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Registration

You may register in person at any branch, by phoning Member Services at 905-623-7322 x2712, or online using the form below.

If you experience any issues with the form, please contact Member Services. If the form does not appear correctly, the event may be fully registered. You can check back later to see if space has opened up, or try registering through our Eventbrite page directly.

Live via Zoom (Zoom link will be emailed to you upon registration)
Thursday, September 21
6:00 to 7:30 p.m.

Advanced registration required;  space is limited. Register online using the form below, in person at any locations, or by phone by calling Member Services at 905-623-7322 x2712.
No charge.

Follow along on a tour of the former Mohawk Institute (1831-1970), the first and longest running Indian Residential School in Canada.

The virtual tour looks at the dormitory building prior to the onset of restoration work during the Save the Evidence campaign. Dating from 1904, the current building tour takes visitors from floor to floor and provides historical information with Survivor accounts of their time at the “Mush Hole.”

After the recorded portion, participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and share comments with a Cultural Interpreter.

Presented in partnership with the Municipality of Clarington.

Registration

You may register in person at any branch, by phoning Member Services at 905-623-7322 x2712, or online using the form below.

If you experience any issues with the form, please contact Member Services. If the form does not appear correctly, the event may be fully registered. You can check back later to see if space has opened up, or try registering through our Eventbrite page directly.

[Ages 4 to 12]

Online
Thursday, July 21
10:00 to 11:00 a.m.

Advanced registration required; space is limited. You may register in person at any branch, by phoning Member Services at 905-623-7322 x2712, or online using the form below. No charge.
Registration opens Thursday, July 7 at 10:00 a.m. (approximately two weeks before each workshop)

Fun with soap and water? You’ll be astonished when you investigate surface tension; explore the chemistry behind bath bombs; and make your own to use at home. It’ll be an explosion of chemical fun!

This virtual workshop includes a science kit which can be picked up at any branch in advance! An email including the link to the online meeting will be sent to attendees in advance of the virtual event.

Please limit registrations to one per household, and share devices where possible.

Also be sure to check out the other Scientist in School virtual workshop, Investigate it!, on Thursday, August 18!

Offered in partnership with Scientists in School. View our TD Summer Reading Club page for full club information!
 

Registration

You may register in person at any branch, by phoning Member Services at 905-623-7322 x2712, or online using the form below.

If you experience any issues with the form, please contact Member Services. If the form does not appear correctly, the event may be fully registered. You can check back later to see if space has opened up, or try registering through our Eventbrite page directly.

Explore Myths & Legends with the TD Summer Reading Club!

View our TD Summer Reading Club page for full club information!

Summer has arrived! Clarington Public Library is inviting children and their families to beat the dreaded "Summer Slide" or "Summer Brain Drain" with the annual TD Summer Reading Club, Canada’s biggest summer reading program for kids of all ages, all interests and all abilities. Children can boost their reading skills and stay sharp for school with awesome programs and activities! Registration will open as part of Get Your Summer Read On Day on Wednesday, June 15th!

Registration includes a notebook with reading challenges, stickers, and more. You and your child can pick these up at any branch starting Wednesday, June 15th, or at any TD Summer Reading Club program in July and August.

We're excited to offer in-person TD Summer Reading Club programs this year! Programs are weekly and will run from Tuesday, July 5th to Thursday, August 25th.

Venture into magical realms where fantastic creatures roam and anything can (and will) happen. Discover the power of stories and storytelling to entertain and illuminate important lessons. Be enchanted by fairy and folk tales, old and new and from far and wide, as you journey through suspenseful twists and turns. Whatever the stories may be, they are bound to inspire you to imagine and even tell your own story.

Co-created and delivered by over 2,200 public libraries across Canada, this national bilingual program is developed by Toronto Public Library in partnership with Library and Archives Canada. Sponsorship is generously provided by TD Bank Group.

Live via Zoom (Zoom link will be emailed to you upon registration)
Tuesday, June 28
6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Registration required; register in person at any branch, by phone at 905-623-7322 x2712, or online.

Join us virtually on Wednesday, June 28 as Drew Hayden Taylor highlights his works and discusses his experiences travelling the world, writing, and speaking from the Aboriginal perspective to help bridge the gap between cultures while tickling the funny bone.

Presented in partnership with the Municipality of Clarington.

Please visit our website post for more information about and programs in celebration of National Indigenous History Month.
 

About Drew Hayden Taylor

Originally from the Curve Lake First Nations, in Central Ontario, Drew has spent the last two decades travelling the world and writing about it from the Aboriginal perspective. An award-winning playwright, author, columnist, film maker and lecturer, he has managed to bridge the gap between cultures by tickling the funny bone.

The years of writing have brought Drew many accolades by his peers, including the Floyd S. Chalmers Award, Dora Mavor Moore Award and the Canadian Author’s Literary Award. He has also been the recipient of many other varied honours; an Honorary Doctorate of Law from Mount Allison University, a Plaque of Honour on the Peterborough Walk of Fame, the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Award, Ontario Premier’s Award for Creative Arts and Design, and Victoria Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement in Theatre, to name a few.
 

Registration

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Land Acknowledgement Statement

The Municipality of Clarington is situated within the traditional and treaty territory of the Mississaugas and Chippewas of the Anishinabeg, known today as the Williams Treaties First Nations. Our work on these lands acknowledges their resilience and their longstanding contributions to the area now known as the Municipality of Clarington.