Week Calendar

Are you new to Canada? Or a new immigrant and not sure how to find a job in Canada? Join this event presented by the Pickering Welcome Center to help you with your job search!

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Come listen to nature stories and songs! A portion of this storytimes involves going outside into the reading garden or taking a walk to the park outside the library. Please dress for the weather.

Join children's staff for an interactive storytelling event followed by a fun craft led by EarlyON staff in the Esplanade Park! Please register for each Monday session you would like to attend.

Perfect for little ones who love bounces and tickles! This storytime features books, songs and action rhymes for little ones!

This interactive and fun storytime features books, action songs and rhymes for the whole family!

Hello, Seaton! Join library staff every Wednesday morning for engaging activities and information about our library services. Interested in obtaining a library card? Curious about our digital library and how it works?

Stop by for a session to learn tips about your phone, including texting, taking memorable photos, and using your G-mail. Get help you setting up a Gmail account and much more! 

This program will introduce infants to interactive songs, nursery rhymes, music, creative movement and musical instruments.

Come say hello to the Metrolinx Team and visit the Metrolinx information booth at the Pickering Public Library! 

The Metrolinx Durham Region Community Engagement Team will be on site: 

Meet up with fellow makers every Thursday! Bring your own projects, share ideas, and socialize.

Harm Reduction Outreach Counsellors with the Harm Reduction Outreach program at John Howard Society Durham will be on-site at the Pickering Central Library to offer harm reduction education and information as well as Naloxone training and distribu

An Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) Caseworker from the Oshawa office will be onsite every Friday at the Central Library to assist you, and no appointment is necessary.

Come and have some fun and meet other kids in this literacy focused program as we go "beyond the book." Each week there will be a different book challenge.

July 8 - Writing - Make up a goofy story or poem. Draw a cover to a book.

Boost your child's STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) skills with Ontario Tech University's Engineering Outreach Team!

Join us in-person as we play with LEGO. Let your creativity be your guide! Supplies will be provided.

Let's get messy and create cool, colourful space slime! Sparkly stardust slime or green alien goo - whatever you create is up to you! Dress for mess. Supplies will be provided.

This program will introduce infants to interactive songs, nursery rhymes, music, creative movement and musical instruments.

Games, Music, and Snacks. Every week, every time. A Youth Outreach Worker from Durham Community Health Centre will be on site. Resources included. All welcome.

This is a program for teens (ages 13-19).

Put your layering skills to the test by making your very own alien terrarium! A few seeds there, some potting soil there and voila! Dress for mess. Supplies will be provided.

Do you want your voice heard about the future of the Teen Space? Join us for a Town Hall to review our Teen Service Survey results and to get community input on how to implement changes to more effectively serve our teen library users.  

Join us for a relaxing spa evening in honour of Self Care Day! We will be making lip balm and face masks. Supplies will be provided. 

This is a program for teens (ages 13-19)

Find your voice at Toastmasters! 

Hear some great speakers and enjoy warm conversation and watch a Toastmasters meeting unfold. 

Our staff will present new and exciting books available at the Library as you enjoy some tea, snacks, discussion and social time with others. You just might discover your next favourite author! Can't join in person? No worries!