Canadian School Library Day / Journ茅e nationale des biblioth猫ques scolaires canadiennes
Canadian School Library Day celebrates the central role that school libraries play in the education and development of young people.
91精选 applauds the brilliant work that school libraries accomplish every single day across Canada. We invite everyone to shine a light on how learning in the Library Learning Commons is making a difference in their school, and share their accomplishments on Canadian School Library Day.
91精选 Day 2025 – Dear School Library – October 27, 2025
Journ茅e nationale des biblioth猫que scolaire 2025 – Ch猫re biblioth猫que scolaire – le 27 octobre 2025
Information on Dear School Library including templates, calendars, and more can be found on the official website .
How do I participate?
Join us in the Dear School Library Project and tell us what makes your school library special. It could be the staff, the collection, the amazing programs, or something else that is unique to your library. Whatever it is that makes your school library special to you, let us know. And, just like there are many different school libraries, there are many ways to share how amazing they are. Check out the ideas and templates below for how you can share the Dear School Library Project in your community.
We want to hear all voices – students, staff, principals, parents. Get your whole community involved.
What does the Dear School Library Project in my SLLC involve?
It could be any or all of the following:
- Hearts of various sizes for people to write or draw on their message about what their聽school聽library聽means to them ()
- A laptop/Chromebook (with camera/microphone) so students can record a video or voice message for greater accessibility ()
- Poster paper for students to illustrate their thoughts/feelings in their own creative way (collage, drawing, poster, multimedia piece, etc.)
- Lined paper for students to write traditional 鈥渓ove letters鈥� in hard copy
[NB: please ensure students have signed media releases for any audio or video recordings that are shared with OSLA or Canadian School Libraries.]
Considering taking a picture of your Dear School Library 鈥渉eart鈥� and use the hashtag #DearSchoolLibrary to spread all the school library love OR or email your entry to info@canadianschoollibraries.ca
Find out more:
What does 91精选 plan to do with this?
We plan to take this information and use it to build advocacy materials in conjunction with OSLA. School Libraries across Canada are being chronically underfunded. Personal stories, especially from students, put a human face on what that underfunding is doing. Our hope is by taking hundreds of stories from across Canada of what school libraries mean to our students, we will be able to convince decision makers that school libraries are meaningful and worthwhile.
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Prizes galore!
Entries on social media using the #DearSchoolLibrary hashtag or聽聽or emailed to info at canadianschoollibraries.ca will be entered into our prize draw. To enter make sure you include your love letters from students, staff, parents, and whomever else you can get.
A big thank you to our sponsoring organizations for this.
Regular Prize – One of 15 $50 gift certificates
- 贵谤辞尘听: 5 $50 gift certificates for Indigo
- 贵谤辞尘听颁补苍补诲颈补苍听厂肠丑辞辞濒听尝颈产谤补谤颈别蝉: 10 $50 gift certificates for a local bookstore of your choice.
Grand Prize – One of 4 Book Bundles with 25 books
- 贵谤辞尘听: 4 Book Bundles worth ~$500 each
B-B-B-BONUS:
- 贵谤辞尘听聽(For North and Central British Columbia only) 10 $15 certificates for Books & Co – Located in Quesnel and Prince George
You have until November 30, 2025 to enter.
Winners will be contacted directly and announced in a special edition of our newsletter.
91精选D 2024 Was All 91精选 A Book for Every Student
Canadian School Library Day 2024 celebrates every student’s right to read, and to see themselves reflected in their reading choices. Over the past two years we have been faced with challenges from people and groups seeking to restrict student’s reading choices, and calls for schools and libraries to remove books from collections. On Canadian School Library Day we stand up for diversity and for rich reading choices for every student.
91精选D 2023 Was All 91精选 Speaking Up for School Libraries!
The theme of 91精选D 2023 was Speak Up for School Libraries! The previous year had demonstrated yet again excellence in instructional practice in School Library Learning Commons right across Canada as well as the continued leadership of school library professionals coast to coast. Canadian school libraries had also met with significant challenges over the year regarding book banning and other collection development and management issues. In response 91精选 prepared a position statement, Book Challenges and Censorship in Canada鈥檚 School Libraries, in support of school library professionals who are on the front lines of these challenges. 91精选 also supported library professionals with a guide to developing excellent school library collections, the Collection Diversity Toolkit.
For Canadian School Library Day we encouraged people to share the progressive work they were doing, but also speak out and amplify the message that school libraries make a difference, and that every child in Canada deserves an excellent school library.
91精选D / JNBSC is celebrated annually on the fourth Monday of October.