Everything tagged: Intellectual freedom
G7 Science Academies Issue Joint Statement

A joint declaration emphasizing the importance of academic freedom, institutional autonomy, the integrity of research, research security, and the responsible conduct of research in support of the public good.
News June 2, 2025
LAA Letter to Minister of Education on Action4Canada’s involvement in the province’s announcement about school libraries

The LAA has written to Alberta’s Minister of Education and Childcare expressing concern about the stated involvement of Action4Canada in the recent announcement about school libraries and requesting a meeting to ensure librarians are consulted re new policies for school libraries.
News June 1, 2025
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
IDEAS for a Better Canada: Can libraries help remind Canadians what democracy is all about?

Ideas host Nahlah Ayed speaks with authors, librarians and residents of Burlington, Ont., about intellectual freedom and access to information. Together they examine the importance of thought and expression, and explore how Burlington Public Library navigates the complaint process in a democratic way.
News April 22, 2025
The Fifth Estate: The Shadow War on Libraries

As Canada sees growing challenges to books about sex ed, gender identity and gay themes, CBC’s The Fifth Estate uncovers how activists have declared a shadow war on local libraries.
News February 7, 2025
CFLA Releases Statement on Libraries and the Intellectual Freedom of Children & Youth

The Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA) recently published a statement on the intellectual freedom of children and youth.
News October 6, 2024
La FCAB publie une déclaration sur les bibliothèques et la liberté intellectuelle des enfants et des jeunes

La Fédération canadienne des associations de bibliothèques (FCAB) a récemment publié une déclaration sur sur les bibliothèques et la liberté intellectuelle des enfants et des jeunes.
News October 6, 2024
CFLA Releases Intellectual Freedom Statement on Labeling

The Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA) this week released a statement endorsing the American Library Association’s (ALA) 2015 statement Labeling Systems: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights.
News May 9, 2024
FCAB publie une déclaration sur la liberté intellectuelle concernant l’étiquetage

La Fédération canadienne des associations de bibliothèques (FCAB) a publié cette semaine une déclaration approuvant la déclaration de 2015 de l’American Library Association (ALA) Systèmes d’étiquetage : une interprétation de la Déclaration des droits des bibliothèques.
News May 9, 2024