World Book is a collection of online encyclopedias which can teach you all kinds of things. Calgary Public Library has four versions you can choose from in the Digital Library. World Book Online for Kids is great for young readers. World Book Online Student is meant for elementary and junior high students. World Book Advanced is perfect for high school assignments. World Book Timelines is an interactive database of world events.
Join us as Jon Cornish unravels the complexities of his unique journey as a person of mixed heritage, navigating a world rife with stereotypes & misconceptions. Highlighting the...
Read more about "CCHS Jon Cornish “Power and Privilege in an Intersectional Life”"The world is full of chaos. Yet we exist. We live. We survive. We laugh, we cry. We shout in anger and whisper of love. This collection of contemplative short films weaves...
Read more about "FascinAsian Film Festival 2024: Existential Threads"Sign up to Beanstack for personalized reading recommendations sent every week to your inbox. You can also track your growing TBR (to be read) pile and reading progress.Make Reading Your Superpower. Login to Beanstack to join the Ultimate Summer Challenge.
Read more about "Find your next great book"The fourth film in the 2022 is a bittersweet odyssey about the many ways of perceiving the world around you to survive. Can child refugees Oskar & Lili successfully resist the...
Read more about "Calgary European Film Festival presents 2022 European Union Film Series: Oskar & Lili-Where No One Knows Us"This Junior Achievement program has a proven track record of getting teens ready for the world of business while starting a real company. With the help of mentors along the way...
Read more about "Company Program"Before humans existed, the world was all water. Join Mackenzie Brown, the Library’s Indigenous Artist in Residence, for this fun workshop where she teaches the Cree
Read more about "Indigenous Artist in Residence: Turtle Island Craft (Ages 7-10)"An outstanding collaboration between MakeFashion + Indi City, where technology meets traditional regalia as a Grand Entry into the world of Pow Wow. These masterpieces along with...
Read more about "Chinook Blast: MakeFashion x Indi City Pow Wow Runway"Need help navigating the complex digital world? Whatever your skill level, our digital guides can help with your tech questions and connect you to resources to help build your...
Read more about "Digital Guides"These stories dispel outdated myths about autism and showcase the many, and varied, strengths of autistic people.
Read more about "World Autism Awareness Day"Experience a virtual farming simulation that explores world food sustainability! Manage your own farms in Kenya, India and Canada while balancing the needs of social, economic and...
Read more about "Journey 2050"Settle down, baby, it's time for bed! Learn songs and rhymes for bedtime routines and getting ready to sleep.
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Read more about "Join us in Napi's World"A few times a month, Giselle Wong brings the Library directly to others. She’s a long time volunteer with Homebound Readers, a program for people of all ages with mobility or health concerns.The Library program is more than just a book delivery service. “It’s about companionship,” Wong says. The Calgarians she helps are delighted to have fresh books to read and a friendly face to talk to.Wong’s responsibilities include picking up holds or choosing materials, delivering those resources to elderly Library members, and returning their borrowed items. Often, she sticks around for a visit over tea. Wong enjoys those conversations; listening to stories from seniors gives her understanding into another generation, she says.The Homebound Readers program started in 1974, and continues to this day because of volunteers like Wong. Over the past 13 years, Wong has volunteered about 500 hours with the program.Wong works as a library assistant at an elementary school, and says volunteering is another way to share her deep love of libraries with others. That passion started when Wong was a youngster who spent extensive time at a public library in Ontario, learning English as a second language. “Libraries have changed me,” Wong says. “They opened my eyes to the world.”If you are interested in volunteering with the Library, please visit the Volunteers page.
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