by FOPLED | Sep 24, 2020 | FOPL News
CBC: How COVID-19 worsens Canada’s digital divide Pandemic has further highlighted urban-rural divide when it comes to internet connectivity https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/covid-19-highlights-urban-rural-digital-divide-1.5734167 ...
by FOPLED | Sep 24, 2020 | FOPL News
ONCA update https://theonn.ca/onca-update-2020/ “The Government of Ontario has introduced motion #89 in the Legislature. This motion extends the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (ONCA) by another year, until December 2021. This was necessary because...
by FOPLED | Sep 24, 2020 | FOPL News
Libraries and social services go hand and hand, especially in the pandemic Libraries and social services go hand and hand, especially in the...
by FOPLED | Sep 24, 2020 | FOPL News
Leaked document reveals Ontario’s plan to avoid another COVID-19 lockdown Ford government’s plan favours ‘targeted action,’ according to document obtained by CBC...
by FOPLED | Sep 23, 2020 | FOPL News
View this email in your browser The Role of School Libraries During the Pandemic On September 23, 2020, the Canadian School Libraries board of directors released a statement on the role of school libraries during the pandemic. The statement expresses concern about...
by FOPLED | Sep 23, 2020 | FOPL News
Highlights of today’s speech from the throne Speech lays out government’s priorities as global pandemic rages on https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/throne-speech-highlights-1.5735874
by FOPLED | Sep 23, 2020 | FOPL News
September 23, 2020 MW SHARES: MUNICIPAL WORLD PODCAST The conversation continues in Part 3 as Ava Hill, former Chief of the Six Nations Elected Council, joins Municipal World CEO Susan Gardner to discuss the history of Canada’s Indian Act, its possible replacement,...
by FOPLED | Sep 22, 2020 | FOPL News
Vox Recode: How to guard your social feeds against election misinformation. “Election Day is approaching, and you’ll likely have to use your own judgment to identify misleading or downright false content on social media. So how can you prepare? Plenty of outlets have...
by FOPLED | Sep 22, 2020 | FOPL News
National Geographic: How libraries are writing a new chapter during the pandemic. “AMERICANS’ LOVE AFFAIR with libraries has only grown during the pandemic—and so has their book borrowing. According to OverDrive, which libraries use to loan out digital material,...
by FOPLED | Sep 22, 2020 | FOPL News
Milner Virtual Open House: Pilar Martinez in Conversation with Marty Chan...