by FOPLED | Sep 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
First Nations Public Library Week Bekaa, Bzindaachagan | Wait and Listen October 3-7, 2022 First Nations Public Library Week takes place each October as part of Canadian Library Month. You are invited to use the downloadable resources on the First Nations Public...
by FOPLED | Sep 9, 2022 | Advocacy Updates
FOPL attended the AMO Conference in Ottawa as a tradeshow exhibitor. We were able to speak with over 260 councillors, mayors, and Chief Administrative Officers. Our main messages here, like at AMCTO earlier in the summer, were to promote the importance of keeping...
by FOPLED | Aug 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
The situation in the United States is becoming troublesome. Banned books have doubled from 2020 to 2021. Take a look at the most challenged books of 2021:...
by FOPLED | Jul 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
Le francais suit. Hello, CFLA’s Intellectual Freedom Committee is searching for four new members. We welcome nominations from CFLA member associations and interested individuals who are members of a CFLA/FCAB member association. Once appointed to the...
by FOPLED | Jul 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
Le francais suit. The CFLA-FCAB Cataloguing and Metadata Standards Committee (CMSC) is seeking expressions of interest in representing CFLA-FCAB on the Canadian Committee on Cataloguing (CCC). One CFLA-FCAB position is currently open and CMSC would like to have...
by FOPLED | Jun 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
Exciting news! First Nations University of Canada and Reconciliation has partnered with the Royal Bank of Canada to offer complimentary access to the 4 Seasons of Reconciliation online course for June, July and August. The self-paced, online program offers 10 modules...
by FOPLED | Jun 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
FOPL will be attending the AMO Conference in Ottawa on August 14th. We will be putting together a video to view at the booth that highlights our libraries across the province. Please submit one or two photos of something your library has done this past year (or two)...
by FOPLED | Jun 22, 2022 | Advocacy Updates
Premier Ford and the new Executive Council will be sworn in this Friday at 10am. For those interested to watch, the entire thing will be live streamed from the Premier’s official YouTube channel. After the new cabinet is revealed, FOPL will move ahead with sending...
by fopladmin | Jun 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Ontario Council of University Library (OCUL) is searching for an Executive Director. OCUL is Ontario’s academic library consortium, comprised of 21 libraries with a mission to “collaborate to enhance research supports and create rich learning environments...
by FOPLED | Jun 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
June is National Indigenous History Month. Though it is encouraged that we all do this year round, I’d like to draw attention in June to the rich and diverse histories and current realities of First Nations, Inuit and Metis Peoples across the province and...
