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  • Thursdays, Sep 28, 2023 - Dec 14, 2023
    6:45pm
    60 minutes

    11 sessions remaining

    Improve your spoken French in a relaxed atmosphere and make new friends!

    Améliorez votre français parlé dans une ambiance décontractée.

  • Fridays, Sep 29, 2023 - May 31, 2024
    2:00pm
    60 minutes

    8 sessions remaining

    Join in stimulating discussions on selected titles in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere on the last Friday of the month.

  • NDTR NFB film festival

    Saturday Sep 30, 2023 at 10:15am
    390 minutes

    Le français suit l'anglais

    The Ottawa Public Library welcomes you to a thought-provoking, day-long film festival, presented in partnership with the National Film Board of Canada, on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

    To commemorate National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, OPL chose to honour the Indigenous oral tradition by amplifying Indigenous voices and bring together our communities in the spirit of truth and reconciliation. Through the lens of these award-winning documentaries, the power of storytelling will help educate, inspire, and unite communities, as we reflect on our shared history and the path forward.

    So join us on September 30th, online via Zoom or at one of our seven open branches, on a cinematic journey centered around the theme of residential schools that explores the rich tapestry of Indigenous history, culture, and the path towards reconciliation.

    Stay with us throughout the day, or join us at planned times for specific films according to the schedule below:

    • 10h15: Word of welcome
    • 10h18: Sisters & Brothers
    • 10h21: We Were Children
    • 11h43: Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair
    • 12h12: We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice
    • 14h54: Stories Are in Our Bones
    • 15h05: The Road Forward

    Register now to get the Zoom link, or visit one of our open branches (Beaverbrook, Cumberland, Greenboro, Nepean Centrepointe, Main, Ruth E Dickinson, St Laurent.)

    Visit this link for a full description of the films. 

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    La Bibliothèque publique d'Ottawa vous invite à participer à un festival du film d'une journée, présenté en partenariat avec l'Office national du film du Canada, à l'occasion de la Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation.

    Pour commémorer ce jour important, la BPO a choisi d'honorer la tradition orale autochtone en amplifiant les voix autochtones et en rassemblant nos communautés dans l'esprit de la vérité et de la réconciliation. À travers l'objectif de ces documentaires primés, le pouvoir de la narration contribuera à éduquer, inspirer et unir les communautés, alors que nous réfléchissons à notre histoire commune et à la voie à suivre.

    Rejoignez-nous le 30 septembre, en ligne via Zoom ou dans l'une de nos sept succursales ouvertes, pour un voyage cinématographique centré sur le thème des pensionnats, qui explore la riche tapisserie de l'histoire et de la culture autochtone, ainsi que le chemin vers la réconciliation.

    Restez avec nous tout au long de la journée, ou rejoignez-nous aux heures prévues pour des films spécifiques selon le programme ci-dessous :

    • 10h15: mot de bienvenue
    • 10h18: Soeurs et frères 
    • 10h21: Nous n’étions que des enfants
    • 11h43: Hommage au sénateur Murray Sinclair
    • 12h12: On ne peut pas faire deux fois la même erreur
    • 14h54: Des histoires ancrées en nous
    • 15h05: Droit devant

    Inscrivez-vous ici pour recevoir le lien Zoom, ou visitez l'une de nos succursales ouvertes le 30 septembre: Beaverbrook, Cumberland, Greenboro, Nepean Centrepointe, Centrale, Ruth E Dickinson, St Laurent.

    Les films sont présentés en langue originale anglaise avec sous-titres français. 

    Suivez ce lien pour jeter un coup d'oeil aux descriptions des films.

  • Men sitting playing go game

    Saturdays, Sep 30, 2023 - Dec 16, 2023
    2:00pm
    180 minutes

    4 sessions remaining

    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.

  • Mondays, Oct 02, 2023 - Dec 04, 2023
    6:00pm
    120 minutes

    3 sessions remaining

    Join author Michael F. Stewart for an evening of shared writing, support, and constructive criticism from peers. No experience necessary, all forms of writing welcome.

  • Monday Oct 02, 2023 at 6:30pm
    90 minutes

    Sorry this event and its waiting list are full

    Bring an idea and/or a simple picture you might like to recreate and try your hand at the Japanese style paper collage technique called chigiri-e (torn paper art)

    We will provide the space, glue, and paper to create your piece of art!

