Parents, teachers and school staff raise concerns after school libraries remove books on Canadian history, literary classics and antisemitism, including The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

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Students and a national library association say a school board west of Toronto needs to be more transparent about the so-called “weeding” of its libraries amid concerns some books are being removed from collections solely because they were published before 2008.

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Several Peel District School Board students, parents and community members are concerned about a seemingly inconsistent approach to a new book weeding process intended to ensure school library books are inclusive, but that appears to have led some schools to remove thousands of books published in 2008 or earlier.

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The board has said that older books, are allowed in schools if they are ``accurate, relevant to the student population, inclusive, not harmful, and support the current curriculum."

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A public high school has sparked outrage for removing all books published before 2008 in a so-called push to make its library more inclusive for students.

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MISSISSAUGA — Students and a national library association say a school board west of Toronto needs to be more transparent about the so-called "weeding" of its libraries amid concerns some books are being removed from collections solely because they w

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Sky News host James Morrow has criticised a Canadian high school for systematically removing books that were published before 2008 to make its library more inclusive for students.
Erindale Secondary School in Mississauga has sparked outrage after removing nearly 50 per cent of books from its library to be more diverse and inclusive to students.
“If a book was published before 2008 which they’ve decided is the arbitrary cutoff point from where th…

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Peel school board faces backlash for removing books published before 2008 from its libraries

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Among the classics removed were the Harry Potter series and The Diary of A Young Girl by Anne Frank.

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Ontario's Education Minister scolded the Peel District School Board for removing books from its libraries. Stephen Lecce said it was offensive, illogical and counterintuitive for the board to remove library books on Canadian history and antisemitism. A group made up of parents, teachers and school staff said it appears the board asked its school librarians this year to remove fiction and non-fiction books published before 2008.

Peel school board faces backlash for removing books published before 2008 from its libraries

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