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Canada in Context

Subject: 
General reference
Subject: 
History
Subject: 
Law & government
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News, magazines & journals
Audience: 
Adults
Seniors
Teens
  Canada in Context is a multimedia database with a Canadian focus. The articles, video, interactive maps, and websites in this database are useful to any student wanting to learn more about Canada’s people, geography, history, science and sports.

Event: eBooks, eReaders and the Library: an Introduction

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Date: 
September 5th 2012

An introduction to eBooks and eReaders and how it all&nbs

Event: Robin Sams and Katje van Loon: Poetry Readings

Date: 
June 24th 2012

Local authors Robin A. Sams and Katje van Loon are teaming up for a poetry reading double feature at the Nanaimo Harbourfront Library.

Event: May Wong - A Cowherd in Paradise: From China to Canada

Date: 
June 23rd 2012

In 2006, the Prime Minister of Canada apologized to the Chinese people for the legislated discrimination created by Canada’s head tax laws in the first half of the twentieth century, acknow

Event: Discover Curt Lang's Vancouver with Claudia Cornwall

Date: 
June 19th 2012

Join author Claudia Cornwall when she reads from her new book At the World’s Edge: Curt Lang's Vancouver 1937-1998.  Included in the book

Event: Genealogy workshop: How to Begin

Date: 
July 15th 2012

Join us as we explore how to start researching your family roots.

Event: Documentary Night: Project Nim

Date: 
June 18th 2012

This movie is the story of Nim, the chimpanzee who in the 1970s became the focus of a landmark experiment which aimed to show that an ape could learn to communicate with language if raised and nu

Event: Downloadable eBooks for iPhone, iPad and other tablets

Date: 
July 17th 2012

Learn about the downloadable books available at the Vancouver Island Regional Library. This workshop is especially for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and other tablet computers.

Event: Downloadable eBook Basics

Date: 
July 10th 2012

Learn about downloadable books available at the Vancouver Island Regional Library. Spaces in these sessions are limited!  To register, please call 250-656-0944

Event: La Joie de Vivre: Art in Post-War Paris

Date: 
July 4th 2012

Did you attend “Paris: A Walk Through Ages”? Dr.

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