Everything tagged: Advocacy
Library Association of Alberta (LAA) Statement on Provincial Government Announcement Regarding School Libraries

LAA is surprised and concerned by the Government of Alberta’s news release yesterday that it intends to ban books in Alberta school libraries starting in September.
News May 27, 2025
Canadian School Libraries (CSL) Statement on Alberta’s Announcement Regarding Possible Book Bannings

“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.”
News May 26, 2025
Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA) Letter on Concern for the Historical Material of the Hudson’s Bay Company

The Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA) has sent a letter to Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) Chief Executive Officer Richard Baker and Alvarez & Marsal Canada Inc, Court-appointed monitors for the HBC, expressing its concern over the proposed auction of historical artifacts from the Hudson’s Bay Company collection.
News May 16, 2025
APLA Letter to New Brunswick Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development on school library cuts

“We are writing to express our concern about the cuts to school library staff in New Brunswick’s Anglophone School District West. It is disheartening to imagine school libraries trying to be run without trained library staff.”
News May 8, 2025
Lettre de l’APLA au ministre de l’Éducation et du Développement de la petite enfance du Nouveau-Brunswick concernant les coupes budgétaires dans les bibliothèques scolaires

« Nous vous écrivons pour partager notre inquiétude au sujet des réductions de personnel dans les bibliothèques scolaires du District scolaire anglophone Ouest du Nouveau-Brunswick. C’est décourageant d’envisager que les bibliothèques scolaires tenteront de fonctionner sans personnel qualifié. »
News May 8, 2025
CFLA releases 2025 Federal Election Advocacy Toolkit

CFLA, in partnership with their government relations firm (Impact Public Affairs), has released several elections-related documents, including guides for meeting candidates and a fact sheet on the importance of libraries to the social infrastructure.
News March 28, 2025
CULC, CFLA, CARL respond to proposed 25% tariff on library materials

If implemented, the 25% tariff would have a devastating effect on the purchasing power of libraries across Canada.
News March 28, 2025
Federation of Ontario Public Libraries (FOPL) Urges Parties to Support Public Libraries

As the Ontario provincial election campaign enters its second half, the Federation of Ontario Public Libraries is urging all political parties and candidates to demonstrate and pledge their support for public libraries in communities across the province.
News February 18, 2025
Libraries On the Hill

A new article in Partnership looks at the kinds of advocacy engaged in by three of Canada’s national library associations, as well as gaps in advocacy themes and practices.
News January 7, 2025
Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) resolutions on public libraries and funding

Municipal leaders attending the UBCM 2024 Convention debated several resolutions on public libraries and their funding, endorsing two resolutions calling for sustainable funding of library services.
News September 21, 2024