Join the BCLA and ALA student chapters as we celebrate Freedom to Read Week.
Wednesday Feb 24, 1-2 pm in the Dodson room
OpenMedia’s Digital Rights Specialist Meghan Sali discusses the “Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: The Implications and Effects.” Find out how the TPP will censor our Web, criminalize our online activities and cost Canadians millions of dollars.
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Thursday Feb 25, 12:30-1:45pm in the Dodson room
Enjoy light refreshments (feel free to bring your lunch!), sign up for a $25 raffle from the UBC Bookstore, and hear from these six professionals on their experiences with “Censorship in Our Society” and the freedom to read:
- Carl Cavanagh, Public Services and Outreach Librarian at Greater Victoria Public Library
- Christie Menzo, Community Librarian at Vancouver Public Library
- Susin Nielsen, Author
- Judi Saltman, Professor at UBC’s SLAIS; children’s literature specialist
- Kathie Shoemaker, author/illustrator and sequential visual arts scholar
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