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The Centre for Free Expression (CFE) at Toronto Metropolitan University announced today that Dr. Kenneth Gariepy is joining its Working Group on Intellectual Freedom. The Working Group guides CFE’s work in assisting libraries across Canada in promoting and defending intellectual freedom and in resisting demands for censorship.
The Centre for Free Expression (CFE) at Toronto Metropolitan University announced today that Sean Giesbrecht is joining its Working Group on Schools and Intellectual Freedom. The Working Group guides CFE’s initiatives in promoting and defending intellectual freedom for school libraries and curriculum materials and in resisting demands for censorship.
In the small town of Valleyview, Alberta, social conservatives are campaigning to rid the public library of books about sexual minorities.The campaign received Canada-wide attention on February 7, 2025, when CBC News publicized the results of a major investigation.But the struggle between the social conservatives and their critics has not ended. The mayor and town council still have plans to reduce library funding, shut down the current library, and open a smaller public library in a K–12 school that has not been built.REPORTAGE
