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Introducing

the

Canadian School Libraries

Collection Diversity Toolkit

Anita Brooks Kirkland

BMus, BEd, MM, MLIS, OCT

Chair, Canadian School Libraries

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www.canadianschoollibraries.ca

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Where did the toolkit come froM?

why is it

important?

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What ACTION will CSL take as a result of what we have learned?

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What ACTION will CSL take as a result of what we have learned?

www.canadianschoollibraries.ca/relevant-responsive/

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TMC6 2020, Toronto

OLA Super Conference

Who do we see in kid’s books?

Deborah Dundas

Books Editor, The Toronto Star

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What about Canada?

Deborah Dundas

Books Editor, The Toronto Star

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https://researcharchive.canadianschoollibraries.ca/2020/08/10/who-do-we-see-in-kids-books/

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Dundas, Deborah (2020). Who do we see in Canadian children’s books? The Star’s second annual diversity survey tells the story. The Toronto Star.

https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2020/12/17/who-do-we-see-in-canadian-childrens-books-the-stars-second-annual-diversity-survey-tells-the-story.html

Deborah Dundas

Books Editor, The Toronto Star

2020 Toronto Star Survey

7.5 percent of books featured main characters who were white, a decrease of 8.2 percent over 2018

29.3 percent having main characters who were Black, Indigenous, East Asian or South Asian, an increase of 4.9 percent over the previous year

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How do we create diverse collections?

How do we assess new resources?

How do we address bias in cataloguing?

How do we �evaluate our existing collections?

What are

the ethical considerations?

How do we

explain the need,

and the plan?

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Sir John A. Macdonald statue removed from Kingston, Ont. park

CTV News Ottawa, June 18, 2021

Creator: SHANNON VANRAES | Credit: REUTERS

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/unmarked-graves-found-canadian-former-residential-school-sites-2021-07-06/

Upheaval

&

Change

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Image: surdumihail, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Upheaval

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Change

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Upheaval

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Change

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Upheaval

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Change

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Upheaval

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Change

POPulist backlash

When politics trumps teachers’ professional judgment, students and society lose

Beaudry, R. (2021). CSL Journal 5(3).

https://journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/when-politics-trumps-teachers-professional-judgment-students-and-society-lose /

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Upheaval

&

Change

Oberg, D. (2022). Freedom of Expression Rights and the School Library. CSL Journal 6(1). https://journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/freedom-of-expression-rights-and-the-school-library/

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Collection development is more than selecting and acquiring resources, it is about having clear intent to ensure that the collection serves the diverse needs of all of our students. It is about weeding out what is no longer helpful or true. It is about understanding our role, as library professionals, in ensuring that students’ right to read and to explore ideas freely are honoured, nurtured, and defended.

Brooks Kirkland, A. (2022). Canadian School Libraries Presents the CSL Collection Diversity Toolkit. Synergy, School Library Association of Victoria (Australia).