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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.

  • Thursdays, Sep 19, 2024 - Jan 30, 2025
    6:00pm
    0 minutes

    20 sessions remaining

    Come knit/crochet/chat at the Munster Library Thursdays 6-8pm All levels are welcome!

  • Two hands joined around a cup of coffee

    Thursday Sep 19, 2024 at 6:15pm
    120 minutes

    Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) Death Café gives you the chance to discuss and destigmatize this topic in a safe, non-judgmental space. While MAiD became legal in Canada in June 2016, it remains a complex and deeply personal issue, with many people who seek access to MAiD or their loved ones feeling stigmatized and unsupported. This is a space to share your thoughts, feelings and emotions around MAiD, to discuss the emerging laws on MAiD and mental health, and to talk about the impact MAiD has on families and loved ones.


    Drop-ins welcome, but registration preferred.

    Ottawa Public Library is partnering with the Home Hospice Association to offer death cafés with various themes. Check out the OPL website for upcoming death cafés.

  • Thursdays, Sep 19, 2024 - Dec 12, 2024
    6:30pm
    90 minutes

    13 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.

  • Thursdays, Sep 19, 2024 - Dec 19, 2024
    6:30pm
    90 minutes

    14 sessions remaining

    Join our free English conversation group to practice speaking in English in a relaxed and friendly environment. All levels are welcome to this drop-in program.

    Rejoignez notre groupe de conversation en anglais gratuit pour pratiquer l'anglais dans une atmosphère détendue. Tous les niveaux sont les bienvenus à ce programme , inscription non requise.

  • Thursdays, Sep 19, 2024 - Dec 19, 2024
    6:30pm
    90 minutes

    14 sessions remaining

    Sorry this event and its waiting list are full

    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.

  • Sleuth Hounds

    Thursday Sep 19, 2024 at 6:30pm
    60 minutes

    Share the enjoyment of good mysteries in a relaxed atmosphere. Join us for our discussion on Jo Spain. All are welcome!

  • Thursdays, Sep 19, 2024 - Oct 31, 2024
    6:30pm
    90 minutes

    6 sessions remaining

    Are you looking for a job? Come learn all the necessary skills to do so at the Elmvale Acres Branch of the Ottawa Public Library, with a program offered in conjunction with CCI Ottawa.

    Some of the topics that will be covered include: 

    •résumé & cover letter writing

    •job search and networking 

    •interview preparation (hard and soft skills)

  • Thursdays, Sep 19, 2024 - Dec 12, 2024
    6:30pm
    60 minutes

    13 sessions remaining

    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!

    Tous les jeudis soir de 18h30-19h30 du 12 septembre au 28 novembre 2024

    Every Thursday night from 6:30-7:30 pm, from September 12 to November 28, 2024. 

  • Thursdays, Sep 19, 2024 - Dec 12, 2024
    6:45pm
    105 minutes

    13 sessions remaining

    Bring your knitting or crochet project and share advice, ideas, new techniques and conversations with fellow enthusiasts. For adults of all abilities. Drop-in.

    Apportez votre projet de tricot ou de crochet afin d'échanger des conseils, des idées, des nouvelles techniques et converser avec d'autres passionnés. Pour les adultes de tous les niveaux. Aucune inscription requise

  • Thursdays, Sep 19, 2024 - Dec 19, 2024
    6:45pm
    90 minutes

    14 sessions remaining

    Improve your spoken French in a relaxed atmosphere and make new friends!