An Ontario high school removed all books published prior to 2008 as part of an 'equity-based book weeding process'. What students desperately need is history, as this might protect them from indoctrination into woke ideology. Canada leaning hard into 1984

'Empty shelves with absolutely no books': Students, parents question school board's library weeding process
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/peel-school-board-library-book-weeding-1.6964332

"Books published in 2008 or earlier removed from school library amid confusion around new equity-based process"

"Harry Potter, The Hunger Games and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

Those are all examples of books Reina Takata says she can no longer find in her public high school library in Mississauga, Ont., which she visits on her lunch hour most days.

In May, Takata says the shelves at Erindale Secondary School were full of books, but she noticed that they had gradually started to disappear. When she returned to school this fall, things were more stark.

"This year, I came into my school library and there are rows and rows of empty shelves with absolutely no books," said Takata, who started Grade 10 last week. 

She estimates more than 50 per cent of her school's library books are gone. 

In the spring, Takata says students were told by staff that "if the shelves look emptier right now it's because we have to remove all books [published] prior to 2008." 

Takata is one of several Peel District School Board (PDSB) students, parents and community members CBC Toronto spoke to who are concerned about a seemingly inconsistent approach to a new equity-based book weeding process implemented by the board last spring in response to a provincial directive from the Minister of Education. 

They say the new process, intended to ensure library books are inclusive, appears to have led some schools to remove thousands of books solely because they were published in 2008 or earlier.

Parents and students are looking for answers as to why this happened, and what the board plans to do moving forward."

#Canada #Censorship #FreeSpeech #BookBurning #Fascism

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 It's "equity selection" when they do it and book banning when others do it.  And this is just the first purge (pre 2008 books).  The next purge will be based on "diversity" yet will somehow not favor indigenous, POC or Global South works.  Funny how that "diversity" thing usually ends up favoring white dudes.