The St. Laurent Book Club meet to enjoy and discuss a wide variety of books selected by book club members.
All are welcome.
Upcoming dates and books:
Stories, rhymes and songs for children of all ages and a parent or caregiver. 30 min.
Stories, rhymes and songs for toddlers 18 to 35 months and their parents or caregivers. Drop-in.
Stories, rhymes and songs for children of all ages and their parents or caregivers. Drop-in program.
Stories, rhymes and songs for children of all ages and a parent or caregiver. Drop-in.
Join us for stories, rhymes, and songs geared toward preschool children. Ages 3-4 with a parent or caregiver. Drop in.
Stories, rhymes and puppets for children and a parent /caregiver. Drop in.
Contes, comptines et chansons pour les enfants de tous âges et un parent ou gardien. Inscription non requise.
With tall tales, rhymes, and songs; start your morning off by joining us for our family storytime! Stick around after for stay and play where an assortment of toys will be out for children to explore and play with freely.
Every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 10:30, March 20th – April 30th!
Stories, rhymes and songs for toddlers together with their parents or caregivers. Ages 19 to 35 months. Drop-in.
Stories, rhymes and songs for babies and a parent or caregiver. Ages 0-18 months. Registration encouraged.
Join us in our picture book area for lots of fun activities! Play with puppets, felt stories, building blocks, and more! All ages. Drop-In.
Please note: "Stay and Play!" will still be offered on Wednesdays and Thursdays even when no regular programs are scheduled.
Stories, rhymes and songs for babies ages 0-18 months old and a parent or caregiver. This is a drop-in activity. / Contes, comptines et chansons pour les bébés âgés de 0 à 18 mois accompagnés d'un parent ou gardien. Il s'agit d'une activité portes ouvertes.
Session 1: January 12 to March 2 / le 12 janvier au 2 mars
Session 2: March 23 to April 27 / le 23 mars au 27 avril
Session 3: May 4 to May 25 / le 4 au 25 mai
Stories, songs and learning stations focusing on letters, colours, numbers, shapes, rhyming and retelling.
This 5-week school readiness program is for children who are 3 or 4 years old, who will be entering kindergarten in September 2023, and their caregiver.
Please register online.
Join us for stories, storybook reading, rhymes, interactive songs and activities for babies (ages 0-18 months) with a parent/caregiver. Drop-in program.
Practice your English conversation skills in a relaxed and friendly environment. All levels are welcome to this drop-in program.
wineglass decorated as a bunny
Join us for an afternoon of crafting! Participants will create a cute bunny decoration using a wine glass. All materials will be provided.
Join us for a discussion of cookbooks and recipes. Try a recipe from each month’s cookbook selection and tell us what you think! Ask a staff member for help placing the book on hold with your library card. Drop-in. No registration required. All are welcome!
Community Volunteer Income Tax Program
Do you have a modest income and/or a simple tax situation?
Our community volunteers may be able to take care of your tax return this year! Click here to check your eligibility before dropping by (scroll down and click the Eligibility Criteria drop down to view the full list).
The North Gloucester branch will be offering free English tax clinics that will operate on a first come, first served basis. Add your name to the day's list at the front desk. Expect appointments to run about 45 minutes. Please note that partners looking to get their taxes done together will need the time of two appointments (90 minutes). You do not need a library membership card to attend a tax clinic (though we'd love to get you set up with one while you wait, or after your taxes have been filed!)
Any questions can be directly emailed to Celia.
Clinics start March 20 with a varied schedule throughout March and April. Click on the "View full schedule" link to the right to see dates and times offered.
**Our volunteers will not be processing self-employed or business taxes - simple returns only. They may refuse anyone that does not meet the eligibility criteria.
Tutoring and help with homework after school for children ages 6-14 (Grades 1-10).
Drop in program offered in partnership with United for Literacy
Les étudiants de la 1re à la 10e année, âgés de
6 à 14 ans, peuvent obtenir de l’aide aux devoirs.
Programme portes ouvertes offert en collaboration avec «United for Literacy»
Tutoring and help with homework after school for children ages 6-14 (Grades 1-10).
Drop in program offered in partnership with United for Literacy
Les étudiants de la 1re à la 10e année, âgés de
6 à 14 ans, peuvent obtenir de l’aide aux devoirs.
Programme portes ouvertes offert en collaboration avec «United for Literacy»
Create and build with blocks!
-Drop-in Program
-Family Program
Architectes en herbe, à vos blocs!
-Programme portes ouvertes
-Programme familial
Need help with your income taxes? Register now with your OPL library card and let our community volunteer take care of your tax return this year.
The Cumberland branch will be offering free English tax clinics for individuals with modest incomes and simple tax situations. Business taxes will not be accepted. Expect appointments to run about 45 minutes.
