Do you need help with your tax return? If you have a modest income and a simple tax situation, trained volunteers may be able to complete your tax return for you for free. Ottawa Public Library is partnering with the Canada Revenue Agency to offer free tax preparation through the Community Volunteer Income Tax Program.

The Blackburn Hamlet branch will be offering free tax clinics in French and English by appointment only.

Before arriving to the free tax clinics, please verify whether you meet the Canada Revenue Agency’s eligibility criteria.

Click on the "View full schedule" button on the right of the screen to see when the clinics will be offered. 

Avez-vous besoin d’aide pour remplir votre déclaration de revenus? Si vous avez un revenu modeste et une situation fiscale simple, des bénévoles formés pourraient remplir vos déclarations de revenu gratuitement. La Bibliothèque publique d’Ottawa s’allie avec l’Agence du revenu du Canada afin d’offrir des comptoirs d’impôt gratuits par l’entremise du Programme communautaire des bénévoles en matière d’impôt.  

La succursale Blackburn Hamlet offrira des comptoirs d’impôts gratuits en français et anglais par appointement seulement.

Avant de vous présenter aux comptoirs d’impôt gratuits, veuillez vous assurer de répondre aux critères d’admissibilité de l’Agence du revenu du Canada.

Appuyez sur le bouton « Voir l’horaire complet » à la droite de l’écran afin de voir quand les comptoirs seront offerts.  

Come and engage in creative writing with others from the community!  

Join us on Thursday afternoons to find your unique voice.

Each session, the facilitator will offer writing prompts to inspire creative expression and exploration.  The group will write together in silence and then everyone will be invited to share their “first draft” writing.  The format will follow the practices of the Writers Collective of Canada, which is based on the Amherst Writers and Artists Method.

You will need to bring the writing instruments of your choice (tablet or computer; or pen and paper).

Registration is required for this program series
 

Are you a hobby writer? Or perhaps you wish you could be. You welcome a time of solitude and your pen begins to move on a blank page. Sometimes you find yourself in a wonderful space, where your imagination blossoms in surprising ways; new insights or moments of beauty, or whole stories emerge, as though out of nothing. Weaving words is your happy place!

Do you ever have Writer’s Block? If so, you are definitely a writer! Your writing matters to you and you want to be back at it again. Writing is a solitary activity. Yet at the heart of it, writing is about communication and creating community.

Welcome to the writing circle. Whether your writing is flowing freely or you are in a dry spell, you are in good company here. This is not a course, nor a place where anyone will tell you what you should do or try to fix your writing. It’s a space for exploring your own unique ways of expressing yourself in a safe and supportive environment.

Writing is a gift we can give ourselves, and a powerful avenue for reflecting on your life experiences. Through times of joy and sorrow, and through times of stress, writing nourishes you, like a medicine or sometimes like a magical potion. Stories, reflections, poetry, memoirs or whatever you want to write, you are welcome here.

Drop in program.

Drop in to play chess with other youth in a relaxed, informal environment!

Practice the basics or test your wits with a weekly chess challenge.

Ages: 8 to 18

Venez jouer aux échecs avec d'autres jeunes dans un environnement détendu et informel!

Pratiquez les bases ou tentez le défi hebdomadaire.

Pour les: 8 à 18 ans