Dozens of Alberta school divisions have pulled more than 170 books from libraries this year to comply with a provincial book ban order, including award-winning graphic novels, a sex-ed comic book and the film and graphic novel adaptations of George Orwell’s “1984.”

Brett McKay reports. #abpoli #abed

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/04/28/Here-Are-The-Books-Banned-From-Alberta-School-Libraries/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Ah, of course—V for Vendetta tops the list of books removed from Alberta school libraries.

Because nothing screams “educational hazard” quite like a fictional revolutionary anarchist taking on a Christofascist, homophobic, white-supremacist political regime.

Yes, let’s protect young minds from dystopian fiction that eerily mirrors reality...

Heaven forbid they learn anything about resisting oppression—or thinking for themselves.

🔗: https://theijf.org/article/41-alberta-school-divisions-banned-books-to-comply-with-provincial-order

#ABPoli #CDNPoli #ABEd #Politics

Alberta’s premier and education minister held a private meeting in February to discuss school funding and education policy.

Documents released through an access to information request show attendees included a number of right-wing think tanks and groups. Brett McKay reports. #abpoli #abed

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/04/08/Danielle-Smith-Private-Meeting-Right-Wing-School-Groups/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

So let me get this straight...

The provincial government, which banned computerized voting tabulators based on a baseless conspiracy theory, now wants to move provincial testing and diploma exams to an online platform.

(And, given the Alberta government's love for AI and LLMs, I’m assuming they’ll somehow integrate that into the testing platform too.)

Yeah, that tracks 🙄

#ABPoli #CDNPoli #ABEd

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@RichardNairn/116222913232556566

Ok, so they aren’t listening to voters, AT ALL? Because the polls all say that the VAST majority of the population thinks there should be NO public money for private schools.
#ableg #abed

By the book: Alberta schools pull at least 160 titles from shelves to meet provincial order | CBC Edmonton

#ableg #abpoli #abed #ReadBannedBooks

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-school-book-ban-order-graphic-novels-9.7118495

With the addition of two new high schools in the next couple of years, some Calgary Catholic school students may not be going to the high school they expected, but it could be closer to home. #yyc #calgary #abed

https://buff.ly/NBO1qPc