Asian Heritage Month

Check out the library display of Asian Canadian authors, and books about famous and lesser-known Asian Canadians who helped to build Canada. You can see the full resource list at this link; https://collections.follettsoftware.com/collection/6273fe4164bdc1001232e649

Mental Health Awareness Month

These books are excellent resources about mental health. https://collections.follettsoftware.com/collection/62744fd6a813e100118fb67f?h=24c61e09a2c019ff99edb8ee5144798861ee92cc6e0e8525d9ada34a9075bb4d  

Red Dress Day

Build awareness and empathy through our library resources of non-fiction, novels, poems, graphic novels,  and films at the following resource list: https://collections.follettsoftware.com/collection/62718fe61336910011c84943  

Pride Month Reading

Click the image above  to access a list of fiction and real-life stories related to gender identity and sexuality.

Women’s History Month

Click the link for additional information.           https://women-gender-equality.canada.ca/en/commemorations-celebrations/womens-history-month.html

Veterans’ Week 2022

https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance Click the link for additional information.

Truth and Reconciliation Week

Our library has a large collection of resources related to Truth and Reconciliation -- in addition to a newly created Indigenous authors section organized using the Indigenous-created Brian Deer classification system. These are two initiatives intended to decolonize the library and move towards Truth and Reconciliation

Veterans’ Week

https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/commemorative-events/veterans-week

Time Travel

International Inuit Day

What is this day all about?  Find out here.

Bodhi Day

Learn  more about Bodhi Day HERE.

Hanukkah

Learn more about Hanukkah HERE.

Christmas

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!  

Boxing Day

Find out about more about Boxing Day HERE.    

Kwanzaa

Learn more HERE. (off-site, students & staff -- please use the password for GALE Global Issues in Context database Learn more HERE.

Omisoka

Learn about Omisoka HERE