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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Register for this hands-on program which focuses on how you can help your child learn early literacy skills with five simple practices: talking, reading, singing, writing and playing. Parent/caregiver participation is required.

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!

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

This storytime takes place in a quiet and safe environment. It includes interactive stories, songs, action-rhymes, fingerplays and sensory activities which promote literacy skills and development.

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

The Pickering Welcome Centre will host a monthly information table at the Central Library, where Settlement Counsellors will be available to answer questions for newcomers and immigrants to Canada.

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

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

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.

Ovee [pronounced "OH-VEE"] is the Pickering Public Library's new outreach vehicle, featuring a custom-built interior designed for delivering Library services to residents across Pickering.

This program offers a group experience for parents and babies focusing on the pleasure and power of using rhymes, songs, and stories together.

Learn about Durham Region's Newcomer Housing Journey Map while visiting the library! Staff from the Region will be on site to provide a demonstration and answer any questions related to this comprehensive resource.

Come and learn about siege engines and build your own operating miniature trebuchets. Supplies will be provided.

Join us as we celebrate Islamic History Month by learning about the contributions of Muslims to the Arts and Sciences in partnership with Muslim Women of Durham Region.

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

The community is invited to join Library staff to gather for a ceremony with members of Indigenous communities as we come together to hold space and honour the Land Acknowledgement installation.

BINGO! We call the squares, you fill them in. Join us for a fun hour of BINGO games!

Bring in the Jewish New Year! Join co-director of Chabad Chana Borenstein and community member Emma Cunningham to talk about how to start a sweet new year during the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah.

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).

Time to get crafty! Come and get creative with a variety of fun craft supplies. What will you make? Supplies will be provided.

For newcomers in the Pickering area looking to practice conversational English, meet new people, and learn about your community. Join us for a one hour conversation circle in partnership with Community Development Council Durham.

Family Mediation and Resources presents an online divorce information session focusing on divorce options in and out of court.

Create a beautiful paper lantern as you learn about the history and traditions of the Mid-Autumn Festival from the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto!
 

This workshop will give participants the skills and confidence to start saving their own seeds. Topics covered include what are seeds, selecting seeds to save, how to store seeds and how to check for viability.

Dig into some popcorn and enjoy a screening of "WALL-E" with your friends and family. This film and many others are available to loan on DVD through the library. While you watch, enjoy some themed colouring pages to engage your creative side.

Find your voice at Toastmasters! 

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

Are you interested in films and documentaries? Join our film club for a thoughtful and lively discussion on our selected title each month from Kanopy or Hoopla. For International Week of The Deaf we will be discussing

Fostering a culture of collaboration and knowledge sharing of technology, Open Tech Talk is a drop-in discussion group, whereby clients can bring in their tech related questions to discuss with library staff as well as share their love of technolo

Find out how to make strong financial choices and reduce the stress and uncertainties that often come with having your first child. 

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Board meetings are held in-person and are open to members of the public to attend.