Clinics will run Tuesday and Thursday evenings beginning March 21st, with additional hours during the day of Wednesday, March 29th. More dates may be added depending on the demand.
If you do not already have a valid library card, you can obtain one online here, or by visiting any of our 33 branches.
Visit our table on the second floor of the branch to learn more about programs and services for children, youth, families and older adults in the Nepean area.
Drop in and get help with reading, math, science, French, English, etc. from United for Literacy volunteers. For students in grades 1 through 10.
Reçois de l'aide avec la lecture, les maths, les sciences, le français, l'anglais, etc. de bénévoles de Littéracie Ensemble. (Pour les élèves de la 1e à la 10e année.)
*Please bring your books, textbooks and your own writing supplies. Parents of children under 13 years old must remain in the library branch.
*SVP apportez vos livres, manuels scolaires et vos outils de travail. Les parents des enfants moins de 13 ans doivent rester dans la bibliothèque durant la session.
Bring your friends and play some exciting board games and card games. We have a variety of games to choose from including Ticket to Ride, King of Tokyo, Catan, Dutch Blitz, Bananagrams, Chess, Checkers, & more!
Drop-in
For adults of all ages
Be the first to read it!
A read it and review it book club for new graphic novels, fiction and non-fiction titles. Open to readers of all interests ages 9-12.
Have you just moved to Ottawa or to this area? Are you looking to meet new people?
Come to our Friend Speed Dating Event intended for 20 to 30 year olds.
Registration required.
Practice your English conversation skills in a relaxed and friendly environment. All levels are welcome to this drop-in program.
Need help with your income taxes? Register now with your OPL library card and let our community volunteer take care of your tax return this year.
The Cumberland branch will be offering free English tax clinics for individuals with modest incomes and simple tax situations. Business taxes will not be accepted. Expect appointments to run about 45 minutes.
Clinics will run Tuesday and Thursday evenings beginning March 21st, with additional hours during the day of Wednesday, March 29th. More dates may be added depending on the demand.
If you do not already have a valid library card, you can obtain one online here, or by visiting any of our 33 branches.
Venez rencontrer l'auteure Michèle Vinet, qui parlera de son livre Le Malaimant, gagnant du prix du livre d'Ottawa dans la catégorie fiction française.
Venez découvrir l'histoire d'Aurel, qui tente d'écrire son amour à celle qu'il aime, et se retrouve incapable d'écrire, et nous fait vivre par son histoire la vulnérabilité de l'acte de création.
Bring your knitting or crochet project and share advice, ideas 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 et converser avec d'autres passionnés. Pour les adultes de tous les niveaux. Aucune inscription requise.
Join our free English Conversation Group to practice speaking English and meet new friends.
These informal discussions are a chance to discuss topics of interest to you in a fun and relaxing atmosphere.
Come knit, crochet, chat, etc. at the Munster Library.
Practice your French conversation skills in a low-pressure, friendly environment. You are welcome to attend one or both groups.
Improve your spoken French in a relaxed atmosphere and make new friends!
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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.
Need help with your income taxes? Register now with your OPL library card and let our community volunteer take care of your tax return this year.
The Cumberland branch will be offering free English tax clinics for individuals with modest incomes and simple tax situations. Business taxes will not be accepted. Expect appointments to run about 45 minutes.
Clinics will run Tuesday and Thursday evenings beginning March 21st, with additional hours during the day of Wednesday, March 29th. More dates may be added depending on the demand.
If you do not already have a valid library card, you can obtain one online here, or by visiting any of our 33 branches.
If you are a knitter, a crocheter or a crafter, come and join us at Hazeldean Stitches. Share your ideas and projects with other yarn artists. All ages welcome!
Advance Care Planning is a process of reflection and communication. It is a time for you to reflect on your values and wishes, and to let those around you know what kind of health and personal care you would want in the future. Research shows, 80% of us have given end-of-life care some thought, but less than 20% have an advance care plan.
Compassionate Ottawa offers free interactive workshops on Advance Care Planning led by trained volunteer facilitators.
In our Advance Care Planning workshops, you will be invited into facilitated group discussions about values, wishes and beliefs and help you identify what is most important to you.
These are English only workshops.Registration is free.
This program will be offered on many dates: on March 3, 10, 17, 24. For more information go to our website: Find a program or event | Ottawa Public Library (biblioottawalibrary.ca)
Stories, songs and rhymes for babies and their parents or caregivers. For babies 0-18 months. Drop-in program.
Join us in our children's area to play and chat! There will be a self-directed activities and toys for parents/caregivers and young children. Drop-in program.
Joignez-nous au département des enfants pour jouer et socialiser. Il y aura des activités pour les tout-petits et leurs adultes. Portes ouvertes.
