by FOPLED | Jan 18, 2018 | FOPL News
Here is a copy of the newsletter about the cabinet shuffle from the FOPL/OLA advisors. Ontario Does the (Cabinet) Shuffle January 17, 2018 TORONTO – Premier Kathleen Wynne announced today a long-anticipated shuffle impacting several senior portfolios in her...
by FOPLED | Jan 16, 2018 | FOPL News
Today we offered a great webinar to provide public libraries in Ontario with support for engaging their MPP’s around increasing funding for public libraries in Ontario. Now is the time when the provincial government sets it budget. In the context of the current...
by FOPLED | Jan 16, 2018 | FOPL News
NOTICE: Issued January 16, 2018 Please send in your voting proxy forms [2018_FOPL_PROXY] ASAP if you’re unable to attend the 2018 AGM at OLA Super Conference. We need to ensure that we have quorum. 3rd Notice of 2018 Annual General Meeting The Annual General...
by FOPLED | Jan 16, 2018 | FOPL News
Here is an op ed posted in the Toronto Star re: value of libraries – https://goo.gl/uLVfrn I am proof libraries are critical to solving cultural poverty Libraries are one of the major tools we have, like education, that allow the underprivileged to overcome their...
by FOPLED | Jan 15, 2018 | FOPL News
YES!!! You can engage with your MPPs and work with FOPL and OLA to an increase in the Public Library Operating Grant, greater support for First Nation public libraries and an Ontario Digital Library in the 2018 provincial budget. Learn How. On behalf of the FOPL and...