By Brett McKay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Dozens of Alberta school divisions have pulled more than 170 books from library shelves this year to comply with a provincial order, including poetry collections, award-winning graphic novels, a sex education comic book and the film and graphic novel adaptations of George Orwell’s 1984.
Education and Childcare Minister Demetrios Nicolaides directed schools to remove library materials containing visual depictions of sexual acts by Jan. 5. School divisions were also required to submit to the minister a list of the materials they intended to remove from their libraries.
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