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  • Web banner for hobbies and crafts
    Wednesday Jan 22, 2025 at 7:00pm (series runs until Jun 25, 2025)

    If you are a knitter or a crocheter, come and join Hazeldean Stitches. Share your ideas and projects with other yarn artists. All ages welcome!

  • Thursday Jan 23, 2025 at 10:30am (series runs until Mar 27, 2025)

    Improve your English, share stories and make new friends!

    Améliorez votre anglais, partager des histoires et faites des amis!

  • hand holding mahjong tiles on green table
    Thursday Jan 23, 2025 at 10:30am (series runs until Mar 20, 2025)

    Join fellow mahjong players for a friendly game in a congenial environment.  Drop-in program, no registration required.

  • Thursday Jan 23, 2025 at 1:00pm (series runs until May 29, 2025)

    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 Thursdays from 1:00-2:30 pm

    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 jeudis après-midi de 13h-14h30

  • Thursday Jan 23, 2025 at 1:30pm

    This workshop, presented by Dying With Dignity Canada (Ottawa Chapter), End of Life Options (including MAiD)  is to educate people about the options available to mitigate or end suffering at life's end, including:

    palliative care

    treatment options

    Medical Assistance In Dying (MAiD

    The workshop includes the current legislation on MAiD, the process for applying in Ontario and explanation of the experience by a loved one.  

    Adult, English event.  Registration is required as space is limited.

  • computer image
    Thursday Jan 23, 2025 at 2:00pm

    Learn how to extend the battery life of your PC laptop, discover the handy Microsoft PowerToys, detect fake USB flash drives before you lose data, learn why you should avoid PC "fix-it" utilities, and embed music in PowerPoint presentations. 

    Chris Taylor, President of the Ottawa PC Users' Group, will help you with these quick and effective remedies. 

    Registration required

  • Thursday Jan 23, 2025 at 5:30pm (series runs until Jun 12, 2025)

    Practice your English conversation skills in a low-pressure, friendly environment.

    All levels are welcome. Drop in Program.

  • zine club
    Thursday Jan 23, 2025 at 6:00pm

    Produced and led in partnership with Possible Worlds.

    Zines (pronounced zeens) are self-published, non-commercial, handmade booklets. They are vehicles for sharing information and for marginalized voices to express themselves. Zines are often created using cut-and-paste techniques, then photocopied for distribution.

    Join Possible Worlds Co-Director Melanie Yugo and and local artist Kayla Eli at Zine Club to meet up, share and collaborate on zines. Participants will create their own zine using the one-sheet technique and artist prompts. Participants are encouraged to bring zines from their collection for inspiration and discussion.

    Basic materials and tools (paper, pencils, markers, scissors, glue) will be provided, but participants may bring their own materials (e.g. markers, pencil crayons, watercolours, glue, images).

    Free to participate. No experience required. Program is for participants aged 18 & up.

    Registration preferred.​ Drop-ins welcome, subject to room capacity.​

  • Thursday Jan 23, 2025 at 6:30pm (series runs until Jun 26, 2025)

    Do you love to write? Is writing the air you breathe, or is there ink in your veins?

    The Stittsville Creative Writing Group is a collection of people who love to write.

    We meet weekly to read from text we have written on our own time during the previous week, and engage in other writing activities.

    This is not a class on writing, or a workshop for manuscripts. Instead, we are people who love to write and share our works. 

    There are those who mostly listen rather than write, those who write prolifically but only share with the group, and a broad spectrum in between.

    If your interest is in the love of writing, this group may be for you.

  • Thursday Jan 23, 2025 at 6:30pm (series runs until May 29, 2025)

    Profitez de notre groupe de conversation afin d'améliorer vos habiletés en français à l'oral. ​

    Join our free French Conversation Group to practice speaking French  in a relaxed atmosphere.​

    Bienvenue à tous! All level welcome!

    Les jeudis soir de 18h30-20h00

    Thursday night from 6:30-8:00 pm