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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.

  • Thursday Jan 11, 2024 at 4:00pm
    60 minutes

    Ramp up for Science at the library. Let's explore chain reaction machines (Rube Goldberg machines) in a group setting. We will use our teamwork skills, critical thinking skills, planning skills and recycled materials. 

    Ages 7 to 13 years old. Registration required. (Please be assured that no animals, of any kind, will be harmed during this program),  

  • Bedtime Math

    Thursdays, Jan 11, 2024 - Feb 08, 2024
    6:00pm
    45 minutes

    2 sessions remaining

    Registration opens on Tuesday, January 2, 2024 - 10:00am

    An evening family storytime program that encourages mathematical thinking through playful learning and hands-on activites.

    Engage, Encourage and Grow Together.

    For young thinkers ages 3-6 and their adult co-learner.

  • Thursdays, Jan 11, 2024 - Jun 13, 2024
    6:30pm
    90 minutes

    23 sessions remaining

    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.

  • Saturday Jan 13, 2024 at 11:00am
    60 minutes

    Sorry this event is full

    Join us for a tour of the Digitization Lab. This lab is equipped with bookable work stations that allow you to digitize your old photographs, slides and negatives, as well as your VHS tapes and 8mm film reels. This tour will be an orientation of the equipment, the stations and the online booking system.

  • Sensory Storytime, Mothercraft Ottawa

    Saturdays, Jan 13, 2024 - Jun 15, 2024
    2:30pm
    60 minutes

    6 sessions remaining

    Registration opens on Tuesday, January 2, 2024 - 10:00am

    Our storytime welcomes and respects the needs of children aged 0-6 years living with developmental disabilities and/or Autism, who may face barriers related to sensory experiences, show signs of, or are at risk for a developmental delay.

    A family member must be present for the entirety of the event.

    Offered in partnership with Mothercraft Ottawa.

  • Spark: A STEM Storytime

    Tuesdays, Jan 16, 2024 - Feb 20, 2024
    10:30am
    60 minutes

    6 sessions remaining

    Registration opens on Tuesday, January 2, 2024 - 10:00am

    A fun program of discovery for preschoolers and their adult co-learner.

    Explore elements of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) through hands-on inquiry-based activities and story. For ages 3-4. 

  • Night Owls Book Club

    Thursdays, Jan 18, 2024 - Feb 15, 2024
    6:00pm
    60 minutes

    2 sessions remaining

    Registration opens on Tuesday, January 2, 2024 - 10:00am

    New to independent reading?

    Join our family book club and discover great reading suggestions to get you started and keep you going. 

    We will share favorites, listen to read-alouds and participate in book-related art activities.

    For kids ages 6-8 and their adult reading partner.

  • Saturday Jan 20, 2024 at 2:00pm
    60 minutes

    Join us for a presentation on financial literacy presented by an accountant from Chartered Professional Accountants Canada. This presentation is for people who want to become better money managers. The presentation runs for 60 minutes, including the questions and answers period.

    Presentation Outline:

    • Getting your financial house in order: Ten Healthy Habits of Financial Management

    • Goal-Setting

    • Tools and Resources

    • Questions and Answers

    Learning objectives:

    • To self-assess your level of financial fitness

    • To learn the Ten Healthy Habits of Financial Management

    • To obtain resources to help you get your financial house in order

  • Monday Jan 22, 2024 at 7:30pm
    60 minutes

    Calling all trivia fans, game show enthusiasts, and people who know a lot of random facts! Join us for a trivia night at the Beaverbrook Branch where you'll tackle questions from a wide range of categories (not just about books!) to win a prize and the respect of the trivia community. Enjoy a fun atmosphere, good music, questions for teens and older adults alike, and refreshments!

  • Cartoon kids adults

    Thursday Jan 25, 2024 at 4:30pm
    45 minutes

    Celebrate Family Literacy Day 2024 virtually with author Barbara Reid!

    Join us at Rockcliffe Park for this hybrid virtual event with illustrator and author Barbara Reid.  Barbara will show you her unique techniques in using clay to create an illustration, as she does in her books.

    We will provide the clay and tools for you to create your own clay illustrations. 

    The event will end with a Q&A.

    Thursday, 25 January, 4:30pm – 5:15pm

    Ages 6-12 yrs, English, Registration required

    To put holds on any of her books, click here

    Here is an video on CBC Book Club with Barbara Reid (1m 43s)