Ontario Education Minister Says to Halt ‘Equity-Informed’ Weeding of School Library Books

Ontario Education Minister Says to Halt ‘Equity-Informed’ Weeding of School Library Books
Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce stands in the library at Ogden Junior Public School in Toronto, on Nov. 27, 2019. Chris Young/The Canadian Press
Tara MacIsaac
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An Ontario school board has been “weeding” out all books published before 2008 with the goal of removing any “harmful, oppressive, or colonial content,” according to the board’s directive to school libraries.

The Peel District School Board (PDSB) directive suggests many books from the past are “inherently racist, classist, heteronormative, and/or sexist.”