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Reading Celebrations go virtual with Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Souvankham Thammavongsa

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First Book Canada to host Scotiabank Giller Prize Reading events for grade 12 students across Canada TORONTO, Tuesday, December 1st, 2020—First Book Canada will host five Reading Celebrations for senior students at high-needs secondary schools across Canada with Scotiabank Giller Prize winner, Souvankham Thammavongsa.  Thammavongsa was awarded the Scotiabank Giller... Read more

Premier Livre Canada et la Banque Scotia s’associent pour offrir 30 000 livres aux enfants dans le besoin

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Montréal, QC (21 octobre 2020) – Premier Livre Canada et la Banque Scotia s’efforcent de combler le fossé éducatif exacerbé par le COVID-19 en organisant une distribution de livres pop-up à Montréal pour fournir des livres aux enfants. Organisé par Moisson Montréal chaque année depuis six ans, le Pop-Up 2020... Read more

First Book Canada and Scotiabank partner to bring 30,000 books to kids in need

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Montreal, QC (October 21, 2020) – First Book Canada and Scotiabank are working to close the educational gap exacerbated by COVID-19 by holding a Pop-up Book Distribution in Montreal to provide books to kids. Hosted by Moisson Montreal each year for the last six years, the 2020 Pop-Up will see... Read more

New Books for the new School Year!

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Scotiabank and First Book Canada announce national distribution of 50,000 books across Canada (RICHMOND, BC. –Tuesday, August 11th, 2020)— First Book Canada and Scotiabank today announced their collaboration to distribute 50,000 books out of the Raincoast Distribution Group facility to high-needs students across Canada in time for the start of... Read more

More than 130,000 books are on the way to children served by food banks across Canada through new Read On Canada! initiative

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Coalition of reading advocates formed in response to pandemic puts books in kids’ hands and invites all Canadians to join in the joy of reading JUNE 23, 2020 – Toronto – This week marks the start of Read On Canada!, an exciting initiative from a coalition of reading advocates and... Read more

McDonald’s Canada partners with First Book Canada to inspire Canadian children’s love of reading for Family Literacy Day

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McDonald’s Canada to donate thousands of new books across the country TORONTO –January 23, 2020 – In honour of Family Literacy Day® (January 27), McDonald’s Canada has announced a partnership with First Book Canada that will see 400 brand new books donated in every province across Canada. A donation of... Read more

Schools Across Canada Win Copies of Greta Thunberg’s No One is too Small to Make a Difference

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TORONTO, ON: First Book Canada is pleased to announce the results of its fall contest to provide winning classrooms across Canada with copies of climate activist and TIME Person of the Year Greta Thunberg’s NO ONE IS TOO SMALL TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.   During the month of October, Penguin Random House Canada supported a national... Read more

First Book Canada and Scotiabank provide thousands of books to kids in need

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Ottawa, ON (December 11, 2019) – First Book Canada and Scotiabank are working together to provide equal access to quality education for Canadian kids. Pop Up Book Distributions in Ottawa, Ont. and Stephenville, N.L., supported by Scotiabank’s recent pledge of $90,000 allowed for over 30,000 books to go home with... Read more

Penguin Random House Canada to partner with First Book Canada for holiday book matching campaign

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December 3, 2019, TORONTO– First Book Canada has partnered with Penguin Random House Canada for a new holiday book matching campaign, to run from today, Giving Tuesday, to December 31, 2019. Every $4 donated will be matched, up to a total of 20, 000 with an in-kind donation of a book... Read more

Canadian children’s author triggers a donation of 280,000 brand new books to kids in need across the Niagara Region

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WELLAND, ON (November 13, 2019) – Working in collaboration with the Niagara Children’s Planning Council (NCPC) and the charitable partner First Book Canada, today Dr. Rumeet Billan announced the donation of over a quarter of a million brand-new books being distributed to children and youth across the region.  Throughout this week,... Read more