Historic Calgary maps from Calgary’s Story map collection.
Read more about "Historic Maps of Calgary and Alberta"Postcards showing local events and scenes offer a fascinating glimpse of Alberta's history.
Read more about "Postcards from the Past"These books and resources celebrate the contributions of Indigenous war heroes.
Read more about "Indigenous War Heroes "What is a land acknowledgement?
Read more about "Indigenous languages books added to our permanent collection"Dr. Bianca Nightengale-Lee discusses hip-hop literacy as educational healing.
Read more about "Connecting through Hip Hop"The Library supports learning and educational goals for students of all ages.
Read more about "Is your child starting kindergarten this year?"Isabelle Ackroyd is a story artist, character designer, and was the Library's 2021 Children's Artist in Residence. Her work focuses on visual storytelling for children through storyboards, illustration, and comics.
Read more about "Isabelle Ackroyd"Alex is a writer, editor, and educator. Alex is fascinated with small absurdities. His writing reflects this through the lens of magic realism. Alex has several short stories published online and in print.
Read more about "Alex Benarzi"Wakefield is a poet, spoken word artist, poetic interpreter, and Calgary's 2022-24 Poet Laureate. He has published a variety of poetry anthologies and spoken word albums and is one of Canada’s most powerful performance poets.
Read more about "Wakefield Brewster"Natasha is an award-winning Guyanese-Canadian author. When she’s not writing, she teaches with the University of Toronto and spends an inordinate amount of time trying to convince her pets that she’s the boss.
Read more about "Natasha Deen"Michelle is a writer and film producer known for her short film “The Surrogate.“ Her work is influenced by her experiences as a Black woman of Ghanian heritage, and she enjoys teaching others to write diverse characters and tell inclusive stories.
Read more about "Michelle Owusu"Sebastien’s comics and illustrations have appeared in newspapers, magazines, and an award-winning web series. In 2014, Sebastien founded the Pen & Panel Youth Cartooning Club and has been teaching there and in schools since.
Read more about "Sebastien Ringuette"Em Williamson is a lesbian poet, English MA candidate and writing instructor. She got her start in spoken word poetry but has since expanded into written word. She wishes to teach people how exciting poetry can be.
Read more about "Em Williamson"Learn the true history from Indigenous perspectives, shared through maps, art, and culture.
Read more about "Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada"