BPC Bulletin: Ontario School Board Stops Teaching Agatha Christie Novel
News Reports and Commentary Selected by Franklin Carter of the Book and Periodical Council’s Freedom of Expression Committee.
In Ontario, the Upper Canada District School Board has ordered its teachers to stop assigning Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None to students.
The school board regards a few references in the mystery novel as anti-Semitic.
REPORTAGE
In the National Post, Jessica Mundie reports:
In the Toronto Sun, Kevin Connor reports:
https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/agatha-christie-book-banned-by-upper-canada-school-board
In The Algemeiner, Shiryn Ghermezian reports:
COMMENTARY
In the Toronto Sun, Carol Joseph writes:
https://torontosun.com/opinion/letters/letters-to-the-editor-june-1-2022
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