    (Chigiri-e is a Japanese art form in which the primary technique uses coloured paper that is torn to create images, and may resemble a water colour painting).

  • SAW Centre

    Monday Oct 02, 2023 at 7:00pm
     minutes

    To kick off library month join us at SAW Centre for an in-person paneled discussion about Intellectual Freedom with: Farzana Doctor winner of 2023 Freedom to Read Award, David A Robertson winner of 2021 Freedom to Read Award and Canadian journalist, activist, author, and broadcaster Desmond Cole, moderated by Adrian Harewood. This 90-minute discussion will help bring the term of Intellectual Freedom into focus to help us understand what it is and why it is of critical importance to us all.

    Farzana Doctor is a writer, activist, and psychotherapist. Her ancestry is Indian, and she was born in Zambia while her family was based there for five years, before immigrating to Canada. She has also received the following awards for her writing and activism: 2021 Choice Award from Planned Parenthood; 2022 McMaster University Alumni Gallery Inductee; 2023 Freedom to Read Award from The Writers' Union of Canada. While all her books are distinct from one another, some common themes include loss, relationships, community, healing, racism, LGBT rights, diasporic identity and feminism. She seamlessly blends strong stories with social justice issues.

    David Alexander Robertson is an Indigenous Canadian author, public speaker, and two-time winner of the Governor General's Literary Award. He is the author of numerous books for young readers including When We Were Alone, which won the 2017 Governor General's Literary Award and the McNally Robinson Best Book for Young People Award. In 2021, he was the recipient of the Writers’ Union of Canada Freedom to Read Award as well as the Globe and Mail Children's Storyteller of the Year. He is a member of Norway House Cree Nation

    Desmond Cole is a Canadian journalist, activist, author, and broadcaster. His debut book, The Skin We’re In, won the Toronto Book Award and was a finalist for the Forest of Reading Evergreen Aawrd and the Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. It was also named best book of 2020 by The Globe and Mail, NOW Magazine, CBC, Quill & Quire, and Indigo. Living in Toronto, Ontario, Desmond Cole engages with his community in issues that include housing, homelessness, racial discrimination, civic engagement and social supports for youth.

    Adrian Harewood is a Canadian television and radio journalist. He has been a journalist for over a quarter century, hosting CBC Ottawa’s drive home radio show All in a Day for 3 years and then the anchor of CBC Ottawa News at Six for 13 years. He was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Interviewer in 2017 and he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Local Anchor in 2020. Adrian also sits on the educational board of the University of Ottawa Press and is a board member of Journalists for Human Rights.

    T﻿his event will also be streamed live on OPL's YouTube page:

    https://youtube.com/live/k6usYGOfkm8

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    Mondays, Oct 02, 2023 - Dec 04, 2023
    7:00pm
    90 minutes

    3 sessions remaining

    Share the pleasure of reading and discussing books ranging from the classics to the contemporary, but mostly fiction, in a relaxed atmosphere

    (If the first Monday of a month falls on a Civic Holiday, the book club will be postponed to the following week)

    October 2

     Caste: The Origins of our Discontents, Isabel Wilkerson

     November 6

     Five Little Indians, Michelle Good

     December 4

     Grey Bees, Andry Kurkov

  • Web banner for hobbies and crafts

    Tuesdays, Oct 03, 2023 - Dec 12, 2023
    1:00pm
    90 minutes

    6 sessions remaining

    Join us for an informal gathering of knitting enthusiasts - from beginners to experts. Share your ideas and projects in a relaxed social atmosphere.

  • Open book

    Tuesdays, Oct 03, 2023 - Apr 02, 2024
    1:30pm
    60 minutes

    7 sessions remaining

    Share the enjoyment of good books in a relaxed atmosphere.  This group meets every first Tuesday of the month from September 2023 to June 2024. 

    Here is the list of books that will be discussed at each month's meeting.  Click each book titles below to place a hold.

    5 September, 2023: Seven Fallen Feathers by Tania Talaga 

    3 October, 2023: The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult 

    7 November, 2023: Jennie's Boy: A Newfoundland Childhood by Wayne Johnston

    5 December, 2023: Women Talking by Miriam Toews

    2 January, 2024: Red Notice by Bill Browder

    6 February, 2024: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

    5 March, 2024: A Spy Among Friends by Ben MacIntyre

    2 April, 2024: Apeirogon by Colum McCann

    May and June picks to be discussed.

    This is a drop in program.  All are welcome.  No registration required.
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