

Toronto Star by Robin Spears: Economic Wartime Leader is Needed torontostarreplica.pressreader.com/article/2817...

The Words Federal Agencies Are Discouraged From Using Under Trump Federal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows many of the same words being removed.

The free speech imperialists started with books but are now banning… words.

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STAND UP FOR SCIENCE March 7, 2025. Washington DC and nationwide. Because science is for everyone.

standupforscience2025.org

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