Flowers for Algernon
In January 1970, the school board of Cranbrook, British Columbia, as well as Calgary, Alberta, removed the "Flowers for Algernon" novel from the local age 14–15 curriculum and the school library, after a parent complained that it was "filthy and immoral". The president of the British Columbia Teachers' Federation criticised the action. "Flowers for Algernon" was part of the British Columbia Department of Education list of approved books for grade nine and was recommended by the British Columbia Secondary Association of Teachers of English. A month later, the board reconsidered and returned the book to the library; they did not, however, lift its ban from the curriculum.