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.

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.

Come join our homework club and get help with reading, math, science, French, English, etc.   Led by United for Literacy. Ages 6-12.  Drop in.

Joins-toi à notre club d’aide aux devoirs, pour recevoir de l’aide avec la lecture, les maths, les sciences, le français, l’anglais, etc.  Avec des bénévoles de Littératie Ensemble.  6-12 Ans.  Portes ouvertes, aucune inscription requise!

A member of Employment & Social Services’ Outreach and Mobile Services Team (OMST) will be at the Main branch of OPL in Room 117 on the 1st floor each Thursday from 10 am to 4 pm. 
 

Financial Support

• Ontario Works
• Emergency Assistance
• Dental and Vision Care
• Utilties – Enbridge and Hydro Bills
• Housing – Rent and Rent Deposits

Ongoing Assistance

• System navigation
• Connecting with your Ontario Works or Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) worker
• Requesting additional benefits
• Booking appointments
• Obtaining documents and identification
• Transportation and more!

Referrals to Other Resources

• Employment Ontario
• Housing Services (e.g. Social Housing Registry)
• Child Care Subsidy
• Ottawa Food Bank
• Free Counselling Services
• Mental Health and Addictions Services
• Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)

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Un membre de l’Équipe de services mobiles et d'intervention (ESMI) sera présent à la succursale Centrale dans la salle 117 au 1er étage les jeudis de 10h à 16h. Services de l'ESMI :

Soutien financier

• Ontario au travail
• Aide d'urgence
• Soins dentaires et de la vue
• Services publics : factures d'Enbridge et d'électricité
• Logement: loyer, dépôts de loyer

Aide continue

• Navigation dans le système
• Liaison avec votre chargé de cas d'OT ou du POSPH
• Demande pour d'autres avantages
• Prise de rendez-vous
• Obtention de documents et pièces d'identité
• Transport et plus!

Aiguillage vers d'autres ressources

• Emploi Ontario
• Services du logement (p. ex. Registre du logement social)
• Subventions pour la garde d'enfants
• Banque d'alimentation d'Ottawa
• Services de consultation gratuits
• Services en santé mentale et de lutte contre les dépendances
• Programme ontarien de soutien aux personnes handicapées (POSPH)