Why should we care about Canadian Children’s literature in our lives and libraries? Is Canadian identity critical in a digital, global, pop culture world? Do parents, teachers, teacher-librarians, librarians and young people really care whether they read Canadian or not? Join with our panel presenters as they discuss these questions and more. Maggie DeVries will offer her perspective as a writer for children who has situated both her fiction and non-fiction in BC. Jan Hare will comment as a First Nations scholar and Associate Professor of Indigenous Education at UBC. Yukiko Tosa will provide insights into public and school library collections in her role as head of Britannia Community School Library. Judith Saltman will conclude with remarks based on her research as a Canadian children’s literature scholar. Maggie DeVries, Jan Hare, Yukiko Tosa, and Judith Saltman presented “The Place and Space for Canadian Children’s Literature in Our Lives and Libraries” on October 27th, Tuesday 2015, at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
Select Articles and Books Available at UBC Library
Canadian Children’s Literature Association, University of Guelph. Department of English, and University of Guelph. Department of French. “Canadian Children’s Literature.” Canadian children’s literature (1975) Web. [Available at Education Library – PN1009.C3 C35 (non-circulating)]
Children’s Literature Symposium, Canadian. Windows and Words : A Look at Canadian Children’s Literature in English. University of Ottawa Press, 2003. Web. [Link]
UBC Library Research Guides
Canadian Children’s Literature
Canadian Studies – Archival Material
