Overview

• Edmonton Public Schools confirmed an internal list of over 200 books to be pulled to comply with a provincial order on explicit sexual content.
• Premier Danielle Smith called the list “vicious compliance” and displayed excerpts from graphic novels that prompted the policy.
• Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides said the government did not provide the list, requested explanations for the selections, and will work with boards on implementation.
• The verified list includes classics and contemporary works, and a separate section restricts K–9 access to some titles with non-explicit sexual content that may remain available to grades 10–12.
• Schools must remove explicitly sexual materials by the end of September and publish updated library policies by the new year, as civil liberties groups and opposition figures warn of over-broad censorship.