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.
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.
Tuesdays, May 07, 2024 - Aug 27, 2024
2:00pm
60 minutes
9 sessions remaining
Want to learn more about your family history or getting stuck working on your family tree?
Drop-in to work on your family tree, share research strategies, and discover what resources are available for your research.
Specialists from the Ontario Genealogical Society Ottawa Branch and the Ottawa Public Library will answer questions and help you get the most from library resources.
Bring your laptop, tablet, or borrow a Chromebook from the library.
All welcome!
Tuesdays, May 07, 2024 - Jun 25, 2024
6:30pm
60 minutes
8 sessions remaining
Do you need a casual, friendly environment where you can practice your English-speaking skills? Look no further than the English Conversation Group! Receive guidance from our experienced conversation group leaders, meet new people, and gain confidence in your English speaking.
Wednesdays, May 08, 2024 - Jun 26, 2024
10:30am
60 minutes
8 sessions remaining
Do you need a casual, friendly environment where you can practice your English-speaking skills? Look no further than the English Conversation Group! Receive guidance from our experienced conversation group leaders, meet new people, and gain confidence in your English speaking.
Wednesdays, May 08, 2024 - Jun 26, 2024
2:00pm
90 minutes
8 sessions remaining
Are you looking for a relaxing activity that is low stress and doesn't require any special skills? Then colouring may be for you! Join us to explore your creative side, relax and meet new friends. All supplies will be provided.
Thursdays, May 09, 2024 - Feb 13, 2025
1:30pm
90 minutes
10 sessions remaining
Come meet to enjoy and discuss a wide variety of books selected by book club members. All are welcome!
Every second Thursday of the month from 1.30pm to 3.00pm.
Here's what we're reading in 2024/2025:
Saturday May 11, 2024 at 2:00pm
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 12, 2024 - Jun 16, 2024
12:00pm
180 minutes
2 sessions remaining
Interested in miniature gaming with toy soldiers? Join in to play science fiction, high fantasy and historical games. Presented by the Ottawa Miniatures Gamers.
Drop-in program for ages 12 and up.
All materials will be supplied.
Tuesday May 14, 2024 at 6:30pm
90 minutes
Participez à des rencontres sociales pour discuter d’une grande variété de livres sélectionnés par les membres du club de lecture. Cette activité est ouverte à tous. Les personnes inscrites ont la responsabilité d’obtenir un exemplaire du livre à lire ou à écouter.
Le livre du mois est Première enquête de Maigret par Georges Simenon.
Thursdays, May 16, 2024 - Jun 20, 2024
7:00pm
90 minutes
2 sessions remaining
Join us to discuss books from the science fiction and fantasy genres each month. All are welcome!
Every 3rd Thursday of the month from 7:00pm to 8:30pm.
Here's what we're reading spring/summer 2024:
Please note: Registrants are responsible for securing a copy of the book to read or listen to.