All staff at the Upper Grand District School Board have a responsibility to align their work with Canadian copyright legislation and fair dealing guidelines. This applies to both traditional and digital mediums, including books, blog posts, teacher websites, online images, films and movies, and more.
Under the Canadian Copyright Act, copyright applies to "original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works that are in a fixed material form (i.e., written, recorded)."
Many, if not most, of the resources we use on a day-to-day basis are protected by copyright. Some clues that a resource may be copyrighted are if you see the copyright symbol - a small letter 'c' enclosed in a circle - or a copyright or creator statement. When in doubt, assume that a resource is protected by copyright, and act accordingly.
Read the full feature on the UGDSB website.