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Thank you for sharing the shocking story of the firing of Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library CEO Cathy Simpson. I also recommend reading this news article covering the situation that is published in one of Canada's major newspapers: https://nationalpost.com/opinion/monica-harris-the-unjust-firing-of-ontario-librarian-who-challenged-dei-orthodoxy . There is also coverage of this unfolding situation in the Heterodoxy in the Stacks Substack https://open.substack.com/pub/hxlibraries/p/timeline-the-board-firing-of-niagara?r=1mq6c5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web . I also recommend exploring this newly forming organization of library professionals who states that "Their motivations stemmed from a perceived shift in the library profession towards what they viewed as divisive social activism" https://open.substack.com/pub/hxlibraries/p/introducing-the-association-of-library?r=1mq6c5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
It is heartening to see librarians organizing and speaking out about these important issues. Let’s hope that what happened to Cathy Simpson has more of a galvanizing than a chilling effect.
This is exactly why I pay for this newsletter. You all are doing such great, pro-humanity, work.
Thank you for sharing the shocking story of the firing of Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library CEO Cathy Simpson. I also recommend reading this news article covering the situation that is published in one of Canada's major newspapers: https://nationalpost.com/opinion/monica-harris-the-unjust-firing-of-ontario-librarian-who-challenged-dei-orthodoxy . There is also coverage of this unfolding situation in the Heterodoxy in the Stacks Substack https://open.substack.com/pub/hxlibraries/p/timeline-the-board-firing-of-niagara?r=1mq6c5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web . I also recommend exploring this newly forming organization of library professionals who states that "Their motivations stemmed from a perceived shift in the library profession towards what they viewed as divisive social activism" https://open.substack.com/pub/hxlibraries/p/introducing-the-association-of-library?r=1mq6c5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
It is heartening to see librarians organizing and speaking out about these important issues. Let’s hope that what happened to Cathy Simpson has more of a galvanizing than a chilling effect.
This is exactly why I pay for this newsletter. You all are doing such great, pro-humanity, work.