Copyright for Educators
This page is intended to direct teachers to resources that will help them make sense of copyright law in Canada.
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Copyright Resources for Educators
Online Resources
Copyright Matters! Some Key Questions and Answers for Teachers (4th Edition) (PDF)
The updated edition of Copyright Matters takes into account the latest changes to the Canadian Copyright Act. Published in 2016 by the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada; Canadian School Boards Association; and Canadian Teachers' Federation.
Education Library Copyright for Teachers (web)
An online guide created by Kate Gibbings and Paul McGuire at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT).
Copyright Fair Dealing Decision Tool
A Web site by the Copyright Consortium of the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC), that helps teachers assess when they can use copyright-protected materials without getting copyright permission under the fair dealing provision of the Copyright Act.
Books at the Tyndale Education Library
Harris, L.E. (2001). Canadian copyright law: The indispensable guide for publishers, web professionals, writers, artists, filmmakers, teachers, librarians, archivists, curators, lawyers and business people. Toronto : McGraw-Hill Ryerson.
Canadian Copyright Legistlation
Bill C-11
Access the full-text of Bill C-11, An Act to Amend the Copyright Act, which received Royal Assent on June 29, 2012, on the Parliament of Canada website.
CMEC comment on Bill C-11
Read the June 19, 2012 comment on Bill C-11 from the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC).
CBC articles on recent Supreme Court rulings (July 2012)
1. What the Supreme Court's copyright rulings mean for you
2. Supreme Court ruling scraps royalty for music downloads
Canadian School Boards Association
In 2010, Bill C-32 advanced some proposed reforms to Canadian copyright legislation. Although the bill did not make it through the house, and has since been changed, the CSBA's submission to Canadian Parliament on Bill C-32 provides an educational perspective copyright legistlation.