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.
Tuesdays, May 07, 2024 - Jun 11, 2024
1:00pm
90 minutes
12 sessions remaining
Learn and practice new English language skills and meet new people in a relaxed and friendly environment. Offered in partnership with Greenbelt Church. All are welcome to this drop-in program!
Apprenez et pratiquez votre anglais parlé et rencontrez des gens dans un milieu décontracté. Offert en partenariat avec l'Église Greenbelt. Tout le monde est bienvenue à ce programme sans inscription!
Tuesdays, May 07, 2024 - Jun 25, 2024
1:00pm
120 minutes
8 sessions remaining
Bring your knitting or crochet project and share advice, ideas and conversations with fellow enthusiasts. For adults and teens of all abilities. Drop-in.
***Note: No program December 26, 2023 and January 2, 2024
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Apportez votre projet de tricot ou de crochet afin d'échanger des conseils, des idées et converser avec d'autres passionnés. Pour les adultes et adolescents de tous les niveaux. Aucune inscription requise.
***Note: il n'y aura pas de programme le 26 décembre 2023 et le 2 janvier 2024
Tuesdays, May 07, 2024 - Jun 25, 2024
1:00pm
60 minutes
20 sessions remaining
Join our English conversation group! All levels are welcome. Free. Drop-in.
Joignez-vous à notre groupe de conversation en anglais ! Les personnes de tous les niveaux sont les bienvenues. Gratuit. Inscription non-requise.
Tuesdays, May 07, 2024 - Jun 04, 2024
1:15pm
30 minutes
5 sessions remaining
Stories, rhymes and songs for babies and a parent or caregiver. Ages 0-18 months.
Drop-in
Tuesdays, May 07, 2024 - Jun 04, 2024
1:30pm
60 minutes
2 sessions remaining
Share the enjoyment of good books in a relaxed atmosphere. This group meets every first Tuesday of the month from September 2023 to June 2024.
Here is the list of books that will be discussed at each month's meeting. Click each book titles below to place a hold.
5 September, 2023: Seven Fallen Feathers by Tania Talaga
3 October, 2023: The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
7 November, 2023: Jennie's Boy: A Newfoundland Childhood by Wayne Johnston
5 December, 2023: Women Talking by Miriam Toews
2 January, 2024: Red Notice by Bill Browder
6 February, 2024: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
5 March, 2024: A Spy Among Friends by Ben MacIntyre
2 April, 2024: The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
7 May, 2024: Hamnet and Judith by Maggie O’Farrell
4 June, 2024: State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton
This is a drop in program. All are welcome. No registration required.
Tuesdays, May 07, 2024 - Jun 25, 2024
1:30pm
120 minutes
8 sessions remaining
Speak, in person, with a Public Health Nurse to get support around infant feeding and parenting. No appointment is necessary, simply drop in during these hours. Learn ways to help your child eat healthy and be active Make sure your child is on track with their growth and development. In partnership with Ottawa Public Health.