Events Across Canada

Below is just a sample of some of the multicultural events taking place across Canada. Check your local public library listings to learn more about the activities near you. If you are hosting multicultural events you think we should know about, contact us at: multicultural.program@lac-bac.gc.ca

Alberta

Various Dates and Locations
Discover the Beauty of Mehndi Art
Surbhi Bhargava of Surbhi's Mehndi Art will talk about and give a hands-on demonstration of Mehndi, the traditional art of henna painting in India. Learn to apply unique designs to hands or feet using Mehndi, a natural dye made from henna leaves and various other natural ingredients.
Offered at: Country Hills, Louise Riley, Nose Hill, Village Square branches.
Calgary Public Library
Calgary, AB
Tel: (403) 260-2785
Web: www.calgarypubliclibrary.com

Manitoba

Continuing
Diversity and Vitality: The Jewish Experience in Western Canada (Permanent Exhibit)
This permanent exhibit opened in May 1998 and is an awe-inspiring history of the Jewish struggle and achievements that have taken place in Western Canada.
Marion and Ed Vickar Museum of Western Canada
Asper Jewish Community Campus
C116-123 Doncaster St.
Winnipeg, MB
Tel: (204) 477-7464
Web: www.jhcwc.org/

Continuing
The Fairs of Manitoba: Festivities of the Living and the Dead in the Americas (Virtual Exhibit)
Communities across the Americas have long nurtured home-grown festivities of historic, socio-cultural and economic importance. Tour 10 popular and unique festivities from five countries!
The Manitoba Museum
190 Rupert Ave.
Winnipeg, MB
Tel: (204) 956-2830
Web: www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Festiva1/en/mmmn/index.html

Ontario

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Mandarin Reading Circle
An opportunity for Mandarin speakers and others to exchange views on books and cultural issues. The program is conducted in Mandarin with English as needed. All are welcome to attend.
Ottawa Public Library, Ruth E. Dickinson Branch
100 Malvern Dr.
Ottawa, ON
Tel: (613) 580-2796
Web: www.library.ottawa.on.ca

Continuing
People on the Move (Virtual Exhibit)
Photographs of Russian, Dutch and Hungarian immigrants and refugees arriving in Canada.
CN Images of Canada Gallery: http://imagescn.technomuses.ca/
Canada Science and Technology Museum
1867 St Laurent Blvd.
Ottawa, ON
Tel: (613) 991-3044
e-mail: cts@technomuses.ca
Web: www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca

Continuing
Black History in Ontario: The End of Slavery (Virtual Exhibit)
The Black population of Ontario has its origins in the aftermath of the American Revolution. Blacks came to the province in the 1780s both as slaves and as members of Loyalist Regiments. Over the decades that followed slavery was abolished, settlement expanded and Black citizens have been recognized for their contributions to the growth of Ontario and as a vital part of the rich multi-cultural fabric of the province.
Exhibit at: www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/exhibits/black_history/index.html
Archives of Ontario
77 Grenville St., Unit 300
Toronto, ON
Telephone: (416) 327-1600 or 1-800-668-9933 (Ontario only)
Web: www.archives.gov.on.ca/

Saskatchewan

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The Hans Gruen Postcard Collection (Digital Collection) The Japanese postcards in this web display are only a small sampling of the nearly 4,000 cards that comprise the Postcard Series of the Hans Gruen fonds. Donated to the University of Saskatchewan Archives in 2000, these postcards were collected by Dr. Hans Gruen, Professor Emeritus of Biology.
University of Saskatchewan Archives
301 Murray Building, (Main Library)
3 Campus Drive
Saskatoon, SK
Tel: (306) 966-6028
Web: http://scaa.usask.ca/gallery/gruen/