S10E01 - Alberta Book Ban Roundtable
From SHOUT! For Libraries by CJSR 88.5 FM
September 26, 2025 · 29 min · Season 10 · Episode 1
About this episode
The episode discusses the implications of a recent book ban in Alberta's school libraries following a government survey and ministerial order.
In June of 2025, the Government of Alberta released a survey addressing what they referred to as “explicit materials in school libraries.” Now, as the results of this survey have led to the release of Ministerial Order #030/2025: Standards for the Selection, Availability, and Access of School Library Materials , the Shout! For Libraries team has come together for a roundtable discussion to address this “book ban” and its impacts on the present and future of librarianship in Alberta. Theme Songs Music: Vlad Gluschenko – Forest License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en Production Credits Natasha D’Amours, Emily Jensen, Jennie McCurdy, Andy Zhang, and Ethan Tonack.
Topics covered
- book ban
- librarianship
- Alberta
- school libraries
- roundtable discussion
Keywords
- Alberta
- book ban
- school libraries
- librarianship
- Ministerial Order
- roundtable
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Government of Alberta
Products: Vlad Gluschenko – Forest
Books & works: Ministerial Order #030/2025: Standards for the Selection, Availability, and Access of School Library Materials
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