Tue Sep 19, 2023 – 2:18 pm EDT
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) – In Ontario, school library books published prior to 2008 began disappearing from Peel District school library shelves as part of an “equity-based,” “inclusive” initiative. The province’s education minister has since walked back the process following public outcry.
On September 13, tenth grader Reina Takata revealed that the Erindale Secondary School library is nearly empty this fall after books published before 2008 were removed under Peel District School Board directives.
“This year, I came into my school library and there are rows and rows of empty shelves with absolutely no books,” Takata told the Canadian Broadcasting Cooperation (CBC).
The CBC report noted that amongst the many scrapped books are Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, and Takata estimates that about 50% of the school’s library books are gone.
The previous spring, Takata says students were told by staff that, “If the shelves look emptier right now, it’s because we have to remove all books [published] prior to 2008.”
“I think that authors who wrote about Japanese internment camps are going to be erased and the entire events that
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