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Main
Thursday Sep 4, 2025 at 6:00pm (series runs until Dec 18, 2025)
Join our free English conversation group to practice speaking in English in a relaxed and friendly environment. All levels are welcome to this drop-in program...
Main
Thursday Sep 4, 2025 at 6:00pm (series runs until Oct 30, 2025)
Tous les jeudis dans l'auditorium de la succursale Centrale à 18h ! Et c'est gratuit ! Le programme sera mis à jour ici : 07/31...
Books
Vernon
Thursday Sep 4, 2025 at 6:30pm (series runs until Dec 04, 2025)
Everyone is welcome to join Vernon’s book club! Visit with your friends and neighbours to discuss great books. First Thursday of the month 6:30pm-7:30pm January...
Rideau
Thursday Sep 4, 2025 at 6:30pm (series runs until Dec 11, 2025)
Profitez de notre groupe de conversation afin d'améliorer vos habiletés en français à l'oral. ​ Join our free French Conversation Group to practice speaking French...
Nepean Centrepointe
Thursday Sep 4, 2025 at 6:30pm (series runs until Dec 04, 2025)
Whether you're new to baking or well seasoned, this new book club is the perfect place to meet fellow bakers, try new recipes and share...
Stittsville
Thursday Sep 4, 2025 at 6:30pm (series runs until Dec 18, 2025)
The Stittsville branch hosts weekly meetings of the Stittsville Creative Writing Group. Do you love to write? Is writing the air you breathe, or is...
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Beaverbrook
Thursday Sep 4, 2025 at 6:30pm (series runs until Dec 18, 2025)
If you love to write, come and surround yourself with like-minded creative people who love the power of words! This is not a course or...
St-Laurent
Thursday Sep 4, 2025 at 6:30pm (series runs until Dec 18, 2025)
Join our free English conversation group to practise speaking in English in a relaxed and friendly environment. All levels are welcome to this drop-in program...
Main
Thursday Sep 4, 2025 at 6:30pm
We are partnering with the National Arts Centre to host a book club session of André Alexis novel Fifteen Dogs . About the book: What...
Blackburn Hamlet
Thursday Sep 4, 2025 at 6:30pm (series runs until Dec 11, 2025)
Bring your knitting or crochet project (or needlepoint, cross-stitch, etc.) and share tips and tricks, ideas and conversations with fellow enthusiasts. For adults of all...

Presented in partnership with the Ottawa International Writers festival and Library and Archives Canada.

Join us for the launch of Kihiani: A Memoir of Healing by Juno Award–winning...

Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington street

Thursday Sep 4, 2025 at 7:00pm
Ruth E. Dickinson
Friday Sep 5, 2025 at 10:30am (series runs until Dec 12, 2025)
Are you looking for work? ​ Meet 1-on-1 with an Employment Counsellor​ ​ Friday mornings ​ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm​ ​ September 5th and...
Greenboro
Friday Sep 5, 2025 at 1:30pm (series runs until Dec 19, 2025)
Come play cards, roll the dice or play board games with us!
Hazeldean
Friday Sep 5, 2025 at 1:30pm (series runs until Dec 05, 2025)
Share the enjoyment of good books in a relaxed atmosphere at the Hazeldean Library. Join us for discussions on the first Friday of every month...
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Elmvale Acres
Friday Sep 5, 2025 at 2:00pm (series runs until Dec 19, 2025)
Bring your knitting or crochet project (or needlepoint, cross-stitch, etc) and share tips and tricks, ideas and conversations with fellow enthusiasts. For adults of all...
Manotick
Friday Sep 5, 2025 at 2:00pm
Join us for an afternoon of crafting fun! We will be making decorative lanterns out of glass jars and pressed flowers! All materials will be...
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Main
Friday Sep 5, 2025 at 3:00pm (series runs until Dec 19, 2025)
Join our free English conversation group to practice speaking in English in a relaxed and friendly environment. All levels are welcome to this drop-in program...
un enfant apporte une pile de livres ; il y a des blocs Lego, et une banane lit une carte / child carries a large pile of books; there are Lego blocks; a banana reads a map
Vanier
Friday Sep 5, 2025 at 3:45pm (series runs until Dec 12, 2025)
Create and build with Lego®! Drop-in program. Family program. Architectes en herbe, à vos Lego®! Programme portes ouvertes. Programme familial.
Carlingwood
Friday Sep 5, 2025 at 4:00pm
Drop-in at the Carlingwood Branch for Wii U Game On! We will be playing Mario Kart. Not sure how to play? No worries! Our teen...
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Greenboro
Saturday Sep 6, 2025 at 10:30am (series runs until Dec 06, 2025)
Stories, rhymes and songs for children of all ages and a parent or caregiver. Drop-in program. Contes, comptines et chansons pour les enfants de tous...