October 1-7 is Banned Books Week. Come down to your School Library to find out more. Find out why book banning is a threat to your freedoms. See the books that are among the most challenged in the world today. Read a banned book this week. Read what you want to read all the time.
October is International School Library Month and Canadian Library Month. Join with us as we celebrate the power and joy of libraries, and our commit to protecting this vital institution for all people.
What books would you like to borrow from your School Library? Let us know. Go to our Requests page to let us know what you want.
We want to get good books onto our shelves, so that you can get those good books into your hands, so that you can read good books that you are interested in.
Get the books* that you want.
Go here to link to our Requests page
*Books include regular printed books in hardcover or paperback form, ebooks, audiobooks, and more. We also have magazines, board games, DVDs and other audiovisual materials, and much, much more.
We hope that you have a relaxing and refreshing summer holiday filled with fun and good times with family and friends.
Look for the occasional online update, otherwise, we will see you again in person at your School Library in 2023-2024.
The month of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting and prayer, comes to and end this week. Muslims will celebrate Eid al-Fitr, literally the “holiday of the breaking of the fast.”
As is the case with many religious and cultural holidays that are based on lunar calendars, the date of Eid varies from year to year, as the Islamic calendar is not in sync with the Gregorian calendar. Also, according to Islam the new month doesn’t officially begin until religious authorities confirm the sighting of the moon. As such, we can only predict the start of Eid. In 2023 it is predicted that Eid al-Fitr will begin on April 21.
We wish “Eid Mubarak” to the more than one million Muslims in Canada, and to the almost two billion Muslims around the world.
Join us in the School Library today as we celebrate International Women’s Day, and all month long as we look at a variety of issues related to the ongoing struggle for the rights of women in Canada and around the world.
Imagine a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. A world that’s diverse, equitable, and inclusive. A world where difference is valued and celebrated. Together we can forge women’s equality. Collectively we can all #EmbraceEquity.
International Women’s Day
The Lunar New Year in 2023 is observed on January 22. However, multiday, and even multiweek festivals will take place around the world on the days and weeks surrounding the 22nd. Canadians join with many millions of people in Asia, and millions more of Asian Heritage around the world, to celebrate the Year of the Rabbit.
The celebrations around this event include many different local practices and are known by many names around the world, including the Spring Festival; the Lantern Festival ; Tet (Vietnam); Seollal (Korea); Koshogatsu or “Little New Year” (Japan).
In North America it is often called Chinese New Year, although the Chinese themselves are more likely to refer to it as the Spring Festival. Moreover, the term “Lunar New Year” is more reflective of the multi-ethnic and multicultural nature of the celebrations. In Canada this is especially important, as many Canadians trace their roots to many different parts of the world, including China, but also to many other places in East Asia such as Korea, the Philippines, Vietnam and Japan.
Today and over the coming days and even weeks people in Canada will join with people around the world to celebrate the new year and look forward to the Year of the Rabbit .
The lunar calendar, based on the cycles of the moon, does not match up with the solar calendar, based on the orbit of the earth around the sun. Therefore holidays based on the lunar calendar will change dates from year to year on the Gregorian Calendar, the solar calendar most commonly used by Canadians and people around the world for most scheduling related to business, politics and science, if not cultural and religious observances.
Find out more about Lunar New Year:
2023 is here. Be sure to come by the school library to see how we can help you get back into things as Semester 1 finishes up this month. We look forward to seeing you.
International Games Month @ Your Library takes top billing this week as the School Library hosts over 25 different classes for a celebration of games! Board games, tabletop games, card games, party games and all sorts of games will be happening Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
On Wednesday the School Library also hosts the district DELF exam for French language students. As such we will be closed to all drop-in students for the entire day on Wednesday.
Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School Library 