Articles
Anita Brooks Kirkland, “Sleeping with the Elephant: Canada Deals with the Scourge of Censorship Sweeping Across America”, Canadian School Libraries Journal Vol. 7 No. 2 (May 24, 2023) https://journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/sleeping-with-the-elephant-canada-deals-with-the-scourge-of-censorship-sweeping-across-america/
James Saunders, “Making the Case for Professionalism to Take on Book Challenges”, Canadian School Libraries Journal Vol. 7 No. 2 (May 24, 2023) https://journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/making-the-case-for-professionalism-to-take-on-book-challenges/
Dianne Oberg, “Freedom of Expression Rights and the School Library” freedomtoread.cahttps://www.freedomtoread.ca/articles/freedom-of-expression-rights-and-the-school-library/
News
Katie Hyslop, “What a BC librarian thinks about calls to ban books.” The Tyee.(March 23, 2023) https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/22/What-A-BC-Librarian-Thinks-About-Book-Bans/
Nick Logan, “Libraries are being accused of offering child porn. Librarians explain why that’s not true”. CBC News. (May 24, 2023) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-libraries-book-challenges-1.6851688
Caroline Alphonso “Library books have faced challenges for decades, but a recent shift has become more organized as a proxy culture war” The Globe and Mail, (Sept 17, 2023) https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-library-books-have-faced-challenges-for-decades-but-a-recent-shift-has/
Reports
Jonathan Friedman, Ph.D. and Nadine Farid Johnson, “Banned in the USA: The Growing Movement to Censor Books in Schools” PEN America, (September 19, 2022) https://pen.org/report/banned-usa-growing-movement-to-censor-books-in-schools/
Kasey Meehan and Jonathan Friedman, Ph.D., “Banned in the USA: State Laws Supercharge Book Suppression in Schools” PEN America, (April 30, 2022) https://pen.org/report/banned-in-the-usa-state-laws-supercharge-book-su…
Resources
Centre for Free Expression Library Challenges Database, https://cfe.torontomu.ca/databases/library-challenges-database
Centre for Free Expression Library Policies Database, https://cfe.torontomu.ca/databases/library-policies-database
Centre for Free Expression Profiles of Challenged Books, https://cfe.torontomu.ca/lists/cfe-profiles-challenged-books
“A Guide to the Selection and Deselection of School Library Resources”, Ontario School Library Association (2023) https://accessola.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/FINAL-2023-09-OSLA-A-Guide-to-the-Selection-and-Deselection-of-School-Library-Resources_EN.pdf
ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom (n.d.). Banned and challenged books. America Library Association. https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks