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Canadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part Four: The Disappearance of Course Packs

Michael Geist

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Canadian copyright lobby groups effort to persuade the government to restrict fair dealing has often focused on a particular use case: the course pack. For example, a 2021 study in The Canadian Journal of Higher Education analyzed 3,391 course syllabi used between 2015 and 2020 from 34 Canadian universities.

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AUGUST 13, 2024

In a 2016 report, Marci Goldberg of K-12 Market Advisors reported that “teachers spend an average of five hours per week creating materials and seven hours per week searching for materials.” Exceptions include materials in the public domain such as documents and materials the U.S. I am not alone.

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Canadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part Four: The Disappearance of Course Packs

Enhance Curriculum with Copyrighted Content

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