Do you love browsing through cookbooks and trying new recipes? Do you enjoy sampling and sharing new dishes? Then come and meet with fellow food enthusiasts and put a cookbook to the test! Each month we will follow a theme and select cookbooks from that theme. We will then make recipes at home and comment on the results with the group. Registration Required.
Create and build with Lego! All ages. / Architectes en herbe, à vos Lego! Pour tous.
Source : Karolina Rabowska
Drop in for preschool fun. Play with puppets, building blocks, and more! / Une période de jeu libre pour les enfants d’âge préscolaire. Jouez avec nos marionnettes, nos blocs Duplo, et plus encore!
Black History Ottawa, the Ubuntu Legacy Network and the Historical Society of Ottawa invite you to the first of a three-part book club on Tom Zoellner's "Island on Fire: The Revolt That Ended Slavery in the British Empire".
Learn how the forces of literacy and revolution brought an end to slavery in the British Empire.
This inclusive community safe-space legacy workshop series is part of the 2023 commemoration of the 230th anniversary of the 1793 Act to Limit Slavery in Upper Canada and the 190th anniversary of the 1833 Act to Abolish Slavery in the British Empire.
Visit IslandonFire.eventbrite.ca to register for this workshop. Places are limited. Due to the nature of the content explored in this workshop, only those aged 18 years and older may participate.
The second and third sessions will take place respectively on March 25, 2023 and on April 22, 2023. They will both take place from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Room B125 of the Main Branch of the Ottawa Public Library (120 Metcalfe Street).
Interested in playing D&D? Then join us on March 25, April 1, 8 and 15 for a D&D adventure. Dungeons and Dragons is a fantasy role playing game in which your characters explore the world, solve puzzles and fight monsters. For ages 13-17. Spaces limited.
La succursale Vanier de la Bibliothèque publique d’Ottawa invite les francophones et les francophiles de toutes générations à se joindre à un Cercle de Lecture. On y mettra l’accent sur les ouvrages écrits en français se rapportant à la francophonie canadienne. Chacune des personnes participantes aura le choix de présenter un livre de sa préférence. Une animatrice ou un animateur en assurera le bon déroulement. Les rencontres du cercle auront lieu le dernier samedi de chaque mois (dès le 28 janvier 2023) de 10h à midi à la bibliothèque (située au 310, Pères-Blancs)
Stories, rhymes and songs for children of all ages and a parent or caregiver. Drop-in. / Contes, comptines et chansons pour les enfants de tous âges et un parent ou gardien. Portes ouvertes.
Joignez-vous à nous pour des contes, comptines, danses, et chansons actives pour les enfants de tous âges accompagnés de leur parent ou gardien. 10h30 – 11h00
Join us for French stories, rhymes, dances, and action songs for children of all ages, accompanied by a parent or caregiver. All francophones and people who want to learn, practice, or get exposed to French are welcome! The simple stories, action songs and bilingual presenter will make sure everyone is included, no matter what your level of French is! Everyone is welcome. 10:30-11:00am
Stories, rhymes and songs for children of all ages and their parents or caregivers./ Contes, comptines et chansons pour les enfants de tous âges et un parent ou gardien.
Drop-in program./ Inscription non requise.
Join us in our children's area to play and chat! There will be a self-directed activities and toys for parents/caregivers and young children. Drop-in program.
Joignez-nous au département des enfants pour jouer et socialiser. Il y aura des activités pour les tout-petits et leurs adultes. Portes ouvertes.
Stories, rhymes, and songs for children ages 0-6 accompanied by a parent or caregiver. The first half hour will be an interactive storytime program. The last half hour will explore STEM activities!
Stories, rhymes and songs for children of all ages and a parent or caregiver.
Drop In
30 minutes
Join us Saturdays at 11am - 1pm for open ended art and crafting. All you need to bring is your creativity.
March 25th to June 10th, 2023
Venez rencontrer l'auteur et l'artiste derrière le roman graphique Rouge Avril lors d'une discussion en table ronde. Voyez en personne les originaux des planches qui ont été reproduites dans le livre et prenez part à une discussion sur le processus créatif, la relation auteur-illustrateur, les manifestations étudiantes de 2012, et plus encore.
Create and build with Lego! For children ages 6 and up. / Architectes en herbe, à vos Lego! Pour les enfants de 6 ans et plus.
There will also be select board games. / Il y aura aussi une sélection de jeux de société.
****NOTE: This is a stay and play program without staff supervision.
***NOTEZ BIEN : Ce programme est pour rester et jouer sans supervision du personnel.
Everyone has a story. Some of us have 1001 stories! Marie Victoria Robertson and Brad Denys will introduce you to the art of storytelling. How do you find a story to tell? Shape the story? Present the story in a way that others want to listen?
