Press Releases

Transform Your Car Into Hope: Donate Today To Support First Book Canada! 

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Are you looking to get rid of your unwanted vehicle? You can donate it and help transform the lives of children in need by elevating the quality of their education.  Toronto, O.N. (June 28, 2024) – First Book Canada is partnering with Donate A Car Canada to accept car donations.... Read more

Join us in supporting First Book Canada’s mission by donating securities 

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This year donors can donate securities and stocks to support First Book Canada’s mission. Toronto, ON (March 04, 2024) – Today, First Book Canada/Le Premier Livre Canada is making it even easier to donate securities including stocks, bonds, and mutual funds directly to our organization.   When you gift securities to... Read more

First Book Canada named to 2023 Top Impact Charities list by Charity Intelligence Canada 

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Toronto, ON (November 13, 2023). Today, First Book Canada/Le Premier Livre Canada has been named to 3 Charity Intelligence Canada lists for 2023. The organization was named a Charity Intelligence (Ci)’s Top 10 Impact Charities of 2023, Top 10 Canadian Impact Charities of 2023, and Top 10 Impact: Canadian Youth... Read more

A new digital expression of First Book Canada’s mission.  

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Toronto, ON (September 5, 2023). Today, First Book Canada/Le Premier Livre Canada launches a new visual identity, including a profound and dynamic logomark and colour palette. Through a rigorous and collaborative journey, the newly launched identity includes our organization’s new tagline – Eliminating Barriers. Inspiring Young Minds – communicating the clarity on First Book Canada's core values. Our new visual identity centers around being visible, memorable, and accessible as an organization as we continue to transform the lives of children in need by improving access to educational opportunities.  Read more

905 Summer Reading Challenge is Back and This Year they’re Hitting the Courts

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TORONTO, June 3 2023 - Today, First Book Canada, Raptors 905, and Penguin Random House Canada will launch the fourth annual Raptors 905 Summer Reading Challenge with participants diving into The Secret Diary of Mona Hasan by Salma Hussain. Read more

First Book Canada named to 2021 Top Impact Charities list by Charity Intelligence Canada

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TORONTO Tuesday, November 16, 2021 – For the second year in a row, First Book Canada has been named to two Charity Intelligence Canada lists of the top impact charities in Canada. The organization was named as a Top 10 Canadian Impact Charity and a Top 5 Youth Impact Charity... Read more

First Book Canada and Amazon Canada team up to help kids turn the page on a better school year

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The Buy a Book, Give a Book program brings over 100,000 books to Canadian children in need TORONTO, October 27th, 2021 — First Book Canada and Amazon Canada announced today that, for the fourth consecutive year, they are collaborating on the Buy a Book, Give a Book program, and have... Read more

The 905 Summer Reading Challenge is returning to the court!

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TORONTO, June 7, 2021 - First Book Canada, Raptors 905, and Penguin Random House Canada announced today the launch of the Raptors 905 Summer Virtual Reading Challenge: The Stories for All Project™. Read more

Inspiring Grade 12 students across Canada: RBC Stories of Empowerment

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First Book Canada launches virtual series featuring prominent keynote speakers to engage, inspire and interact with students through literacy. TORONTO (Thursday, May 13th, 2021) – First Book Canada (FBC) in partnership with the RBC Foundation, launched RBC Stories of Empowerment – a virtual event series for grade 12 students at... Read more

High-quality children’s books now available to early literacy programs across Canada through new First Book Canada portal

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With books curated by Canadian Children’s Literacy Foundation, portal will provide organizations with a great resource to support young children on the road to reading TORONTO (January 25, 2021)– First Book Canada (FBC) today launched a book portal featuring board books and story books for young children, all at a... Read more