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BPC Bulletin June 6, 2022

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:

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ontario-school-board-removes-agatha-christie-book-from-curriculum-due-to-anti-semitic-references

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:

https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/06/01/local-canadian-school-board-pulls-agatha-christie-novel-over-antisemitic-references/

COMMENTARY

In the Toronto Sun, Carol Joseph writes:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/letters/letters-to-the-editor-june-1-2022


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