Susan Ewing
@owlfindit.bsky.social
Librarian at Large - Learning to Paint and Draw.
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The CCBC is deeply concerned with the Government of Alberta’s Ministerial Order 30/2025.
This sweeping and vague ministerial order risks the removal of many diverse and inclusive books and disproportionately targets 2SLGBTQIA+ stories.
Read the full statement: bit.ly/4m4SukO
This sweeping and vague ministerial order risks the removal of many diverse and inclusive books and disproportionately targets 2SLGBTQIA+ stories.
Read the full statement: bit.ly/4m4SukO
The Canadian Children’s Book Centre calls on the Government of Alberta
For 49 years, the Canadian Children’s Book Centre has promoted the reading, purchasing, and borrowing of Canadian books for kids and teens. We celebrate diverse stories and believe in the power of rea...
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July 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The CCBC is deeply concerned with the Government of Alberta’s Ministerial Order 30/2025.
This sweeping and vague ministerial order risks the removal of many diverse and inclusive books and disproportionately targets 2SLGBTQIA+ stories.
Read the full statement: bit.ly/4m4SukO
This sweeping and vague ministerial order risks the removal of many diverse and inclusive books and disproportionately targets 2SLGBTQIA+ stories.
Read the full statement: bit.ly/4m4SukO
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Alberta bans school library books it deems sexually explicit www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta's education minister says sexually explicit content must be gone from school library shelves as of Oct. 1, but says the announcement is not about book banning.
Alberta's education minister says sexually explicit content must be gone from school library shelves as of Oct. 1, but says the announcement is not about book banning.
Alberta bans school library books it deems sexually explicit | CBC News
Alberta's education minister says sexually explicit content must be gone from school library shelves as of Oct. 1, but says the announcement is not about book banning.
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July 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Alberta bans school library books it deems sexually explicit www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta's education minister says sexually explicit content must be gone from school library shelves as of Oct. 1, but says the announcement is not about book banning.
Alberta's education minister says sexually explicit content must be gone from school library shelves as of Oct. 1, but says the announcement is not about book banning.
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Manager, Professional Teaching and Learning Library | The Partnership Job Board
Working at the TDSB Our staff members are the backbone of our system. Becoming a part of the TDSB team means joining a talented community of educators and support staff dedicated to enriching the live...
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July 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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White House Health Report Included Fake Citations www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
White House Health Report Included Fake Citations
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June 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
White House Health Report Included Fake Citations www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
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Alberta gets head start on life as a U.S. state by banning books (Podcast)
Alberta gets head start on life as a U.S. state by banning books
“Next we’ll get started on for-profit prisons!” Luke and the Panel (Clare Blackwood, Ian MacIntyre and Nile Seguin) dive into the Throne Speech, including the absurdity of hearing a hereditary monarch...
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May 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Alberta gets head start on life as a U.S. state by banning books (Podcast)
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“While public input can be valuable, it is quite concerning that there appears to have been no attempt to get trained professional input, or any attempt to understand under what criteria the books were selected.”
May 27, 2025 at 1:19 AM
“While public input can be valuable, it is quite concerning that there appears to have been no attempt to get trained professional input, or any attempt to understand under what criteria the books were selected.”
Librarian of Congress FIRED www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...
Trump Administration Fires Librarian of Congress
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May 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Librarian of Congress FIRED www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...
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Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.
Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds
Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.
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May 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/t...
Google Plans to Roll Out Gemini A.I. Chatbot to Children Under 13 (Gift Article)
The tech giant said it would make its Gemini chatbot available to children next week, and warned families in an email about the changes.
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May 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/t...
Education Department restarts online library ERIC hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
Education Department restarts online library ERIC
New contract slashes budget in half, but library will continue to operate
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April 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Education Department restarts online library ERIC hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
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‘Vaguely Threatening’: New England Journal of Medicine received a letter from federal prosecutor suggesting it was biased and compromised by external pressure. Other journals have also received the letter, by @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/h... via @nytimes.com
‘Vaguely Threatening’: Federal Prosecutor Queries Leading Medical Journal
The New England Journal of Medicine received a letter suggesting that it was biased and compromised by external pressure. Other journals have also received the letter.
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April 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
‘Vaguely Threatening’: New England Journal of Medicine received a letter from federal prosecutor suggesting it was biased and compromised by external pressure. Other journals have also received the letter, by @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/h... via @nytimes.com
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Poof! Check out ERIC will cease to operate maybe as of today - thanks to the DOGE kids edsource.org/updates/fede... - the go to archive of almost 75 years of educational research. If this is important to you, better let your US senator and representatives #EduSky
UPDATE: Federal database of historical education documents ceasing operations
The latest education news updates from EdSource.
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April 25, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Poof! Check out ERIC will cease to operate maybe as of today - thanks to the DOGE kids edsource.org/updates/fede... - the go to archive of almost 75 years of educational research. If this is important to you, better let your US senator and representatives #EduSky
DARK DAYS for Education Research Access - ERIC - the granddaddy of Education Research Databases (US Dept of Ed) is getting DODGED: hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
A treasure trove of education reports and studies is under threat
Funding for the Education Department’s online library, ERIC, is slated to end this week
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April 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
DARK DAYS for Education Research Access - ERIC - the granddaddy of Education Research Databases (US Dept of Ed) is getting DODGED: hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
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April 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Now isn’t the time for backing down, but notable that the U.S. now cites all of Canada’s core digital policies as foreign trade barriers. 2025 report references digital services tax, online streaming rules, and now the Online News Act. Friction isn’t going away.
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April 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Now isn’t the time for backing down, but notable that the U.S. now cites all of Canada’s core digital policies as foreign trade barriers. 2025 report references digital services tax, online streaming rules, and now the Online News Act. Friction isn’t going away.
ustr.gov/sites/defaul...
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How counter-tariffs could make it harder to support Canadian books www.cbc.ca/arts/commoti...
Globe and Mail reporter Josh O’Kane explains why it’s not as simple as supporting Canadian authors
Globe and Mail reporter Josh O’Kane explains why it’s not as simple as supporting Canadian authors
How counter-tariffs could make it harder to support Canadian books | CBC Arts
The Canadian government is proposing additional counter-tariffs on U.S. goods that could potentially include U.S. books coming into Canada. Reporter Josh O’Kane explains why this has Canadian book sta...
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March 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
How counter-tariffs could make it harder to support Canadian books www.cbc.ca/arts/commoti...
Globe and Mail reporter Josh O’Kane explains why it’s not as simple as supporting Canadian authors
Globe and Mail reporter Josh O’Kane explains why it’s not as simple as supporting Canadian authors
Orwellian attack on the Smitsonian: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
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March 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Orwellian attack on the Smitsonian: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Then they came for the Libraries: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/a...
Library Advocates Rally as Trump Targets Federal Funding
An executive order has demanded that the Institute of Museum and Library Services be eliminated to the maximum extent allowed by law.
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March 29, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Then they came for the Libraries: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/a...
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER A bold and urgent argument by economist and former bank governor Mark Carney on the radical, foundational change that is required if we are to build an economy and society based no...
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March 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
What does Mark Carney have to say? First 45 pages free, read and see what you think. books.google.ca/books?id=_vL...