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FREEDOM TO READ WEEK marks its twenty-third anniversary in 2007.Each year,
Freedom to Read
examines current issues of intellectual freedom.This educational kit is designed to inform and assist booksellers, librarians,students, educators, and the community at large, particularly duringFreedom to Read Week.This year, we explore the impact of technology on issues of free expressionas well as the delicate interplay between cultural sensitivities and literaryfreedom. An excerpt from Val Ross’s book
You Can’t Read This
illustrateshow even Superman was subject to censure and censorship, from bothfascists and anti-fascists.The Get Involved section provides exercises and resources for teachers andstudents, including a guide to generating both ideas and effective publicityfor your Freedom to Read Week events. Back issues of
Freedom to Read
plusother resources are available on our Web site at www.freedomtoread.ca.
NOTE: If you have any suggestions for future issues of
Freedom to Read
, please send them to the Book and Periodical Council,Suite 107, 192 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2C2. Phone: (416) 975-9366 Fax: (416) 975-1839. E-mail: info@thebpc.ca.
The BPC would also like to thank the following organizations and individualsfor their support and in-kind donations:The Book and Periodical Council (BPC) would like to thank the followingfor their generous sponsorship of Freedom to Read Week 2007:The following people contributed an incredible amount of time and energy producing the kit and posterand maintaining the Web site at www.freedomtoread.ca:
Benita Aalto, Helena Aalto,
Franklin Carter,Ron Giddings, Peggy McKee, Scott Mitchell, Marg Anne Morrison, Reva Pomer, David Wyman,and the members of the Freedom of Expression Committee.
The BPC, along with the Freedom of Expression Committee, thanks all writers,photographers, and illustrators for their contributions to the Freedom to Read kit of 2007.The BPC gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and its member organizations.
Canadian Library Association
SaskatchewanLearning Provincial LibraryManitoba Library Association
Nunavut PublicLibrary Services
Atlantic ProvincesLibrary Association
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CONTENTS
freedomto read
Position Statement: Freedom of Expression and Freedom to Read
Book and Periodical Council
News Bytes
By Franklin Carter and Benita Aalto
The Blogosphere: Free SpeechLimits in an Uncharted World
By Benita Aalto
Restricted Access: The Dispute Over Three Wishes in Ontario’s Schools
By Deborah Ellis, Len Rudner, the TorontoDistrict School Board, and Peggy Thomas
Internet “Hacktivism”:Digital Davids v. Global Goliaths
By Greg Simpson
Drawing the Line: Canadians Debate theDissemination of Denmark’s Mohammed Cartoons
By Ezra Levant, Dan Dunsky, Tony Burman,and Wade MacLauchlan
Varieties of Censorship
By Franklin Carter
Book Excerpt: You Can’t Read This
By Val Ross
Rushdie Redux: A Global Conflict Over Danish Cartoons Echoes the CrisisOver The Satanic Verses
By Franklin Carter
The Retail Challenge: Booksellersand Freedom to Read
By Emily Sinkins
2006 Awards for Freedom of Expression/Freedom to ReadPEN Canada: Seventy Years inthe Fight for Free Expression
By Aidan Johnson
Reflections on Press Freedom in 2006
By Julie Payne
There’s a Chill in the Air
By Ron Brown
The Human Rights Police
By Franklin Carter
ForewordChallenged Books and Magazines Activity: Organize an Essay Contest During Freedom to Read Week: Winning StudentEssays from Calgary’s Public LibraryBookCrossing Freedom to Read Photo Competition: Your Chance to Be a Shutterbug! Activity: Write a Killer Press Releaseand Get Publicity! Activity: Organize In-Class Debates! Activity: Display Challenged Books! Activity: Host a Reading Marathon! Activity: Organize a Public Debate!The Internet: NetlinksEvent Sponsors of Freedom to Read Week 2006
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