WPL Anti-Racism Action Plan - July 2020 Board Report Windsor Public Library Board Anti-Racism Action Plan Tuesday, July 14, 2020   OBJECTIVES: To provide the WPLB with a framework and action plan to address racism and social inequity.   DEFINITIONS: Racism is defined as prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior. It is a persistent imbalance in wealth, health care or opportunities.  ...

July 10, 2020 MW SHARES: MUNICIPAL PANDEMIC RESPONSE  So much to cover!  Jody Johnson, Director of Legal Services for Halton Region, joins Municipal World CEO Susan Gardner for the Week 17 recap. On the agenda for this episode: the increasingly complex challenges for municipalities as the pandemic continues to shift. Proposed new legislation for Ontario is covered, along with an update on masks across the country. Plus, the ongoing struggle with beaches and some creative ways municipalities...

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New SLA Infographic "A School Library Is Powerful" available now in web and print formats https://lnkd.in/dj5Q9K5

What Stage 3 of Ontario's COVID-19 reopening plan could look like Province has yet to say which pandemic restrictions will be removed or relaxed https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-stage-3-reopening-covid-19-coronavirus-pandemic-1.5643698  

Memo sent to Ontario school boards urges 5-day 'face-to-face' learning come fall Ontario families juggling child care, education, work can't be 'new reality,' expert warns https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/parents-covid-19-1.5642708

City of Toronto Releases COVID-19 Guidance for Cultural & Heritage Institutions and Attractions The following recommendations are intended to help operators and staff working at museums, galleries, aquariums, zoos, outdoor heritage institutions (e.g. landmarks, outdoor historic sites, botanical gardens), and other establishments primarily engaged in preserving and exhibiting objects, sites and natural wonders of historical, cultural and educational value to reduce the spread of COVID-19....

Provincial News Minister MacLeod Presents to Standing Committee Finance and Economic Affairs On Culture and Heritage On June 25, Lisa MacLeod, Ontario’s Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries (MHSTCI), presented for a second time to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, this time presenting on Culture and Heritage."This ministry in all of its parts fuels a spectacular double bottom line – preserving and protecting – and in many ways evolving – our...

Often libraries have partnerships with museums and galleries or may own one themselves.  Here are some collected by the OMA. Clarification on Municipal Museum Funding Eligibility In today's ONmuseums, the phrase "Municipal museums are also excluded from federal relief programs" referred specifically to federal support programs like the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) and the Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA), where municipalities are ineligible. Read more about CEWS HERE. Read more...

Minister MacLeod Tele-Townhall July 13 The Honourable Lisa MacLeod, Ontario's Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries is holding telephone town hall July 13 at 3 p.m. to discuss the government's response to COVID-19. Registration closes on July 12 at 9 p.m. Register HERE.