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May 19 – Victoria Day

Due to Victoria Day, CELA will be closed on Monday, May 19. Our office will reopen and our Contact Centre services will resume on Tuesday, May 20. Enjoy your holiday!

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Red Dress Day

Published 5 May 2025 by Karen McKay
Collections
Remembering Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2-Spirited People
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Accessible Commercial Audiobooks Project Wraps Up

Published 28 April 2025 by Karen McKay
Accessible publishing
The Accessible Commercial Audiobooks Project will help publishers meet the needs of people with print disabilities
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Transitioning to a new way of reading

Published 25 March 2025 by Karen McKay
CELA services
CELA offers lots of support for users transitioning away from CDs
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Amanda Leduc does it again!

Published 11 March 2025 by Karen McKay
Accessible publishing
Author Amanda Leduc releases Wild Life, her third book to be made available in commercial and accessible formats simultaneously.
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Canada Post Service Disruption

Published 15 November 2024 by Karen McKay
CELA services
How will your CELA services be affected by the Canada Post Strike?
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Audiobook Readers Needed!

Published 27 September 2024 by Karen McKay
Accessible reading
We are inviting both audiobook readers and non-readers to participate in the testing phase our Audiobooks project.
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How Springwater Library supports people with dyslexia

Published 24 September 2024 by Karen McKay
Accessible reading
A small Ontario library is making a big effort to support people with dyslexia in its community.
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Updated Training for Libraries 

Published 30 August 2024 by Karen McKay
CELA services
Our member services team is updating our training programs for libraries.
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CELA's Braille Study Final Report

Published 30 August 2024 by Karen McKay
Accessible reading
In late 2023 CELA launched a Braille study to learn more about our users. Read what we learned in our final report.
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Keep kids reading all summer long!

Published 2 August 2024 by Denise Scott
TD Summer Reading Club
Summer reading clubs are a great way to inspire a love of reading within kids and help them maintain their literacy skills.
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