The COVID-19 pandemic has hit everyone hard in one way or another. But with rain comes a rainbow, and perhaps... a pandemic Shero.
To celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day on March 8, 2021, Ottawa Public Library is highlighting the women in our lives that are helping us get through the pandemic. So many women are making a positive impact in the communities in which we live, work and play. Whether they are frontline workers, teachers, authors, or small business owners, we want to showcase the contributions and stories of strong, intelligent and caring women.
International Women’s Day Author Visits (livestream)
In partnership with Ottawa International Writer’s Festival we will be hosting two authors, for International Women’s Day, in conversation about their new books:
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On March 8 at 7:30pm, join Koa Beck, author of White Feminist, in conversation with CBC's Judy Trinh.
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On March 15 at 7:30pm, Eden Robinson will discuss the newest release in her Trickster series, Return of the Trickster, in conversation with Karen McBride
And for the YA fans:
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On March 16 at 7pm, YA author Jasmin Kaur will discuss her newest novel If I Tell You the Truth, moderated by author, Holly Bodger.
Pandemic Shero Celebration Panel (livestream)
To celebrate International Women's Day, we will be hosting a Pandemic Shero Panel on March 24 at 7 pm, featuring Canadian Sheros who will be discussing their pandemic experiences and how they are making a difference in their community.
Click here to watch this even on Facebook Live.
Panelists include:
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Dr. Ojistoh Horn, an Indigenous physician practicing in Akwesasne near Cornwall, Ont. who works to educate Indigenous populations experiencing vaccine hesitancy through the Maad'ookiing Mshkiki | Sharing Medicine project;
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Meghan White and Lauren Cauchy, founders of Period Packs, whose mission is to ensure that all Ottawa community members are able to access menstrual products.
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Suzanne Obiorah, Director of Gender and Race Equity, Inclusion, Indigenous Relations and Social Development at the City of Ottawa.
Just in case you can’t attend these livestreamed author visits, they will be recorded and available on our YouTube page afterwards.
Community Videos (Youtube)
We are featuring short videos from Pandemic Sheros in Ottawa on our Ottawa Public Library YouTube page. Meet neighbors who are making a difference in the pandemic, and learn about their struggles and triumphs, how the pandemic has shaped their work and daily life, what they have been doing to combat the pandemic blues, and of course, what they are reading.
Read and Discover
And finally, below you will find English and French booklists and video lists for kids, teen and adults, created by our very own OPL Shero colleagues, to continue the celebration of International Women’s Day.
Let’s celebrate women’s accomplishments during this difficult time and give a round of applause to all the women in our community.
International Women`s Day 2021 adult non-fictionby OPLProgramsProgrammesBPO
The Equivalents
A Story of Art, Female Friendship, and Liberation in the 1960s
White Feminism
From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behindalso available as an eBook, a downloadble audiobook and as an audiobook on CD
No More Nice Girls
Gender, Power, and Why It’s Time to Stop Playing by the Rules
Can We All Be Feminists?
New Writing From Brit Bennett, Nicole Dennis-Benn, and 15 Others on Intersectionality, Identity, and the Way Forward for Feminism
International Women`s Day 2021 adult Fictionby OPLProgramsProgrammesBPO
Also available as an eBook, a downloadable Audiobook and in Large Print
Also available as an eBook and a downloadable Audiobook
Also available as an eBook, a downloadable Audiobook and in Large Print
Also available in Large Print
Also available as an eBook and a downloadable Audiobook
Also available as an eBook and a downloadable Audiobook
Also available as an eBook and a downloadable Audiobook
Films & TV for International Women's Day 2021by Steacy_Library
How will you help forge a gender equal world? Start by watching Films & TV that are about or created by women
International Women's Day for Teens 2021by Collection_Development
Celebrate International Women's Day with these amazing teen women in our fiction, nonfiction and graphic novel collections.
International Women's Day 2021- Children's Picksby OPLProgramsProgrammesBPO
A list of books for ages 0-12, all perfect to start celebrating International Women's Day!
International Women's Day for Kids 2021by Collection_Development
Celebrate International Women's Day with these amazing girls in our fiction, nonfiction and graphic novel collections.
La Journée internationale des femmes 2021- Adultesby OPLProgramsProgrammesBPO
À l’occasion de la journée internationale de la femme, voici une liste qui met en vedette les écrivaines québécoises.
La Journée internationale des femmes 2021- Adosby OPLProgramsProgrammesBPO
Histoire(s) de femmes
150 ans de lutte pour leur liberté et leurs droits
Journée internationale de la femme -- documentaires en françaisby Vero_biblio
Également offert dans une variété de formats (électronique, audio téléchargeable ou sur disque).
Le principe du cumshot
le désir des femmes sous l'emprise des clichés sexuelsÉgalement disponible en version électronique, et dans sa traduction anglaise "Screwed : How Women Are Set up to Fail at Sex".
Également offert dans sa version originale anglaise "How to Be a Woman" dans une variété de formats.
Également offert dans une variété de formats, ainsi que dans sa version originale anglaise "Dear Ijeawele, Or, A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions".
