Online via zoom • for adults, in English.

How do we balance compassion for others and for ourselves? Learn simple practices to love yourself more, through the lens of the innate virtues that are part of everyone. With Joanie Beaubien, Virtues Project Master Facilitator.

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For all ages, at the library

For Reading night, drop off your plushie today between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm for a special sleepover at the library. We will read them stories, give them snacks, and they will spend the night at the library! We will send you the pictures of your stuffed friends after the event.

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Online only, click here to watch it live or on demand, at your convenience.

Online via zoom, in English.

It's the life that many dream of: education in some of Europe's most beautiful cities before becoming a novelist, essayist, translator and literary curator.
 
But the start of Linda Leith''s journey is anything but idyllic. The daughter of a glamorous mother and a charming left-wing doctor, she is never told of her father's psychiatric breakdown or his subsequent shock therapy for what was then called manic depression.
 
As this secret festers, Leith''s father uproots the family to various European cities as he reinvents himself as a corporate executive, eventually moving across the Atlantic to Montreal.

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Online via Zoom • for adults, in English

Join Frederic Hore on a voyage through the jagged mountains of Patagonia's world-renowned Torre del Paine National Park, the vibrant cities of Valparaiso and Santiago, stargazing from mountaintops near the vineyards of Vicuna, then watch elegant Chilean pink flamingos take flight, on the desolate salt flats of the Atacama Desert. It's a vibrant and colourful 90 minute adventure show, featuring Chilean music, infused with the history of the land, and lively travel lore.

The video will be available on YouTube after the conference.

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Online via Zoom• for ages 4 to 8, bilingual

Listen to a story about how any kid can be super and make your own superhero mask to prove it. Presented by local children’s author Andrew Katz.

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Activity on YouTube • for children ages 3 to 12, bilingual

Craft kit pickup at the Library.

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Online via Zoom • for adults, in French

Birthplace of jazz in Canada, discover this vibrant neighbourhood through a documentary video with Françoise Bâby: for over 100 years, industrialization along the nearby canal shaped the area, where the Black community's contributions are still felt today.

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Online via Zoom • for ages 6 to 12, in French

Author-illustrator Steve Beshwaty will help you create the illustrations for a group-created story that will then be read out loud.

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At the library and on beaconsfieldbiblio.ca • for everyone, bilingual activity

In honour of Black History Month, this interactive activity will highlight awesome people from the Black community who have marked our society.