Our Work
Strategic Plan
The OLA reports the progress of the Strategic Plan on a quarterly basis to the Board of Directors.
Position Statements
Position Statements created and approved by OLA members
- OLA’s Commitment Towards Inclusive Librarianship (Anti-Racism Statement) (August 2024)
- OLA on School Boards Banning & Restricting Books (November 2023)
- In Defence of Drag Storytime: A Statement of Support from Canada’s Library Associations (June 2023), by The Partnership
- OLA’s Position on Children’s Rights in the Library (1998)
- Ontario Library Association Statement on Intellectual Freedom and the Intellectual Rights of the Individual (2020)
- OLA’s Position on Teens’ Rights (approved by OPLA July 2010)
- OLITA Position Statement Inclusiveness in Public Library Programming (2015)
- OLA Statement on Staff and Volunteer Participation (English / French)
Please See Also
Joint Statement on Qualities of a Successful Librarian and Archivist of Canada (English / French)
The Lyon Declaration on Access to Information and Development
- OLA signed the declaration in 2014.
- Visit the Toolkit

