Indigenous Friendship Circle
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaThe Indigenous Friendship Circle is a space specifically for Indigenous People to socialize, connect, and share culture including drumming, singing, beading, food, skills sharing, bingo, language, medicine, and cousins. For more information email: cdick@saltspringlibrary.com
After School Engineering Challenge
FabLabJoin Callum every Monday for a STEM challenge afternoon! Get creative, get crafty, get mechanically inclined. Solve a problem, win a friendly competition, beat a record, or just play around and discover a new skill. It’s a great thing to do at a great place to be, after school.
Toastmasters Club Meeting
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaJoin the Toastmaster Club meeting at the library. Hybrid meeting. Zoom Meeting ID: 427 061 030
Seniors’ Safety- stopping elder abuse & neglect
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaSeniors’ Safety: stopping elder abuse & neglect In Collaboration the local Community Response Network and the SSI Library are presenting a Free to Attend, in person event with: Cari Taylor from BC CRN, the provincial umbrella organization that supports local initiatives in reducing abuse, neglect and self neglect. Plus Gillian Millan and Phil Downie from Crime Stoppers, […]
Mother Goose
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaIn partnership with Family Place, The Library is proud to host ‘Mother Goose,’ a FREE and magical group experience for babies, young children (0-4 years) and their parents/caregivers. It is a well-recognized and respected oral language program that returns to tradition by using rhymes, songs and storytelling as a base for enriching parent-child lives and […]
Library Book Club
Interested in reading and discussing well written books? Join the library book club! This month we are reading Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice. For more information email: bookclub@saltspringlibrary.com
Chris Arnett
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaChris Arnett talks about his new book Signs of the Time: Nłeʔkepmx Resistance through Rock Art. Drawing on a unique blend of Indigenous and Western sources, Signs of the Time explores Nłeʔkepmx rock art making to reveal the historical and cultural meaning beneath its beguiling imagery. Chris Arnett is an independent archaeologist who lives on […]
Tech Tutoring
Library Meeting Room 103Tech Tutoring with Peter Fridays, 10AM, 11AM, 12PM, 1PM Bring any kind of device and technology-related questions for tech help with Peter. Book your fifty-minute one-on-one tech tutoring session with Peter by emailing info@saltspringlibrary.com or visiting the tech desk in person.
Friday STEM Programs
FabLab10:00AM-11:15AM - Lego Explorers: Engineer Your Own Amusement Park 11:30AM-1:00PM - Lego Prime: Create Your Own Modes of Travel 1:45PM-3:15PM - Teams: Building Your First Real Robot.
StoryWalk
Mouat ParkStoryWalk® is a self-guided supported-activity that allows children and adults to enjoy reading and outdoor activity at the same time. Every weekend, laminated pages from a children’s book is attached to signs, These signs are then sequentially installed from the front of the Library, down the street, then though Mouat Park toward the Rainbow Road […]