March 8th is International Women’s Day.
The theme for 2017 is #BeBoldForChange. Use this hashtag with your social media posts to raise awareness and challenge your social circle. According to intertnationalwomensday.com, we are all urged to “Call on the masses or call on yourself to help forge a better working world– a more gender inclusive world.”
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Freedom to Read Week in Canada concludes on March 4.
As we celebrate, and defend, our Freedom to Read, it is important to remember that the Freedom to Read means nothing if people don’t choose to read. Compared to most of human history and to most of the world today, we in Canada in the 21st Century are a very literate society. We CAN read. But do we? We are not an illiterate society. But are we an aliterate society?
(Source: Unknown, but variations popularly attributed to Mark Twain.)
Find out more: freedomtoread.ca
Canada’s Freedom to Read Week is February 26 – March 4, 2017.
What does Freedom to Read mean to you?
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February 26 to March 4 is Freedom to Read Week in Canada.
What do Harry Potter, The Diary of Anne Frank, To Kill a Mockingbird and The Bible have in common? Some groups have attempted to ban these books, from schools, or libraries, or bookshops, in Canada. Find out more: freedomtoread.ca
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