The Islamic month of Ramadan has begun. Ramadan is a month of fasting, prayer and other acts for devotion for Muslims. Ramadan Mubarak!
Ramadan in 2023 begins on March 22 and runs until April 21. Ramadan is followed by the feast of Eid al-Fitr, which runs through April 22.
Find out more about Ramadan, Muslims, and Islam:
Enjoy St. Patrick’s Day on March 17! And enjoy the entire month of March in the School Library as we feature books and other library resources to celebrate all things Irish and Ireland.
St. Patrick’s Day is March 17. Celebrate all month long in your School Library as we feature books on all things Ireland and the Irish!
Join us in the School Library today as we celebrate International Women’s Day, and all month long as we look at a variety of issues related to the ongoing struggle for the rights of women in Canada and around the world.
Imagine a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. A world that’s diverse, equitable, and inclusive. A world where difference is valued and celebrated. Together we can forge women’s equality. Collectively we can all #EmbraceEquity.
International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day is March 8.
Here are some sources for more information on International Women’s Day and related issues and information.
Join with us in the school library as all month long we look at issues related to the status of women in Canada and around the world.
Surrey Teens Read promises great reads for students in our district.
Not Here to Be Liked by Michelle Quach is one the ten amazing titles presented by Surrey Teens Read. Come down to your school library to have a look.
International Women’s Day is coming up next week. Every year on March 8 the world takes a day to recognize the ongoing fight for women’s equality. All month long you are invited to join with us in the School Library as we focus on issues related to IWD, including feminism, women authors, equal rights, women’s suffrage, and influential women from history and today.
Do you believe that you should be able to choose what you read? Or should other people be able to decide for you what you can read? Freedom to Read Week celebrates our fundamental freedoms as citizens of democracies and our fundamental rights as human beings. Freedom to Read Week also asks to to beware of the forces at work which erode and seek to destroy your rights and freedoms.
Do you take your Freedom to Read for granted? These are books that are available in our libraries which have been challenged, and in far too many cases, removed from shelves, and banned. Many of the books pictured here are on the list of the top 20 most banned books in the U.S. for the 2021-2022 school year.
This isn’t just happening in authoritarian states such as North Korea, Iran, China or Russia. This is happening in the so-called free world. This is happening in the United States. So far it hasn’t been as bad in Canada, but challenges are growing here and there are too many who want American censorship to come to Canada.
Find out more:
Banned in the USA: The Growing Movement to Censor Books in Schools
Try the Sporcle Quiz to test your knowledge of some notable Canadians.
Join us this February in your School Library as we celebrate Black History Month.
Join with us at your School Library as we observe and celebrate Freedom to Read Week in Canada, February 19-25, 2023.
Come down to your School Library to check out these titles for Black History Month in Canada.
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