Fair Dealing Week 2024

On Mondays, I share a different ed tech quote on our Thompson Classroom social media pages for our staff to consider.

February 26th will kick off Fair Dealing Week 2024 which will run through the week until Friday, March 1st. With the next two Mondays being “No Classes” days in MVSD I wanted to make sure I got us thinking about this event today! The Fair Dealing Canada website describes this legislation as follows:

“Fair dealing recognizes that certain uses of copyright protected works are beneficial for society. By placing limits on instances where copyright owners can require payment, fair dealing leads innovation, to the creation of new works and new scholarship. The Supreme Court of Canada increasingly refers to copyright as providing a balance between the rights of users and of copyright owners.”

What is Fair Dealing? (2021). Uploaded by Fair Dealing Canada. Available online at: https://fair-dealing.ca/what-is-fair-dealing/

In MVSD, the topic of copyright education and compliance is a joint effort by myself and our Coordinator of Library Services, Sharon Thompson. We work together during this week to inform and support staff and students in their understanding and application of fair dealing across all resources (digital and tangible).

During Fair Dealings Week you will see all posts dedicated to this topic so stay tuned!

In the meantime, if you want to prep for Fair Dealing Week you can check out previous year’s posts by typing “Fair Dealing Week” into the search bar or find the “Copyright” page in the MVSD ICT Resources Notebook (linked in the website tabs).