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Susan Ewing

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Kids Can Press @kidscanpress.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Kids Can Press company logo and logo and image of Franklin character with statement text,”Franklin the Turtle is a beloved Canadian icon who has inspired generations of children and stands for kindness, empathy, and inclusivity. We strongly condemn any denigrating, violent, or unauthorized use of Franklin’s name or image, which directly contradicts these values.”
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The Canadian Children's Book Centre @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
The CCBC is deeply concerned with the Government of Alberta’s Ministerial Order 30/2025. This sweeping and vague ministerial order risks the removal of many diverse and inclusive books and disproportionately targets 2SLGBTQIA+ stories. Read the full statement: bit.ly/4m4SukO
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The Canadian Children’s Book Centre calls on the Government of Alberta
For 49 years, the Canadian Children’s Book Centre has promoted the reading, purchasing, and borrowing of Canadian books for kids and teens. We celebrate diverse stories and believe in the power of rea...
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Susan Ewing @owlfindit.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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Just one recess period? Ford government eyes changes to school day — and unions are concerned
Recess periods could be longer — but be cut to once a day — under new plans by the provincial government to make school day schedules more flexible.
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Librarianship.ca @librarianshipca.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Alberta bans school library books it deems sexually explicit www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Alberta's education minister says sexually explicit content must be gone from school library shelves as of Oct. 1, but says the announcement is not about book banning.
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Alberta bans school library books it deems sexually explicit | CBC News
Alberta's education minister says sexually explicit content must be gone from school library shelves as of Oct. 1, but says the announcement is not about book banning.
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Susan Ewing @owlfindit.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
I can be replaced! Please help find the right person! partnershipjobs.ca/job/manager-...
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Manager, Professional Teaching and Learning Library | The Partnership Job Board
Working at the TDSB Our staff members are the backbone of our system. Becoming a part of the TDSB team means joining a talented community of educators and support staff dedicated to enriching the live...
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Susan Ewing @owlfindit.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
White House Health Report Included Fake Citations www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
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White House Health Report Included Fake Citations
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 29/05/2025
Alberta gets head start on life as a U.S. state by banning books (Podcast)
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Alberta gets head start on life as a U.S. state by banning books
“Next we’ll get started on for-profit prisons!” Luke and the Panel (Clare Blackwood, Ian MacIntyre and Nile Seguin) dive into the Throne Speech, including the absurdity of hearing a hereditary monarch...
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Susan Ewing @owlfindit.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
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Librarianship.ca @librarianshipca.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
“While public input can be valuable, it is quite concerning that there appears to have been no attempt to get trained professional input, or any attempt to understand under what criteria the books were selected.”
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Susan Ewing @owlfindit.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Librarian of Congress FIRED www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...
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Trump Administration Fires Librarian of Congress
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NPR @npr.org · 06/05/2025
Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.
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Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds
Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.
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Susan Ewing @owlfindit.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/t...
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Google Plans to Roll Out Gemini A.I. Chatbot to Children Under 13 (Gift Article)
The tech giant said it would make its Gemini chatbot available to children next week, and warned families in an email about the changes.
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Susan Ewing @owlfindit.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Education Department restarts online library ERIC hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
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Education Department restarts online library ERIC
New contract slashes budget in half, but library will continue to operate
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
‘Vaguely Threatening’: New England Journal of Medicine received a letter from federal prosecutor suggesting it was biased and compromised by external pressure. Other journals have also received the letter, by @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/h... via @nytimes.com
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‘Vaguely Threatening’: Federal Prosecutor Queries Leading Medical Journal
The New England Journal of Medicine received a letter suggesting that it was biased and compromised by external pressure. Other journals have also received the letter.
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Pam Moran @pammoran1.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Poof! Check out ERIC will cease to operate maybe as of today - thanks to the DOGE kids edsource.org/updates/fede... - the go to archive of almost 75 years of educational research. If this is important to you, better let your US senator and representatives #EduSky
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UPDATE: Federal database of historical education documents ceasing operations
The latest education news updates from EdSource.
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Susan Ewing @owlfindit.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
DARK DAYS for Education Research Access - ERIC - the granddaddy of Education Research Databases (US Dept of Ed) is getting DODGED: hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
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A treasure trove of education reports and studies is under threat
Funding for the Education Department’s online library, ERIC, is slated to end this week
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Susan Ewing @owlfindit.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Watercolour goldfish
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Susan Ewing @owlfindit.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Voted!
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ReneePaints @painthike.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
#NationalLibraryWeek #LiteracyMatters
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Michael Geist @mgeist.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Now isn’t the time for backing down, but notable that the U.S. now cites all of Canada’s core digital policies as foreign trade barriers. 2025 report references digital services tax, online streaming rules, and now the Online News Act. Friction isn’t going away. ustr.gov/sites/defaul...
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Susan Ewing @owlfindit.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
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Trump administration lists Quebec language law Bill 96 as trade barrier | CBC News
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative released its annual list of global trade barriers Tuesday, and it includes Quebec's controversial language law Bill 96 as a trade irritant between the two c...
