Some in-branch programs require registration with your library card. Please log in with your library account or follow this link to apply for a card online. You can also apply for a card in person at any of our 33 locations.
Wednesdays, May 08, 2024 - Jun 26, 2024
10:00am
90 minutes
8 sessions remaining
Participez à notre groupe de conversation, dans une ambiance amicale et décontractée, afin d'améliorer vos habiletés à converser en français.
Aucune inscription requise.
Participate in our conversation group so that you can improve your French language conversation skills in a relaxed and friendly environment.
No registration required.
Wednesdays, May 08, 2024 - Jun 05, 2024
6:30pm
60 minutes
5 sessions remaining
Do you already have some basic English language skills, and are you looking for a casual, friendly environment where you can practice your English speaking skills? All levels are welcome.
Join our free English conversation group!
Receive guidance from our leaders, meet new people and gain confidence in your ability to speak English.
Every Wednesdays from 6:30-7:30 pm (no conversation group on April 17)
Vous avez déjà une base en anglais et vous cherchez un endroit avec une ambiance décontractée et amicale pour pratiquer vos habiletés de converser en anglais? Tous les niveaux sont les bienvenus.
Joignez-vous à notre groupe de conversation en anglais! C'est gratuit!
Recevez des conseils, rencontrez de nouvelles personnes et gagnez de la confiance à converser en anglais.
Tous les mercredis soirs de 18h30-19h30 (sauf le 17 avril)
Saturday May 11, 2024 at 1:00pm
60 minutes
Join us for a program of short animated films by women of Asian descent!
In Flowing Home, two sisters separated by the war between North and South Vietnam are only able to connect through the letters they exchange to relieve their loneliness.
Winds of Spring tells the tender story of a young girl who, driven by the irrepressible need for self-fulfillment, decides to leave the family nest.
In Old Dog, an elderly pug named Henry must depend on his owner for help and companionship.
In A Prairie Story, a prairie landscape undergoes a metamorphosis from rural idyll to over-urbanized dystopia.
Showa Shinzan tells the story of a young Japanese girl's relationship with her grandfather, a postmaster and amateur geologist.
The Zoo follows the parallel lives of a polar bear cub in a popular city zoo and a Chinese boy who visits him until they’re both in their twilight years.
Surfacing explores the passions of acclaimed musician and songwriter Sarah McLachlan, using her own words and drawings to guide us through her rich creative world, the founding of the groundbreaking Lilith Fair, and her philanthropic work at the Sarah McLachlan School of Music.
55 min. Multiple languages. Provided by the National Film Board.
Saturday May 25, 2024 at 1:00pm
60 minutes
Join us for a program of short documentary films by Canadian directors of Asian descent.
Through an intimate archive of the Chow’s family lineage, A Passage Beyond Fortune offers an homage to the culturally significant but buried history of Chinese-Canadian communities in Moose Jaw.
Highway to Heaven takes audiences into many of the temples, mosques, and churches that call No. 5 Road in Richmond, British Columbia, home, revealing unity despite difference across these diverse cultural spaces.
In love, amma, after being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, a young mother writes a letter to her daughter about their family’s collective journey to acceptance
4 North A is a celebration of the fleeting joys of life and a bittersweet reminder that we don’t always get the closure we seek.
56 min. Multiple languages. Provided by the National Film Board.
Sundays, May 05, 2024 - May 12, 2024
10:00am
420 minutes
8 sessions remaining
Drop in during opening hours from May 1 to May 12 to complete a self-directed scavenger hunt. Ages 3-8.
Passez nous voir entre le1 mai et le 12 mai pendant les heures d’ouverture pour participer à une chasse au trésor. Pour les enfants de 3 à 8 ans.
Sundays, May 05, 2024 - Sep 01, 2024
1:00pm
210 minutes
5 sessions remaining
The Ottawa Municipal Liaisons of NaNoWriMo would like to invite you to join them for a monthly recurring write-in to help you keep up your writing habits during the months that are not November.
Bring your pen, paper, laptop, ideas, write besides other writers and participate in challenges!
Mondays, May 06, 2024 - Jun 17, 2024
9:30am
30 minutes
6 sessions remaining
Stories, rhymes and songs for children of all ages and a parent or caregiver.
Mondays, May 06, 2024 - Jun 24, 2024
10:00am
120 minutes
7 sessions remaining
Are you looking for work? Unemployed or underemployed?
Drop-in to meet one-on-one with an Employment Counsellor from the Pinecrest-Queensway Employment Services team.
Sessions will be held in study room number 1 on the 2nd floor of the library while the elevator is under refurbishment.
Should you see that the counsellor is busy with another person, please wait outside patiently for your turn. Thank you.
Mondays, May 06, 2024 - May 27, 2024
10:00am
30 minutes
3 sessions remaining
Stories, rhymes and songs for toddlers and a parent or caregiver. 19-35 months.
Mondays, May 06, 2024 - Jun 05, 2024
10:15am
30 minutes
9 sessions remaining
Stories, rhymes and songs for children of all ages and a parent or caregiver. Every Monday and Wednesday.
**Please note :
-No programming on March 4 and 6 (week *before* March Break)
-March Break : this program will occur as usual, followed by a craft activity (suitable for ages 4 and up, as supplies last).