KAIROS Blanket Exercise
Reconciliation through Education and Understanding In recognition of the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation, we are honoured to have Syiyaya facilitators and Indigenous witnesses offer this unique educational event. This participatory workshop will help you understand how colonization of the land we now know as BC and Canada impacted the Indigenous people who lived here […]
Speak, Memory: The Role of Memory in Reading and Writing
With authors Bonnie Sherr Klein, Marion Crook, & Claire Finlayson A panel of local authors Bonnie Sherr Klein (Slow Dance: A Story of Stroke, Love and Disability, and Beep, Beep, Bubbie), Marion Crook (Always Pack a Candle: A Nurse in the Cariboo-Chilcotin) and Claire Finlayson (Dispatches from Ray’s Planet: A Journey through Autism) will present […]
Monday Morning Meditation
Mondays Using traditional Buddhist Dharma psychology to calm the mind and alleviate suffering, facilitator John Thompson will lead guided Dharma meditations for short and long term solutions, and discuss these modalities. No registration required, drop in to any session. No class on May 1 or May 8
Knitting a Community
Library Mainil RoomDo you enjoy knitting and/or crocheting with others, and making useful items from donated yarn for local charities? Drop in to our weekly knitting group on Tuesday mornings. Knitters from beginners to experts are welcome. Host: Lynne Dyment Limited to 12 in-person participants, first-come first served. If you require accessibility accommodations, please email outreach@gibsonslibrary.ca.
Writers’ Group
Alternate Wednesdays Come join your fellow writers in reading your own and critiquing each others’ work. No writing instruction offered, just helpful feedback in a friendly and constructive environment. Everyone welcome to attend any session. Facilitator: Vicki Warner Limited to 8 participants, in person only. To register for a session, please contact the library.
Book Club
Greenwood by Michael Christie The unexpected legacies of a remote forested island off the coast of British Columbia link the fates of five people over a hundred years, in this exciting novel. Ask at the Library Checkout Desk for a special book club copy. In-person space is limited: contact the Library to register. Also accessible […]
Halloween Escape Room: Tricks not Treats
Can you solve the Halloween puzzles and break into the boxes to find the treats? Look for the clues in the Halloween themed-room, work together with your team to solve the puzzles, and open the locked boxes to find the treats. For ages 6-9 Registration required
Mapping the Ground We Stand On
An Interactive Workshop with Syiyaya We are honoured to have Syiyaya facilitators and Indigenous witnesses offer this unique educational event. Standing on a map invites Indigenous and Settler participants to consider our relationships with each other, and our historic and current place in Canada. We reflect on “Terra Nullius” (Empty Land) and the “Doctrine of […]