Freedom to Read Week: February 23 – March 1 2014
This is “an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom.”
The British Columbia Library Association/Canadian Library Association student chapter at UBC present:
Freedom to Read Day at UBC
Tuesday February 25th 2014 from 10:00am-3:30pm in the Lillooet Room, Chapman learning Commons, IKBLC (light refreshments provided)
Schedule for the day:
• 10:00am-12:00pm: Read-a-thon (and information table in IKBLC foyer)
• 12:00pm-1:30pm: Writer panel & mingling
• 1:30pm-3:30pm: Read-a-thon
We will be hosting a live read-a-thon of banned or challenged books & material, in which anyone can sign up for 10-minute blocks to read out-loud to whoever is present. We will have a display of banned books on-hand from which participants can read!
We will have a three speaker roundtable discussing their individual experiences with censorship and intellectual freedom.
Our speakers are:
• Susin Nielsen: Author of “Word Nerd”
• Kathryn Shoemaker: UBC Professor & Illustrator of “A Telling Time”
• Judi Saltman: UBC iSchool Professor
We would love to see you there! For more information and to sign up to read please see the webpage: https://blogs.ubc.ca/bclacla/