Alberta’s most-banned books of 2026
School authorities reviewed collections and removed titles they judged to meet the province’s new sexual-content definition, with some books banned by 11 divisions.
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Alberta’s most-banned books of 2026 - Pipestone Flyer
By Brett McKay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Investigative Journalism Foundation More than 170 books were removed from Alberta school libraries this school year. New literary material standards introduced by Alberta’s government in 2025 prohibit K-12 libraries from stocking books containing “any explicit visual depiction of a sexual act” as defined by a ministerial order from the province’s education minister. The order itself doesn’t ba…
Alberta’s most-banned books of 2026
By Brett McKay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Investigative Journalism Foundation More than 170 books were removed from Alberta school libraries this school year. New literary material standards introduced by Alberta’s government in 2025 prohibit K-12 libraries from stocking books containing “any explicit visual depiction of a sexual act” as defined by a ministerial order from the province’s education minister. The order itself doesn’t ba…
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