How can we—educators, researchers and community members—tap the power of research and story to imagine and create a world that affirms, and even desires, disability and difference?

Storytelling as Social Change brings to life a new storytelling and disability studies approach to inclusion and belonging in education, countering long-standing educational inequities heightened through COVID-19. The talk moves its audience beyond a Western biomedical understanding of disability as deficit that needs be remedied. Instead, Dr. Douglas asserts disability and difference as fundamental, desirable, and needed for tangibly reimagining living, learning, and thriving together on planet earth.

We’re thrilled to announce that we now have free museum passes to the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) available! Explore the wonders of nature, art and culture with complimentary entry to one of Toronto’s most iconic destinations. All you need is a library card to get your pass!

Eight passes will be available for patrons to borrow, with each pass permitting free admission during regular public hours to a maximum of four visitors. Children ages 14 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Each pass is available to borrow for a week. The pass is valid for general museum admission and special exhibitions (subject to capacity), it does not include entry to separately ticketed events.

First Nations Communities READ (FNCR) celebrates Turtle Island’s best Indigenous literature. The FNCR award is presented to selected children’s and YA/adult titles during First Nation Public Library Week in October. 

Enjoy these selections from the 2024-25 longlist, and explore the full list on FNCR’s website.