Hello, Every week, we survey Canadians and Americans to explore their perspectives on COVID-19 and other current events. To help you stay up to date, we are sharing our latest results. This survey is conducted using our representative LEO (Leger Opinion) panel, in partnership with the Association for Canadian Studies (ACS), and published in The Canadian Press. Here's what you need to know this week. IN THE NEWS PROTESTS AND REMOVING HISTORICAL MONUMENTS  45% of Canadians and 46% of Americans...

September 9, 2020 MW SHARES: MUNICIPAL WORLD PODCAST Ava Hill, former Chief of the Six Nations Elected Council, joins Municipal World CEO Susan Gardner to discuss the intergenerational trauma experienced by many Indigenous people as a result of the Residential School systems in Canada – and the journey we must now take together to achieve healing and Reconciliation. LISTEN...

View this email in your browser Promoting the LLC During the Pandemic As students and educators head back to school, many schools and districts are making tough choices to keep students safe and unfortunately this has a temporary impact on how school LLC will operate. School library professionals demonstrated the importance of their work during pandemic school closures in the spring of 2020 by supporting teachers, students and the community with innovative virtual supports and initiatives to...

Training Bulletin Fall 2020 Coming up this fall This fall, SOLS and OLS - North have planned a dynamic lineup of online training opportunities to help you navigate services in the context of COVID-19 and support you through the next steps of re-opening and recovery. In this issue of the Training Bulletin, you will find training opportunities on the following topics (and many more!): Boosting staff morale during COVID-19 Planning and delivering great online programs Making communications plans...

BookNet Canada Releases: “The State of Publishing in Canada 2019” Via Gary Price at LJ InfoDocket https://www.infodocket.com/2020/09/08/booknet-canada-releases-the-state-of-publishing-in-canada-in-2019/ "From BookNet Canada: About three quarters of publishers (72%) considered their company to be healthy at the end of 2019 according to a study commissioned by BookNet Canada. The sixth edition of BookNet Canada’s State of Publishing industry study is newly expanded to provide a more...

Libraries offering unique ways to pick out books during pandemic https://www.1011now.com/2020/09/06/libraries-offering-unique-ways-to-pick-out-books-during-pandemic/

Daily Herald: How grandparents are stepping in to help with remote learning. “Harried working families are becoming increasingly reliant on grandparents to help with virtual learning in the age of COVID-19. As virus cases rise in Illinois, more than 2,200 schools have moved to remote instruction for the fall, or nearly 31% of the 848 school districts surveyed by the state board of education. The shift has forced grandparents to supervise full-on digital learning while their adult children...

Government Technology How Local CIOs Can Help Narrow the Digital Divide Amid COVID By making connections between groups in need of digital assistance and local nonprofits, city and county CIOs are well-poised to help overcome the realities of digital inequity exposed by the pandemic. https://www.govtech.com/opinion/How-Local-CIOs-Can-Help-Narrow-the-Digital-Divide-Amid-COVID.html  

September 8, 2020 MW SHARES: MUNICIPAL PANDEMIC RESPONSE Polish your presence! Communications expert Jan Enns and Municipal World CEO Susan Gardner continue the conversation, with more tips and tricks on how to zoom like a pro and give your virtual meetings more luster. LISTEN NOW

How to practice responsible tourism during COVID-19 https://www.loveholidays.com/holidays/responsible-tourism-during-covid-19/