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Category: Governance
Letters to Federal Government to Rectify the CERB Challenges for Public Library Employees
CULC/CBUC Letters to Federal Government to rectify the CERB challenges for public library employees laid off – Morneau & Qualtrough
CMA Funding to Support Reconciliation Program
Canadian Museums Association Receives Government Funding for National Review of Museum Policies to Support Reconciliation Program Ottawa, April 16, 2019 — Karen Bachmann, president of the Canadian Museums Association (CMA) is pleased to announce the support of Canadian Heritage – through the Museums Assistance Program (MAP) – for the CMA Reconciliation Program. The project has […]
Prime Minister Trudeau visits Pickering Public Library Maker Space
The Right Honourable Justin P. J. Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada Visits the Pickering Public Library Maker Space PICKERING, ON (March 26, 2019): We are honoured to announce the opportunity to provide the Right Honourable Justin P. J. Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, a brief tour of our Maker Space on March 27, 2019 from […]
CULC/CBUC’s Letter of Support for VPL’s Decision to Retain the Room Booking
Dear Ms Epstein, Board Chair, and Board Members, The Canadian Urban Library Council / Conseil des Bibliothèques Urbaines du Canada members support Vancouver Public Library’s decision to allow Feminist Current to rent a meeting room at Vancouver Public Library (VPL) in accordance with VPL Board policy. This policy states explicitly that: “Statements being made or […]
CFLA Statement – Concerned about US Net Neutrality Protection Elimination
GATINEAU, December 14, 2017 Canadian Federation of Library Associations – Fédération canadienne des associations de bibliothèques (CFLA-FCAB) Concerned about US Net Neutrality Protection Elimination Recent news of the United States’ Federal Communications Commission Order calling for the end of protecting net neutrality raises grave concerns. The future of information sharing globally could be put at […]
Positive movement on Marrakesh Treaty by Canadian Government
CULC/CBUC and other interested organizations, including CELA, has noted that the Government has introduced (on April 24th) a bill that will make amendments to the Copyright Act to allow Canada to accede to and implement the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled. […]
CARL FORUM. Open to PL Staff
Leviathan North: Long-term Access to Government Information in the Digital Era As you well know, libraries, archives, and other memory institutions ensure that government information – vital for historical research and informed policy-making – remains accessible for current and future generations of researchers. Yet, the vast scale of the information that governments produce and collect […]
CULC/CBUC Teleconference BRIEFING on CASL Legal Opinion (Wed, Sept 10)
Wednesday, September 10 @ 1:30 Eastern / 10:30 Pacific CULC/CBUC partnered with Ontario’s Federation of Ontario Public Libraries on a legal opinion on the Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) and the implications for public libraries. The Executive decided to pursue this after a number of conflicting opinions had been received from various sources including City Solicitors. […]
CULC/CBUC Motion to create a new national organization
The following motion was moved at the Spring CULC/CBUC meeting in Winnipeg, on May 29, 2013. In the interests of the print-disabled and visually impaired Canadians, the Canadian Urban Libraries Council (CULC/CBUC) strongly supports moving forward with a solution as proposed by the CULC Working Group in their Concept Paper, and empowers the Working Group […]