Canadian Library Workers Day


October 16 is Canadian Library Workers Day. Today we celebrate the vital role of Library Team in our school. We are especially thankful for the student volunteers who come in on their own time to serve the staff and students of our school. We also thank our lunch-time Supervisor. Further, we acknowledge the work of the many thousands of staff in school libraries, public libraries, and a variety of other libraries around the nation. Thank you!

source: librarianship.ca

October is Canadian Library Month
October is International School Library Month

Banned Books Week

ALA Banned Books Week is October 4-10. As Canadians we stand in solidarity with libraries, librarians, and freedom loving people across the US as they stand up for their democratic rights. Censorship continues to thrive as a weapon of choice for those who seek to advance their political agendas by attacking fundamental individual rights and freedoms. Join with us as we learn more about the fight against book banning and the unending struggle for the protection of intellectual freedom.

International School Library Month

October is ISLM. Join with us at YOUR School Library as we celebrate the essential role that school libraries hold in education.



Learn more. Visit us in person or online and find out more about why School Libraries are vital.

Truth & Reconciliation


September 30 is not just a day off of school. Learn more about why Truth and Reconciliation is something all Canadians should care about. Join with us during Truth & Reconciliation Week at Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary as we learn more about the Indigenous Peoples of Canada, our shared history as Canadians, and what our shared future might look like.. Dress for Orange Shirt Day at school on September 29. Observe the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with a genuine resolve actively participate in reconciliation in our country in the coming year.

International Day of Peace

September 21 is the International Day of Peace, established by the United Nations and recognized by peace loving people everywhere.



From the United Nations:

Invest in Peace – For Everyone, Everywhere, Every Day

On 21 September, the world marks the International Day of Peace.

Today, amidst staggering volatility, the search for peace feels overwhelming—but it has never been more urgent.

Peace is more than the absence of war; it is the foundation necessary to collectively tackle humanity’s challenges. It is the lived experience of safety, dignity, opportunities and cooperation in our daily lives.

Under the theme Invest in Peace: For Everyone, Everywhere, Every Day, this year’s International Day of Peace honours the ‘everyday architects of peace’—people driving local action, laying the groundwork for stability, and building a lasting peace from the ground up.

Remember, peace isn’t just built in conference rooms—it is shaped by everyone, everywhere, every day.

Everyone, everywhere can do their part for peace. Take one small step for peace every day:

Give your time to help someone else.

Lend your voice to drive positive change.

Host a Peace Circle – an intergeneration youth-led conversation on solutions.

Use your platform to promote a cause or tell a story of peace and hope

Show us how you’re building the architecture of peace and justice using #InvestInPeace.

Read

The best way to celebrate Freedom to Read Week is to read.

Read freely.

Read regularly.

Read critically.

Read deeply.

Read thoughtfully.

Read widely.


There are people who want to take away your right to read what you choose to read. These people aren’t just in totalitarian states around the world. These people are in Canada, in your province and your city and your neighbourhood. They think that they know best about what you should read and what you shouldn’t read. The fight to protect your rights and freedoms is real.

However, all the fuss about rights, challenges, freedoms, censorship, book bans, literacy, etc — it means nothing if you don’t read. Freedom to Read Week is a waste of time if you don’t read. The forces working hard to take away your freedoms don’t need to bother if you don’t exercise your freedoms.



So read.

Read for fun.

Read to learn.

Read to escape.

Read to know things.

Read to be free.

Read what you choose to read.

Read.