This resource is for students, parents, and educators on career, college and post-secondary options and planning for the future.Students can explore their career and post-secondary options and learn how to plan for the future. Parents can find the information they need to help their child get on the right path. Educators can find resources to help implement career planning into their class curriculum.
Read more about "Explore your career and education options."Stories come to life with animated pictures that help young children learn to read.
Read more about "Bookflix"Stream Canadian LGBTQ+ films, documentaries, and short stories, all for free.
Read more about "NFB Campus"'\n ', 'Early Learning Centres are designed to be flexible, open-ended, and interactive. Features such as experiential and moveable activity centres, props, and games support play and active learning through talking, singing, reading, and writing.', '\n '
Read more about "'Vibrant and interactive spaces at 12 libraries that support early literacy practices.'"Advance at work or start a new career with resume, interview, and networking advice.
Read more about "Job seekers"Always available eBooks on everything from animals and weather, to history and technology.
Read more about "Gale eBooks"Join as at Confluence Plaza on St. Patrick's Island for an outdoor concert by keyboardist and songwriter Cam Buie, and singer-songwriter Justine Giles.
Read more about "Rozsa Arts at the Library & Alberta Culture Days: Performance at Confluence Plaza by Cam Buie & Justine Giles"Healthy development in early childhood sets the course for a child’s future, leads to kindergarten readiness, and prepares children for lifelong learning and success.
Read more about "Early Learning Centres are one piece of Calgary Public Library’s Early Learning Strategy."The outside east elevator is staffed by intercom and available 24 hours a day, allowing for easy passage through the archway, connecting people between East Village and City Hall. On the west side, there is an intercom at the doors near the Patricia A. Whelan Performance Hall. Visitors with mobility challenges can use this intercom to contact security in order to use these doors. Or, continue up the sloped walkway to reach the main entrance.
Read more about "From sloped walkways and street-level entry on the west side, to an elevator on the east side, the Library is accessible for all."Healthy development in early childhood sets the course for a child’s future, leads to kindergarten readiness, and prepares children for lifelong learning and success.
Read more about "Early Learning Centres are one piece of Calgary Public Library’s Early Learning Strategy."Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future Published in 2015, the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada PDF includes details on the history and legacy of residential schools as well as 94 Calls to Action. Call to Action 69 specifically asks libraries, museums and archives to reexamine their commitment to truth and reconciliation and commit more resources to sharing the true history of Indigenous peoples with our communities. 69. We call upon Library and Archives Canada to: i. Fully adopt and implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations Joinet-Orentlicher Principles, as related to Aboriginal peoples’ inalienable right to know the truth about what happened and why, with regard to human rights violations committed against them in the residential schools. ii. Ensure that its record holdings related to residential schools are accessible to the public. iii. Commit more resources to its public education materials and programming on residential schools.
Read more about "Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future"Newcomer Artist in Residence Meet Han Sungpil Han Sungpil , Calgary Public Library’s 2024 Newcomer Artist in Residence , strives to understand the world’s diversity by exploring nature, discovering sublime elements of beauty, and interpreting mundane worlds that have been sources of his inspiration. He was born in Seoul, South Korea and immigrated to Canada in 2020. He is a visual artist that uses photography, video, and installation to delve into environmental issues, which has always kept him exploring the Arctic, Antarctic, Amazon, Andes, Alps, Sahara and Canadian Rockies. The Newcomer Artist in Residence program is a partnership with Calgary Arts Development. This Library residency is generously supported by TD Bank Group. The resident is the recipient of the 2024 Calgary Catholic Immigration Society (CCIS) New Canadian Artist Award sponsored by TD Bank at the Mayor's 2024 Celebration for the Arts.
Read more about "Newcomer Artist in Residence Meet Han Sungpil"Gillian Hynes Committee Membership: Governance; Strategy and Community Term End: 2026 Immersing herself in the pages of books across diverse genres has been a lifelong passion for Gillian. This love for reading traces back to her early childhood and has seamlessly woven itself into her adult years. The roots of this passion run deep within her family; her mother, a former librarian during her teaching career, instilled this fervor for books. Continuing the tradition, Gillian’s young children eagerly explore the Central and Signal Hill branches, returning home buzzing with enthusiasm for their newfound books. Gillian firmly believes the Library is an inclusive space — a haven for learning, community, and connection. Committed to this belief, Gillian serves as a voice for change. Her voice reverberates in support of reconciliation, equity, diversity, and belonging in our communities and workplaces. Gillian passionately strives to cultivate more inclusive and sustainable environments for equity-deserving groups, channeling her enthusiasm towards sustaining these principles within Calgary Public Library.
Read more about "Gillian Hynes"Every Saturday afternoon, Iris Ngo can be found at Judith Umbach Library, volunteering for Math Quest. The Library buzzes as kids complete numeracy challenges throughout the building, with assistance from family members, youth volunteers, and Team Leads like Iris.“I really like working with the younger children, and also getting to know young people in the community who volunteer,” says Iris, a University of Calgary student earning a master’s degree in biochemistry. “I meet new people every week through this program.”Iris started volunteering for Calgary Public Library eight years ago, when she was 15. “I was really shy, so it was difficult for me to converse with people, and I thought volunteering would be a good way for me to get to know other people,” Iris says.For three years, Iris volunteered with the Reading Buddies program, sharing books and literacy games with young students. Initially, she was a nervous new volunteer, but says she quickly felt comfortable and loved witnessing how much her “little buddies” learned over the program.When Iris was 18, she moved into an adult volunteer role. With Math Quest, she acts as Team Lead for the drop-in program’s youth volunteers and participants, a role she greatly enjoys.“Math was the first subject that got me really interested in a science and technology-based career. I like that Math Quest is trying to break down that stereotype that math is hard,” she says.Iris is known as a friendly and fantastic volunteer, always smiling and willing to help. She is skilled at finding ways to keep both students and other volunteers engaged.Iris credits volunteering with helping shape her into who she is today. The formerly shy teenager is hard to recognize now; she excitedly approaches kids and asks if they want to play a math game. “That would never have happened without volunteering,” she says.“You never know how big of an impact volunteering can have on your life, as well as the people around you.”If you’d like to join the Library’s team of youth or adult volunteers, please visit the Volunteers page.
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