The workshop will weave in the use of digital media: as a learning tool
For children 7-12, interested in learning to play chess and finding out more about the game.
Teen volunteers will be on hand to help those who are learning!
Saturdays from 1:30-3. Drop-in.
Welcome to Writing Series - Narration and Narrators with Thom Whalen
The Stittsville Creative Writing Group, in conjunction with the Ottawa Public Library, is pleased to present the Welcome to Writing Series. This is a collection of seminars or workshops with the goal of making you a better writer. Our intent is to foster creativity, literacy, and love of the written word. Members of the SCWG will present on the indicated topic.
Often an author will often have a fictional character tell a story from his or her point of view, using his or her voice. This character is called the internal narrator. The choice of the internal narrator is a major factor in determining, not just the way the story is told, but what is included in the story and how it is to be interpreted. Thus, different narrators will tell different stories about the same events. Six short stories will be used to illustrate and stimulate discussion of the implications of using different internal narrators.
Ces huit courts métrages offrent un riche tour d’horizon de la chanson francophone au Canada. Avec le nouveau film Assez French, l’auteure-compositrice-interprète Alexis Normand met en relief les combats et les victoires que comporte la reconquête de son identité canadienne francophone dans les Prairies.
Suit un bouquet de chansons en images mettant en valeur certains des plus grands artistes d’ici : Daniel Lavoie, dans Jours de plaine de Réal Bérard et André Leduc ; Jean-Pierre Ferland, dans Les fleurs de macadam de Laurent Coderre ; Claude Léveillée, dans Taxi de Roland Stutz ; sans oublier le groupe acadien Zéro °Celsius dans Joséphine d’Anne-Marie Sirois ; la chanson d’Émile Benoit puisée dans le répertoire traditionnel francophone de Terre-Neuve pour Vive la rose de Bruce Alcock ; et la musique de Florent Vollant portant la langue innue dans Florent Vollant : Je rêve en innu de Nicolas Renaud.
Practice your English conversation skills in a low-pressure, friendly environment. All levels are welcome.
The Ottawa Go Club (https://ottawagoclub.wixsite.com/ogcs) organizes a series of workshops for people who want to improve their knowledge of the Go game. We will discuss various aspects of the game, do practical exercises and problems, explore and practice. Designed for beginners and intermediate players.
Le Club de Go d'Ottawa (https://ottawagoclub.wixsite.com/ogcs) organise des ateliers pour tous ceux qui aimeraient approfondir leurs connaissances du jeu de Go. On y discute plusieurs aspects du jeu, on fait des exercices et des problèmes, on explore et on s’entraîne. Conçu pour les débutants et les intermédiaires.
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Our Storytime welcomes and respects the needs of children aged 0-6 years living with developmental disabilities and/or Autism, who may face barriers related to sensory experiences, show signs of, or are at risk for a developmental delay.
A family member must be present for the entirety of the event.
Offered in partnership with Mothercraft Ottawa.
Create and build with Lego®! Drop-in Program. Family Program.
Et si l’un de vos proches avait été membre d’une puissante société secrète ? Dans son long métrage documentaire L’ordre secret, une nouveauté, Phil Comeau fait toute la lumière sur l’Ordre de Jacques-Cartier, une vaste confrérie qui, de 1926 à 1965, a infiltré tous les secteurs de la société canadienne. Apprenant que son père a été commandeur de l’Ordre, le cinéaste se lance dans une passionnante enquête et lève le voile sur le combat mené par ces hommes de l’ombre, qui ont forgé le destin des communautés de langue française. Au fil de témoignages inédits d’anciens membres de l’Ordre et de reconstitutions historiques, ce film brosse un tableau saisissant des luttes sociales et politiques des minorités francophones du Canada.
84 min, 14+
For ages 13-18
Read a fantasy book of your choosing (in French or English), and get ready to talk about your book and share your ideas with other teens!
Need recommendations? Be sure to check here for a great list of suggestions made by your peers! St-Laurent March Teen Book Club Recommendations: Fantasy / St-Laurent club de lecture pour les ados de mars: fantastiques
Pour les 13 à 18 ans.
Lisez un livre à votre choix (en français ou en anglais) et préparez-vous à en parler et à partager vos idées avec d’autres ados!
Tu as besoin de recommandations ? Tu trouveras ici une excellente liste de suggestions faites par vos camarades! St-Laurent March Teen Book Club Recommendations: Fantasy / St-Laurent club de lecture pour les ados de mars: fantastiques
Bravo, you have started reading simple books on your own! Each month we’ll be doing a literacy activity based on a favorite book series from the Early Readers collection of the library. Ages 5-7. In English only.