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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.

  • Mondays, Nov 04, 2024 - Dec 16, 2024
    12:30pm
    90 minutes

    6 sessions remaining

    Meet other language learners and native speakers for conversation in a relaxed and friendly environment. For learners and speakers of any language.

    Rejoignez notre groupe de conversation multi-langues. Il s'agit d'un groupe amical pour causer dans un environnement détendu. Ce programme est pour apprenants et pour locuteurs natifs de toutes les langues.

  • Monday Nov 04, 2024 at 1:30pm
    120 minutes

    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 or tablet!)

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    Monday Nov 04, 2024 at 6:00pm
    60 minutes

    Enjoy photos and narration of a cruise that included excursions to fjords, waterfalls and geysers as well as interesting geological formations. 

    Presented by Lynda Buske from the Ottawa PC Users’ Group and the Orleans Photo Club. 

    Registration required

  • 2500 Campeau

    Monday Nov 04, 2024 at 7:00pm
     minutes

    Join Eisner Award winning cartoonist Faith Erin Hicks as she dives into the process of making comics, from script to drawing and beyond. She will show young creators how they too can make comics. The only tools needed are a pencil, paper and an idea! Faith will also give a drawing demonstration with audience participation.

    This workshop is aimed at teens ages 13-18. 

    Faith Erin Hicks is a writer and artist living in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her published works include The Adventures of Superhero Girl, Friends with Boys, The Nameless City trilogy, Pumpkinheads (with Rainbow Rowell), One Year at Ellsmere and the young adult novel Comics Will Break Your Heart. She has won two Eisner Awards, and Pumpkinheads was a New York Times bestseller. 

  • arents reading to children / des parents lisent à leurs enfants

    Tuesdays, Nov 05, 2024 - Dec 10, 2024
    10:00am
    30 minutes

    6 sessions remaining

    Stories, rhymes, and songs for preschool children and a parent/caregiver. 

    Contes, comptines, et chansons pour les enfants d'âge préscolaire accompagnés d’un parent ou gardien.

  • parent et bébé

    Tuesdays, Nov 05, 2024 - Dec 10, 2024
    10:00am
    30 minutes

    6 sessions remaining

    Contes, comptines, et chansons pour les bébés (0-18 mois) accompagnés d’un parent ou gardien(ne). Portes-ouvertes. (inscription non-requise)

  • Tuesdays, Nov 05, 2024 - Dec 10, 2024
    10:15am
    45 minutes

    6 sessions remaining

    Contes, comptines et chansons pour les enfants de tous âges et un parent ou gardien. Programme portes ouvertes. Programme familial.

  • Tuesdays, Nov 05, 2024 - Dec 10, 2024
    10:15am
    30 minutes

    6 sessions remaining

    Stories, rhymes and songs for toddlers 19-36 months and a parent/caregiver. Drop-in. 

  • Tuesdays, Nov 05, 2024 - Dec 17, 2024
    10:30am
    30 minutes

    7 sessions remaining

    Stories, rhymes and songs for babies and a parent or caregiver. 0-18 months.

  • Tuesdays, Nov 05, 2024 - Dec 17, 2024
    10:30am
    30 minutes

    7 sessions remaining

    Stories, rhymes and songs for children of all ages and a parent or caregiver.

    Drop-in.