Clio’s Current Schedule Update

We’ve always been open at Clio’s Current about the process and purpose of this blog. Explaining to our readers the choices we make and the reasons behind them is an important part of our mandate. As much as possible, we try to draw back the curtain to the decisions we make as content creators.  After all, as content consumers, you have a vital role in that process one way or another.  So let’s talk about our most recent decision.

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A Short History of Canadian Book Publishing

In February 2014, Oxford University Press Canada announced that it was shutting down the school division, which published textbooks and learning resources for kindergarten to grade 12 classrooms across Canada. Like any other Canadian industry or sector, publishing has become increasingly affected by large, multinational—and usually foreign—mergers and consolidations. The largest companies producing and distributing learning resources in Canadian classrooms are not Canadian at all. Pearson Education, Nelson, and McGraw-Hill dominate the already small, but competitive, market in Canada.

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