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The determination of Jayne Turvey, the Orillia Public Library’s community services co-ordinator, to share stories of local soldiers has resulted in a proper headstone being installed for a young man who died in action during the First World War.

It’s no secret that museum collections have benefitted from the colonization of countries occupied by imperial powers such as Britain and France. But in recent years, spurred in part by the 2007 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), there is a global push to decolonize museums. And in Decolonizing Museums, Part 1, APTN Investigates takes a look at how that push is going in Canada beginning with the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR).

The Ontario Court of Appeal on Thursday overturned a decision the federal government won last year to prevent the creation of detailed statistical reports that would reveal which residential schools had the highest rates of abuse. The appeal court found that the lower Ontario court judge did not have enough evidence to determine the proposed reports known as static reports would violate the privacy of residential school survivors, according to a written ruling released Thursday.

Amanda Leduc, Author: "There is a huge inequity in Canadian publishing, wherein you have books that come out but they're only available in a certain amount of formats print, audio, e-book. But this leaves a large segment of the Canadian reading population, probably about 10 per cent, who have print disabilities and, for whatever reason, can't access these formats."

"This week the Port Colborne Leader looked at the heroic efforts mounted by the Port Colborne Public Library to keep itself engaged with the community during the pandemic."

A silver lining in the pandemic: More time to catch up on your reading

The City of Winnipeg is being urged to mark the new year with a commitment to better protect its past.

As 2020 comes to an end, a word of thanks to library workers across the country who have helped Canadians access the content and services they depend upon during this most challenging of years.

While the Greater Victoria Public Library closed its branches near the beginning of the pandemic, many have reopened. During this time, the library system says that circulation of its digital items skyrocketed by more than 92 per cent during the first wave of COVID-19 as people remained at home.

A local drag artist is hoping to promote inclusion and acceptance among children this weekend, as the Guild Hall launches its first Drag Queen Story Time in Whitehorse.

Access to information about where to go for assistance continues to be a gap among both older adults and service providers, Margaret Denton writes.

With the evolving COVID-19 situation across the country, many conferences and events for the Canadian library community will be engaging participants in new ways in 2021.

"The library is an ideal place for people to come to either in-person or virtually, to get the resources they need to be successful." Tonight Vickery Bowles, city librarian of the Toronto Public Library, and Vicki Stevenson, CEO of the Rideau Lakes Public Library system tell Steve Paikin how libraries found ways to lend helping hands along with books even during the height of this crisis.

On Monday, Nov. 16, a group of Devon’s local youth unveiled a special project at the Devon Public Library. Over 1,000 origami paper cranes were installed over the stacks, each one containing a special message inside.

"I wanted kids to actually be able to see themselves in books and believe that they can do amazing things too."

A fine-free system is ahead of us because most libraries across Canada, most large urban libraries, are moving to that fine-free system becauseit is a barrier to use for a lot of the vulnerable population in the community, Steve Kraft, CEO of the Guelph Public Library, told council.