Do you love reading? Join our Preteen Book Club and make new friends with other book lovers! We’ll talk about our favourite books, do cool activities, and read and discuss some awesome new titles together.
Dates: Wednesdays January 23, February 6, March 6, April 3, May 1, 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Ages: Grades 5, 6 and 7
Fee: Free with advance registration (library card required)
Optimist Room
Therapy Dogs
Take a break from studying and de-stress with St. John Ambulance therapy dogs.
We guarantee you will be smiling!
Saturday January 26; 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday January 29; 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
For high school and university/college students only.
Also taking place this exam season:
Additional Study Space – Overflow study space will be available to accommodate students during this busy time.
Therapy Dogs
Take a break from studying and de-stress with St. John Ambulance therapy dogs.
We guarantee you will be smiling!
Saturday January 26; 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday January 29; 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
For high school and university/college students only.
Also taking place this exam season:
Additional Study Space – Overflow study space will be available to accommodate students during this busy time.
Make awesome stuff at your library! In this workshop we'll learn the basics of 3D Printing and look at how to design your own objects using CAD programs. Print a 3D item and pick it up at a later date to paint and decorate!
Date & Time: Friday February 2, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. (PA Day) - Lebovic Room
Pickup Date and Time: Friday February 15, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. - Optimist Room
Celebrate the end of exam week with some trivia fun! We will be hosting an hour of pop culture and book-based trivia with prizes to be won. Bring your own device preloaded with the Kahoot! app. Snacks provided.
Day & Time: Saturday, 2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Date: February 2, 2019
Ages: 12-17
Fee: Free!
This youth leadership program is a fun way to boost your confidence and develop leadership and public speaking skills. Offered in partnership with Towns of York Toastmasters.
Day & Time: Mondays, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Date: February 4 – March 25
Ages: 15 - 18
Fee: Free!
Do you love reading? Join our Preteen Book Club and make new friends with other book lovers! We’ll talk about our favourite books, do cool activities, and read and discuss some awesome new titles together.
Dates: Wednesdays January 23, February 6, March 6, April 3, May 1, 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Ages: Grades 5, 6 and 7
Fee: Free with advance registration (library card required)
Optimist Room
Calling all hopeless romantics! Join us for a day of creating cards – maybe a valentine for someone special, or just something for yourself! Bring a friend or family member! What’s better than some crafting the day away while movies play in the background? Drop in for as long as you like! All day popcorn! 12+
Drop in for an afternoon of gaming fun! Come play, relax and chat about games with others!
Game on the PS4, experience VR with the Oculus Go, enjoy snacks and more!
Feel free to bring your own gaming devices!
In Lebovic or Magna Room.
This youth leadership program is a fun way to boost your confidence and develop leadership and public speaking skills. Offered in partnership with Towns of York Toastmasters.
Day & Time: Mondays, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Date: February 4 – March 25
Ages: 15 - 18
Fee: Free!
If you enjoy reading and chatting about books, then this is the club for you! Join us for lively discussions of excellent titles.
Day & Time: Thursdays, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Dates: January 10, February 14, March 21
Ages: For students in Grades 8 - 12
Fee: Free! Please register in advance.
This youth leadership program is a fun way to boost your confidence and develop leadership and public speaking skills. Offered in partnership with Towns of York Toastmasters.
Day & Time: Mondays, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Date: February 4 – March 25
Ages: 15 - 18
Fee: Free!
Learn how to create documents, insert photos and format with tables and styles in Microsoft Word.
There will be a 30-minute Q&A session at the end of the workshop.
Bring your own device preloaded with Microsoft Word.
Spend an evening testing your luck and skill at a variety of card and board games including: King of Tokyo, Fluxx, Chess, Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, Love Letters, Small World and more.
Day & Time: Wednesday, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Date: February 20
Ages: 11 - 15
Fee: Free! No registration necessary, just drop in.
Join us for fun & creative projects.
Day & Time: Thursdays, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. (March Break session will be 2:30 – 4:00 p.m.)
Date: January 17, February 21, March 14*
Ages: 10 - 16
Fee: Free! No registration necessary, just drop in.
January 17: Snowglobes
February 21: Button Making
Join us for a music workshop being led by The Arts Music Store. One workshop will be on song writing/melody; the other will focus on instrumental 12-bar blues.
For more information and to register contact The Arts Music Store: 905-898-7164.
In partnership with The Arts Music Store & The Aurora Winter Blues Festival.
This youth leadership program is a fun way to boost your confidence and develop leadership and public speaking skills. Offered in partnership with Towns of York Toastmasters.
Day & Time: Mondays, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Date: February 4 – March 25
Ages: 15 - 18
Fee: Free!
This youth leadership program is a fun way to boost your confidence and develop leadership and public speaking skills. Offered in partnership with Towns of York Toastmasters.
Day & Time: Mondays, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Date: February 4 – March 25
Ages: 15 - 18
Fee: Free!
Do you love reading? Join our Preteen Book Club and make new friends with other book lovers! We’ll talk about our favourite books, do cool activities, and read and discuss some awesome new titles together.
Dates: Wednesdays January 23, February 6, March 6, April 3, May 1, 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Ages: Grades 5, 6 and 7
Fee: Free with advance registration (library card required)
Optimist Room
Set in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy's odyssey in search of his lost dog. Directed by Wes Anderson, 2018, 101 min PG-13
Drop in for an afternoon of gaming fun! Come play, relax and chat about games with others!
Game on the PS4, experience VR with the Oculus Go, enjoy snacks and more!
Feel free to bring your own gaming devices!
Lebovic Room.
This youth leadership program is a fun way to boost your confidence and develop leadership and public speaking skills. Offered in partnership with Towns of York Toastmasters.
