Victoria High School Library

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

Hanukkah
2024-12-25 08:00 - 2025-01-02 17:00 (America/Vancouver)
Learn more about Hanukkah 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!

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

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

"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

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

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

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

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 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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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

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. 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. 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. 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

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

"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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. 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. 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

Oct. 6-10: Women's History Month -- Young Women Who Made a Huge Impact
2025-10-03 08:00 - 2025-10-31 17:00
https://vichighlibrary.sd61.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/151/2025/10/Reading-Theme-Oct.-6-10.mp4
