We acknowledge our ● Implement the 94 calls to action from collective and individual responsibility to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission recognize historical patterns of exclusion of Canada and abuse, to build our understanding of ● Implement the 46 articles of the UN Indigenous peoples and cultures, and to Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous commit to the ongoing process of truth people. [...] including the Mississauga’s of the Credit, The work of city-building today must the Anishinaabe, the Chippewa, include confronting the legacies of the the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat past and search for new approaches peoples, and is now home to many diverse that centre around equity and inclusion, First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples from making cities for and with everyone. [...] OVERDUE The Case for Canada’s Public Libraries The Post Pandemic Challenge PAGE 27 The funding gap between the growing number of services being provided and the resources to do so is staggering and growing. [...] OVERDUE The Case for Canada’s Public Libraries Scenarios for the Future PAGE 34 A PLAUSIBLE SCENARIO Stretched to the Brink IMPACTS ON COMMUNITY MEMBERS librarians and computers, and limited Wi-Fi, With reduced library hours and limited people cannot always get the online access access to language learning, free to the services they need. [...] economic effect of Canada’s urban libraries The overall changes are not tremendous is based solely on the activities that each mostly as a result of the smaller number of of the 40 library systems reported they were individuals reached by many of the specific providing at the time of the survey.
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