Day & Time: Mondays, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Date: February 4 – March 25
Ages: 15 - 18
Fee: Free!
Attention job-hunting teens! Join us for an employment information session with RNC Employment Services and learn about transferrable skills and job search strategies. Get insider tips on how to spruce up your resume, start your job search and prepare for interviews.
Day & Time: Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Date: March 12 (during March Break)
Ages: 15 - 18
Fee: Free! Please register in advance.
Join us to make your own slime! We’ll have fun things to add to it, and cool slimy science to explore!
Date: Tuesday March 12, 2:00-4:00 (admission will be in 20-minute ticketed shifts)
Age: 7 years and up
Free tickets available starting Saturday March 9
Optimist Room
Join Ian Wheelband of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada for this engaging presentation, followed by a telescope viewing of the night sky (weather permitting).
Day & Time: Wednesday, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Date: March 13
Ages: 11+
Fee: Free! Please register in advance.
Enjoy a movie and some cool activities and snacks to celebrate March Break!
Date: Thursday March 14, 10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Ages: 7-12 years
Free, drop in
Magna Room
Join us for fun & creative projects.
Day & Time: Thursdays, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. (March Break session will be 2:30 – 4:00 p.m.)
Date: January 17, February 21, March 14*
Ages: 10 - 16
Fee: Free! No registration necessary, just drop in.
January 17: Snowglobes
February 21: Button Making
Consider this your invitation to an afternoon of Hogwarts excitement! Decorate a wand, cast spells, discover your Patronus, and much more! Wizarding robes (or other costumes) are recommended, but not required!
Date: Friday March 15: two entry times: 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.
Ages: 8-17 years
Fee: Free, drop-in
Room: Magna
This one-day training will help front-line leaders (anyone working with children aged 6 to 12 - i.e. camp counsellor, coaches, swim instructors) improve the quality of programs. It provides in depth training in the HIGH FIVE Principles of healthy child development so front-line leaders understand what they need to do to ensure each child’s social, emotional and cognitive needs are met. Leaders learn activities and gain knowledge, tips and resources to enhance their programs as well as their relationships with children and other staff members.
This youth leadership program is a fun way to boost your confidence and develop leadership and public speaking skills. Offered in partnership with Towns of York Toastmasters.
Day & Time: Mondays, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Date: February 4 – March 25
Ages: 15 - 18
Fee: Free!
If you enjoy reading and chatting about books, then this is the club for you! Join us for lively discussions of excellent titles.
Day & Time: Thursdays, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Dates: January 10, February 14, March 21
Ages: For students in Grades 8 - 12
Fee: Free! Please register in advance.
This youth leadership program is a fun way to boost your confidence and develop leadership and public speaking skills. Offered in partnership with Towns of York Toastmasters.
Day & Time: Mondays, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Date: February 4 – March 25
Ages: 15 - 18
Fee: Free!
Do you love reading? Join our Preteen Book Club and make new friends with other book lovers! We’ll talk about our favourite books, do cool activities, and read and discuss some awesome new titles together.
Dates: Wednesdays January 23, February 6, March 6, April 3, May 1, 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Ages: Grades 5, 6 and 7
Fee: Free with advance registration (library card required)
Optimist Room
Drop in for an afternoon of gaming fun! Come play, relax and chat about games with others!
Game on the PS4, experience VR with the Oculus Go, enjoy snacks and more!
Feel free to bring your own gaming devices!
In Lebovic or Magna Room.
Do you love reading? Join our Preteen Book Club and make new friends with other book lovers! We’ll talk about our favourite books, do cool activities, and read and discuss some awesome new titles together.
Dates: Wednesdays January 23, February 6, March 6, April 3, May 1, 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Ages: Grades 5, 6 and 7
Fee: Free with advance registration (library card required)
Optimist Room
Drop in for an afternoon of gaming fun! Come play, relax and chat about games with others!
Game on the PS4, experience VR with the Oculus Go, enjoy snacks and more!
Feel free to bring your own gaming devices!
In Lebovic or Magna Room.
Drop in for an afternoon of gaming fun! Come play, relax and chat about games with others!
Game on the PS4, experience VR with the Oculus Go, enjoy snacks and more!
Feel free to bring your own gaming devices!
In Lebovic or Magna Room.
Drop in for an afternoon of gaming fun! Come play, relax and chat about games with others!
Game on the PS4, experience VR with the Oculus Go, enjoy snacks and more!
Feel free to bring your own gaming devices!
In Lebovic or Magna Room.
Drop in for an afternoon of gaming fun! Come play, relax and chat about games with others!
Game on the PS4, experience VR with the Oculus Go, enjoy snacks and more!
Feel free to bring your own gaming devices!
Drop in for an afternoon of gaming fun! Come play, relax and chat about games with others!
Game on the PS4, experience VR with the Oculus Go, enjoy snacks and more!
Feel free to bring your own gaming devices!
In Lebovic or Magna Room.
Drop in for an afternoon of gaming fun! Come play, relax and chat about games with others!
Game on the PS4, experience VR with the Oculus Go, enjoy snacks and more!
Feel free to bring your own gaming devices!
In Lebovic or Magna Room.
Drop in for an afternoon of gaming fun! Come play, relax and chat about games with others!
Game on the PS4, experience VR with the Oculus Go, enjoy snacks and more!
Feel free to bring your own gaming devices!
In Lebovic or Magna Room.
Drop in for an afternoon of gaming fun! Come play, relax and chat about games with others!
Game on the PS4, experience VR with the Oculus Go, enjoy snacks and more!
Feel free to bring your own gaming devices!
In Lebovic or Magna Room.
