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Welcoming Communities
Library Mainil RoomThursdays Are you a newcomer to Canada? Would you like help getting settled, accessing services, learning skills, making connections in the community, or learning English? Sunshine Coast Welcoming Communities can help! Drop in to any session. For more information, call Olga at 604 – 212- 1938, email welcoming-communities@capilanou.ca, or visit www.welcoming-communities.ca If you require accessibility accommodations, please […]
Family Storytime
Library Mainil RoomSeptember 21st – November 30th Thursdays 10:30 -11:00 am Join us for songs, bounces, and stories for children age 0-5 and their caregivers. Connect with your child and with families in your community.
Documentary Film Screening: The Ghosts in Our Machine with Liz Marshall
Library Mainil RoomThis award-winning documentary gently illuminates the plight of many animals — from captive foxes to rescued dairy cows— within the machines of our food, fashion, entertainment, and biomedical research industries, through the lens of animal rights photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur. Written, directed, and produced by award-winning local filmmaker Liz Marshall, who will be in attendance for […]
Baby and Toddler Storytime
Library Mainil RoomJoin us every Wednesday for rhymes, songs, bounces, and stories for babies, toddlers, and their caregivers. Recommended for children age 0-3 Free, drop-in program. Weekly program runs until November 29.
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.
French Conversation Group
Library Mainil RoomMondays in-person only Do you wish you could practice your French with other friendly French language learners? Join our weekly French Conversation Group! No meetings on statutory holidays when the library is closed.
Monday Morning Meditation
Library Mainil RoomMondays 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 statutory holiday Mondays. If you require accessibility accommodations, please email outreach@gibsonslibrary.ca.
Book Launch & Group Reading: Memoir & More Anthology
Library Mainil RoomThis anthology by local authors is a beautiful collection of poetry and prose, writing from life experience, excerpts of childhood memories to summer jobs and everything in between. Authors include: Anne Miles Anne Simonet Atma Frans Carol Stewart (In Memoriam) Del Lobo Denise Olson Dennise Dombroski Maggie Guzzi Sherryl Latimer Free but space is limited: […]
Author Reading: Maureen Mayhew
Library Mainil RoomHand on my heart: a Canadian doctor's awakening in Afghanistan Join Maureen Mayhew on a voyage to remote corners of Taliban-occupied Afghanistan. Her new memoir examines cultural assumptions around gender, tradition and belief as she reflects on life-changing experiences working as a foreign female in one of the world’s least understood countries. Maureen Mayhew is a family doctor, […]
Word Whips
Library Mainil RoomCreative Writing Workshops with Fran Bourassa Monthly on the third Thursday, 3:00-5:00 pm Calling all poets, writers, and would-be writers of all ages and experience levels! Bypass your inner “editor” to find your authentic voice. Practice “free writing” short pieces from “word whip” prompts, that elicit memories, emotions, and powerful ideas for poetry and stories. This […]