On Wednesday, October 28th, North York Central Library hosted an eh List program featuring world curling champion and CBC television personality Colleen Jones. Colleen read from her new biography: Throwing Rocks at Houses: My Life In and Out of Curling. This book is also available electronically. During her illustrious career, Colleen won’two world championships and six Tournament of Hearts Canadian […]
A fascinating period in gay and lesbian activism in Toronto will be highlighted at North York Central Library on June 10th, 2014. Mathieu Brule and Tom Hooper, historians from York University, will present the talk "A Defining Moment for Gay and Lesbian Activism: Toronto in the 1970's". Legal rights, workers' rights, paren’ting rights and privacy rights were […]
Ben Kaplan, National Post columnist and author of Feet, Don't Fail Me Now: The Rogue's Guide To Running the Marathon will be at the North York Central Library on Tuesday, April 1st at 7pm, to talk about how you too can become a marathon runner. Kaplan will explain a simple way to move from your first 5K […]
If you are new to Canada, no doubt you have a lot of questions. Did you know that you can come to North York Central Library and speak to someone who will help you find some answers? COSTI Immigrant Services is a community-based multicultural agency which has been serving all immigrant communities and new Canadians for […]
There is so much information on how to use Kurzweil 3000 that sometimes it's hard to find just bare bones instruction! To help, here are some quick, very simple ways to perform common tasks while using Kurzweil 3000: To Create a New Document: On the Main Toolbar, click on the New button, or use the shortcut […]
Autism is affecting more and more lives. The Toronto Public Library can help you increase your awareness of this very complex disorder. Articles Find many full text, current articles in the library's databases. Here are some examples: In the Health Reference Centre Academic database, you can find the full text of an article published in the Townsend Letter in Oct. […]
The 3rd Annual Toronto Disability Pride March takes place Saturday October 5th, 1-4pm. The march starts at Queen's Park and ends at Ryerson University's School of Disability Studies. Why march? "To bring recognition of the struggles and value of people with disabilities as we fight against ableism and other forms of oppression. To be visible and show […]
Have you ever gotten "lost" using ZoomText? It's very easy to lose your bearings when using the program the first few times, especially when using high magnification. I know, because when I started learning ZoomText I certainly experienced that problem. Then I came across a couple of very useful "ZoomText Tips and Tricks" videos on the AI Squared website. […]
People often come to the library asking for information about acquired brain injury, for themselves or for a loved one, or as students or professionals working in the health field. Their information needs range from the very basic to the extremely in-depth. What is acquired brain injury? According to the Toronto ABI Network, acquired brain […]
In the Books Blog of the British national newspaper The Guardian, Paul Wilson states that "despite literature's fervour to explore the far reaches of human experience, disability is for the most part disregarded, or at least pushed to the margins. Disabled protagonists are few and far between". In his post he presents his choices for the top ten books on […]