Victoria High School Library

Drop Everything and Read Day (D.E.A.R.)
2025-10-27 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Vancouver)
Bring a book or magazine article of your choosing — from Vic High Library, the public library, classroom library, home or friends — and read silently for at least 20 minutes.
No phones or technology — just the reading material in your hands!

Sept. 19-Oct. 3: Truth and Reconciliation
2025-09-29 08:00 - 2025-10-03 17:00
https://vichighlibrary.sd61.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/151/2025/09/Truth-and-Reconciliation-Reading-theme-video-Sept.-29-Oct.-3-3.mp4

Sept. 23-26: Graphic Guides to Big Subjects
2025-09-23 08:00 - 2025-09-30 17:00
https://vichighlibrary.sd61.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/151/2025/09/Sept-23-26-Small-books-big-topics.mp4

Sept. 15-19: The Strange, the Mythical, and the Fantastical
2025-09-15 08:00 - 2025-09-30 17:00
https://vichighlibrary.sd61.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/151/2025/09/The-Strange-the-Mythical-and-the-Fantastical.mp4

Sept. 8-12: "Expect the Unexpected"
2025-09-08 08:00 - 2025-09-30 17:00
https://vichighlibrary.sd61.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/151/2025/09/Expect-the-Unexpected-Video.mp4

Vic High Reads Battle of the Books -- May 29
2025-05-26 08:00 - 2025-05-30 17:00
https://vichighlibrary.sd61.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/151/2025/05/Vic-High-Reads-2025-2.mp4

Rainbow Week -- books by LGBTQIA authors
2025-05-12 08:00 - 2025-05-31 17:00
https://vichighlibrary.sd61.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/151/2025/05/Rainbow-Week-Video-3.mp4

Mental Health Week: Personal Stories & Lived Experiences
2025-05-05 08:00 - 2025-05-30 17:00
https://vichighlibrary.sd61.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/151/2025/05/Mental-Health-Awareness-Video-2.mp4

Classics adapted as graphic novels
2025-04-14 08:00 - 2025-04-30 17:00
https://vichighlibrary.sd61.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/151/2025/04/Classics-to-Graphics-Promo-Video-1.mp4

Classic Canadian Literature
2025-04-07 08:00 - 2025-04-30 17:00
https://vichighlibrary.sd61.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/151/2025/04/Copy-of-Canadian-Classic-Literature-Video.mp4

19th Century Classic Literature
2025-03-31 08:00 - 2025-04-30 17:00
https://vichighlibrary.sd61.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/151/2025/03/19th-century-literary-classics-Video-1.mp4

"Going Green" (awesome multi-genre books with green covers)
2025-03-10 08:00 - 2025-03-31 17:00
https://vichighlibrary.sd61.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/151/2025/03/Going-Green-reading-theme-books-with-green-covers-Video-2.mp4

Classic literature by French authors
2025-03-03 08:00 - 2025-03-31 17:00
https://vichighlibrary.sd61.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/151/2025/03/Famous-Francophone-novels-Video.mp4

Feb. 28 Vic High Staff Banned Books Choices
2025-02-27 08:00 - 2025-03-01 17:00
https://vichighlibrary.sd61.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/151/2025/02/FTR-Week-Friday-Feb.-27-.mp4

Feb. 27 Vic High Staff Banned Books Choices
2025-02-26 08:00 - 2025-03-01 17:00
https://vichighlibrary.sd61.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/151/2025/02/FTR-Week-Thursday-Feb.-26-.mp4

Feb. 26 Vic High Staff Banned Books Choices
2025-02-26 08:00 - 2025-03-01 17:00
https://vichighlibrary.sd61.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/151/2025/02/FTR-Week-Wednesday-Feb.-25-1-1.mp4

Feb. 25 Vic High Staff Banned Books Choices
2025-02-24 08:00 - 2025-03-01 17:00
https://vichighlibrary.sd61.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/151/2025/02/FTR-Week-Tuesday-Feb.-24-.mp4

Feb. 24 Vic High Staff Banned Books choices
2025-02-24 08:00 - 2025-03-01 17:00
https://vichighlibrary.sd61.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/151/2025/02/FTR-Week-Monday-Feb.-23-2.mp4

African authors beyond Canada and the United States
2025-02-17 08:00 - 2025-02-21 17:00
https://vichighlibrary.sd61.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/151/2025/02/African-authors-beyond-Canada-and-the-United-States-Video.mp4
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African-Canadian authors
2025-02-10 08:00 - 2025-02-15 17:00
https://vichighlibrary.sd61.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/151/2025/02/African-Canadian-authors-theme-Video.mp4

African American Authors - classic & contemporary
2025-02-03 08:00 - 2025-02-08 17:00
https://vichighlibrary.sd61.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/151/2025/02/African-American-Authors-theme-Mobile-Video.mp4

Mindfulness & Mental Health
2025-01-20 08:00 - 2025-01-31 17:00
https://vichighlibrary.sd61.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/151/2025/01/Mindfulness-and-Mental-Health-Mobile-Video.mp4

Feeling Blue?
2025-01-13 08:00 - 2025-01-17 17:00
https://vichighlibrary.sd61.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/151/2025/01/Feeling-Blue-video-1.mp4

"On the lighter side"
2025-01-06 08:00 - 2025-01-10 17:00
https://vichighlibrary.sd61.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/151/2025/01/ON-THE-LIGHTER-SIDE.mp4

Omisoka
2024-12-31 - 2025-01-01
Learn about Omisoka HERE

Kwanzaa
2024-12-26 - 2025-01-02
Learn more HERE. (off-site, students & staff — please use the password for GALE Global Issues in Context database
Learn more HERE.

Boxing Day
2024-12-26 - 2024-12-27
Find out about more about Boxing Day HERE.

Christmas
2024-12-25 - 2024-12-26
Christmas is celebrated worldwide — both as a secular holiday and as a religious holiday.
It’s often hard to tell where the secular and religious traditions begin and end, since they are often intertwined in many people’s celebrations.
Here are 10 interesting facts about Christmas that include both!

Hanukkah
2024-12-25 08:00 - 2025-01-02 17:00
Learn more about Hanukkah HERE.

Indigenous Winter Solstice
2024-12-21 - 2024-12-22
Learn about the significance of Indigenous solstice and cultural observances HERE.
