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Sponsors 2008

The Book and Periodical Council (BPC) would like to thank the following for their generous sponsorship of Freedom to Read Week 2008:

Canada Council for the Arts

Webcom

Canadian Library Association

Disticor

Harper Collins Canada Ltd

Ontario Library Association

Pearson

Quill and Quire

Random House of Canada

Unisource


The BPC would also like to thank the following organizations and individuals for their support and in-kind donations:

ASTED

British Columbia Library AssociationLibrary Association of Alberta

Manitoba Library AssociationCanadian BooksellersSaskatchewan Library Association

Northwest Territories Library Association

Yukon Library AssociationNunavut Library Association

Ontario Library Association

Reva Pomer Design Wyman Design


The following people contribute an incredible amount of time and energy producing the kit and poster and maintaining the website at www.freedomtoread.ca: Benita Aalto, Franklin Carter, Ron Giddings, Peggy McKee, Scott Mitchell, Marg Anne Morrison, Reva Pomer, Sandra Richmond, Emily Sinkins, David Wyman, and the members of the Freedom of Expression Committee.

The BPC, along with the Freedom of Expression Committee, thanks all writers, photographers, and illustrators for their contributions to the Freedom to Read kit of 2008.

The BPC gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and its member organizations.

 

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"Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes the freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers."

— Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted and proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations (1948)