N.L. schools ordered to destroy new books containing ‘inaccurate information’ on Indigenous people – CBC
Mar 28, 2025
Education Dept. paid $200K for the 8,600 shredded books 2 years ago
Newfoundland and Labrador’s Department of Education ordered its schools to destroy thousands of books purchased two years ago because they contained “inaccurate information” about the territories, culture and history of the province’s Indigenous peoples.
On Feb. 3, school administrators were told to shred some 8,600 textbooks, purchased for $202,140 in January 2023, a decision made after the government’s Indigenous Education Advisory Committee reported the books “did not accurately reflect the cultural reality in Newfoundland and Labrador,” according to department spokesperson Lynn Robinson.
