From Halifax to Gabriola Island, more than 60 Freedom to Read Week events took place across Canada last week. The annual event encourages Canadians to reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom and consider the battles against censorship still taking place around the world.

Click through the slideshow below to see how readers and writers celebrated the occasion.

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Participants of Orillia Public Library's Get Caught Reading campaign.

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Stauffer Library's Speaker's Corner at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.

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Coquitlam Public Library's Poirier Branch in Coquitlam, B.C.

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Calgary Public Library celebrates Freedom to Read Week.

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Performers in Birdtown & Swanville's short play <i>Dear Censor</i>.

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An actor portrays Lawrence Hill defending his novel <i>Book of Negros</i> as part of Toronto theatre group Birdville & Swanville's short play <i>Dear Censor</i>.

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<i>Toronto Star</i> columnist Joe Fiorito (left) accepts The Writers' Union of Canada Freedom to Read Award on behalf of Chris Turner, the author of <i>The War on Science</i> (Greystone Books). Ron Brown presents.

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