David Eby on British Columbia’s New Anti-SLAPP Law
In 2005, David Eby was starting his legal career when he was threatened with a lawsuit over comments that he’d made about a death.
Articles
Selected stories from the Freedom to Read Review
“Not Recommended”: What It’s Like When a School Board Rejects Your Work
It would’ve been easy to get upset, but I’ve been doing this work long enough to know the reason these things happen. I, and others, have more work to do. It’s a question of readiness, and the answer can be found in the history of representation.
Fifty Years of Defending Queer Expression
Glad Day did not set out to be a hero of freedom of expression. The battles came to the bookstore, not the other way around.
Public Libraries Rise to Meet 21st-Century Challenges
In the digital age, public libraries have core capabilities and responsibilities to respond to intellectual freedom challenges.
“Languages Contain Worlds Inside Them”
The concept of freedom to read doesn’t accurately capture the dynamic between Indigenous languages and Canada. There is a history in this country of privileging one type of knowing and one type of “reading.”
Growing Literacy
Thanks to the Write to Read Project BC, eighteen communities from Tl’esqox (Toosey) at Riske Creek to Rocky Pines now have access to rich and diverse collections of books, periodicals, poetry and plays.
Bridging the Digital Divide
The next generation of wireless technology is almost here—but we can’t forget that many people in Canada lack basic access to the Internet.
Franklin Carter on Fighting Censorship in the Age of Twitter
People who care about freedom of expression in Canada have likely read something by Franklin Carter — but they may not realize it.
Understanding Challenges to Books and Magazines
Freedom to Read Week encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom, which is guaranteed by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Every year, schools and libraries receive challenges to reading materials. Learn more about this issue with our quick guide.
The Right to Read: A Prison Story
Inmates need diverse materials and information to support their legal needs, rehabilitation, literacy skills, language needs, personal and cultural interests, recreational reading and lifelong learning, including technology awareness and access.