2013/05/29
by Harriet2 • CAPAL News, Uncategorized • Tags: academic freedom, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, CAPAL, Library and Archives Canada (LAC), Scientists for the Right to Know, University of Toronto
Researchers at the University of Toronto have formed a new group in response to continuing government action on the freedom of information in Canada. The group called Scientists for the […]
2013/04/08
by Francis • CAPAL News, Uncategorized • Tags: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, freedom of expression, Library and Archives Canada (LAC)
A joint public statement by the Association des archivistes du Québec, the Association of Canadian Archivists, and the Canadian Council of Archives issued a public statement protesting the new “Code […]
2013/04/04
by Francis • CAPAL News, Uncategorized • Tags: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Intellectual Freedom, Library and Archives Canada (LAC), opinion
In January 2013, Library and Archives Canada released to considerable debate and concern a Code of Conduct: Ethics and Values for its employees. The Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians […]
2013/08/22
Greyson & Loubani: Support Humanitarian Efforts of Canadians and Petition for their Immediate Release
by Harriet2 • CAPAL News, Uncategorized • Tags: academic freedom, Academic librarianship, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, CAPAL, Humanitarian Issues, Intellectual Freedom, online activism, York University
It is ironic, three days before World Humanitarian Day (August 19, 2013), which had been established by the UN to recognize those who face danger and adversity in order to help […]