Themes, Displays, and Library Events – Page 4 – Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School Library

Asian Heritage Month

May is Asian Heritage Month in Canada. Canadians trace their roots to places all over the world, including the many countries, ethnicities and cultures of Asia.

Come down to visit us to find out more.

Pride Week

It is Pride Week at Lord Tweedsmuir. Celebrate, and learn more, by coming down to your School Library to check out some of these titles:

Books for Asian Heritage Month

Come down to your School Library to check out these titles for Canada’s Asian Heritage Month.

Millions of Canadians trace their roots to Asia and the many different nations, people groups and ethnicities of that vast continent. Asian Heritage is an incredibly diverse tapestry of history, art, religion and many other cultural pieces that have enriched our concept of what it means to be Canadian. Come down to your school library throughout the month of May to learn more.

Novels in Verse

April is Poetry Month in Canada. Come down to your School Library to check out some of these “Novels in Verse.”

Happy Earth Day!

Sikh Heritage Month

April is Sikh Heritage Month in Canada. Check out these books to learn more:

Happy Vaisakhi

Celebrate Vaisakhi!

Tomorrow at our school we celebrate Vaisakhi. Be sure to join in on the festivities at lunch and throughout the day. The official date for Vaisakhi in 2025 is April 14.

Vaisakhi is a major festival on the Sikh calendar, and one of the most important days of the year. Sikhs in Canada, India, and around the world will celebrate the founding of the Khalsa, or the worldwide body of Sikhs, as established by Guru Gobind Singh in 1699. Sometimes Vaisakhi is referred to as Khalsa Day.

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Vaisakhi, or Baisakhi, was traditionally a spring harvest festival, and for some, a New Year’s Day. All across northern India, particularly in the Punjab, many different groups will celebrate Vaisakhi for these various reasons, including Hindus and other non-Sikhs. Vaisakhi is traditionally observed on April 13 or 14, but may be celebrated on different days in different places. Vancouver will hold its Vaisakhi Parade on April 12, while Surrey will hold its parade, one of the largest in the world, on April 19.

The overwhelming majority of Indo-Canadians (people of South Asian origin) in our school and in our neighbourhoods are Sikhs. As such, Vaisakhi is a major holiday here in Surrey and other cities in British Columbia with concentrated populations of Sikhs, such as Vancouver and Abbotsford.

Join with us in your School Library as we celebrate Sikh Heritage Month by learning more about Vaisakhi and other aspects of Sikh culture and history.

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Earth Month

Celebrate Earth Month by learning more about Earth Day, Climate Change, the Environmental Movement, and our only home in the vast universe. Come down to your school library to check out some of these newest additions to our collection.