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.
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.
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.
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.
In the digital age, public libraries have core capabilities and responsibilities to respond to intellectual freedom challenges.
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.”
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.
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.
People who care about freedom of expression in Canada have likely read something by Franklin Carter — but they may not realize it.
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.
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.