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Here are the secret lists of banned books from Alberta's 2 largest school boards

The Calgary Board of Education removed 42 books from its libraries and the Edmonton Public School Board removed 33 in response to an order from Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides.

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Jan 29, 2026
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Gender Queer by Maria Kobabe is one of seven books that are banned in both Edmonton and Calgary public schools to comply with the UCP government’s orders. (Simon & Schuster)

Earlier this month, a provincial order requiring school boards in Alberta to ban books that portray “any explicit visual depiction of a sexual act” from their libraries, save for tex…

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