Need help paying for your education after high school? If you are a resident of Ontario you can apply for government funding through the Ontario School Assistance Program (also known as OSAP). OSAP is designed to help eligible students of all ages with the financial assistance they need to meet the costs of post-secondary education, […]
Happy New Year! According to the lunar calendar, Sunday February 10, 2013, marks the start of the Year of the Snake. To celebrate the Year of the Snake, I thought I would take you on a serpentine tour of some Toronto Public Library resources related to Chinese New Year and to the animal of the […]
Nominees for the 85th Academy Awards – also known as the Oscars – were announced last week. It's another stellar year for books adapted to the big screen: five of the nine films nominated in the Best Picture category are based on books, as are all five of the nominations for Production Design. Here now, […]
CALLING ALL TEEN GIRLS! Are you interested in doing something fun (and free!) after school? Do you enjoy hanging out with your friends and making new ones? Would you like to try new things in a girls-only environment? Then come and join our Girls Club at the Albert Campbell branch of the Toronto Public Library! […]
As you may have already heard, the world is scheduled to end — or, at the very least, undergo a major transformation — on December 21, 2012. Wondering what you'll see when you look out the window tomorrow? Check out these books that imagine a Toronto transformed in the not-so-distant future: Brown Girl in […]
The nominees have been announced for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's class of 2013. This year, for the first time, the public is being invited to cast a vote alongside the music industry insiders who make up the members of the Nominating and Voting Committees. This is big news for music fans, because critics of the Rock […]
In honour of Movember (the month formerly known as November), and for all you moustachioed readers and writers out there, I offer you six memorable 'staches from the stacks: Hercule Poirot's Moustache Ilustration by Claire Counihan The moustache belonging to Agatha Christie's famous fictional Beligian detective is a lot like the man himself: impeccable, fastidious, […]
As a bona fide book lover (I am, after all, a librarian) and also a film fan, I was excited to see that there are so many books on film at the Toronto International Film Festival this year. Although I almost always prefer the book to the movie (again, it's probably the librarian thing), the […]
Are you a teenager between 13 and 19 years old? Looking for something fun (and free) to do this summer? Well look no further, because the library has you covered! Every Tuesday is "Teen Tuesday" all summer long at the Albert Campbell branch of the Toronto Public Library! What exactly is "Teen Tuesday" you ask? […]
Are you a student, or the paren’t or caregiver of a student, who has been suspended or expelled from school? Do you want to know more about the causes and consequences of suspension and expulsion? Do you feel confused by the review and appeals process? Do you have questions about your rights and responsibilities? You […]