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Librarianship.ca @librarianshipca.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
How counter-tariffs could make it harder to support Canadian books www.cbc.ca/arts/commoti... Globe and Mail reporter Josh O’Kane explains why it’s not as simple as supporting Canadian authors
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How counter-tariffs could make it harder to support Canadian books | CBC Arts
The Canadian government is proposing additional counter-tariffs on U.S. goods that could potentially include U.S. books coming into Canada. Reporter Josh O’Kane explains why this has Canadian book sta...
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Susan Ewing @owlfindit.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Orwellian attack on the Smitsonian: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and
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Susan Ewing @owlfindit.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Then they came for the Libraries: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/a...
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Library Advocates Rally as Trump Targets Federal Funding
An executive order has demanded that the Institute of Museum and Library Services be eliminated to the maximum extent allowed by law.
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Susan Ewing @owlfindit.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
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Susan Ewing @owlfindit.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
What does Mark Carney have to say? First 45 pages free, read and see what you think. books.google.ca/books?id=_vL...
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER A bold and urgent argument by economist and former bank governor Mark Carney on the radical, foundational change that is required if we are to build an economy and society based no...
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
President Trump's executive order to eliminate the Institute of Museum & Library Services would have disastrous effects for communities nationwide. We call on all Americans who value reading & learning to reach out to their elected leaders. Read ALA's full response: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
ALA response to White House assault on IMLS
To dismiss the mission of an agency that advances opportunity and learning is to dismiss the aspirations and everyday needs of millions of Americans. And those who will feel that loss most keenly live in rural communities. 
As seedbeds of literacy and innovation, our nation’s 125,000 public, school, academic and special libraries deserve more, not less support. Libraries translate 0.003% of the federal budget into programs and services used by more than 1.2 billion people every year. Show Up for Our Libraries, ALA American Library Association, #ForOurLibraries
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Susan Ewing @owlfindit.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Toronto Star by Robin Spears: Economic Wartime Leader is Needed torontostarreplica.pressreader.com/article/2817...
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David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
The free speech imperialists started with books but are now banning… words. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The Words Federal Agencies Are Discouraged From Using Under Trump
Federal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows many of the same words being removed.
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Karen Davis @karenddavis.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
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STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
March 7, 2025. Washington DC and nationwide. Because science is for everyone.
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Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · 02/03/2025
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Susan Ewing @owlfindit.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Voted early for both School Trustee and MPP today!
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Susan Ewing @owlfindit.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
So PROUD of my partner's Editorial on: The value of equity, diversity, and inclusion principles... : PAIN journals.lww.com/pain/fulltex...
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The value of equity, diversity, and inclusion principles... : PAIN
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Censored Science Can’t Save Lives. Trump Is Censoring Health Research. Patients Will Pay the Cost. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/o... via @nytopinion.nytimes.com
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Opinion | Censored Science Can’t Save Lives
Progress cannot occur if scientists are barred from asking certain questions.
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Susan Ewing @owlfindit.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/u...
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Education Dept. Gives Schools Two Weeks to Eliminate Race-Based Programs (Gift Article)
The department’s Office for Civil Rights warned that it would penalize schools that consider race in scholarships, hiring and an array of other activities.
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Susan Ewing @owlfindit.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...
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U.S. Park Service Strikes Transgender References From Stonewall Website
The “T” was removed in references to L.G.B.T.Q.+ on the official site for the Greenwich Village monument, which marks a milestone in the fight for gay rights. Later, the Q+ also disappeared.
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Susan Ewing @owlfindit.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
By Henry Normal:
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Canadian School Library @cdnschoollibrary.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
If you live in Ontario, learn more on how to advocate for libraries this election period via the Ontario Library Association: buff.ly/4aVZTP3 #ONPoli #LibrariesForLife #ILoveONLibraries
Will you support greater access to digital library resources? Do you support important provincial funding?Working alongside First Nations public libraries?
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Susan Ewing @owlfindit.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
This “change” really messes with Library name authority files!
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
I spoke to @science.org about how purging data harms public health response. I called it a data apocalypse because it is driving the end of the scientific world. www.science.org/content/arti...
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Health agencies purge Trump-targeted programs and websites
NIH spares grants so far, but ‘data apocalypse’ erupts at CDC
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Canadian School Library @cdnschoollibrary.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Where did all of the school library researchers go? Thoughtful spotlight to begin our morning thinking via Dianne Oberg and Diana Maliszewski #tmcanada2025
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Susan Ewing @owlfindit.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Literacy benchmark reporting: www.thestar.com/news/gta/you...
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Your child’s upcoming report card will include new feedback. Here’s what you need to know about Ontario’s reading benchmark
This measure came after the Ontario Human Rights Commission found the province’s education system was failing students when it came to teaching literacy.
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Alison Crawford @alisoncrawford.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Full house at Ontario Library Super Conference panel on organized groups challenging books at school and public libraries. Panellists include CEOs from Toronto, Edmonton and Ottawa’s Sonia Bebbington! #OLASC #intellectualfreedom
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Susan Ewing @owlfindit.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
www.thestar.com/opinion/what...
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Deborah Dundas: What will it take to get to an enduring peace?
Janice Gross Stein is one of the world's leading experts on the politics of the Middle East and is the founder of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the
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Susan Ewing @owlfindit.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Impressionism: Le Quiz! (Gift Article)
It’s been 150 years since Monet and the Impressionists shocked Paris with their rebellious Société Anonyme show. How well do you know those once-revolutionary smudges?
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