Join us for Vibrant Voices at the Central Branch, a joyful song circle celebrating 2SLGBTQIA+ and gender-expansive voices! Everyone, including friends and allies, is welcome.
Upcoming Programs and Events
Recent additions to the collection
Indigenous Portal
Engage with KFPL's Indigenous programming, collections and community partnerships!
Programs, Events, Services and Recommendations
Indigenous Heritage
Family Storytime with Vicki from Kahwá:tsire
Celebrate autumn with Vicki from Kahwá:tsire Indigenous-Led Child & Family Programs! Enjoy a Turtle story, learn about the 13 moons on his shell, hear Ojibwe songs and make a turtle craft.
Library Kiosk
May We Suggest: 'Still Life' Readalikes
If you liked Still Life by Sarah Winman, try these other amusing, engaging books with the theme of chosen family!
Upcoming Programs and Events
Join our paw-some book club
Give your pup a night out and enjoy some human companionship while you're at it! The Books and Barks Dog Walking Book Club is an opportunity for book- and animal-lovers to get outside and chat about what they’re reading. Bring your latest read or favourite book to share and introduce your canine companion, June 2. Registration required.
Upcoming Programs and Events
What can you do about the climate emergency?
Join the growing circle of citizens who are asking big questions about what each of us can do for our shared future. Watch the Mobilizing Kingston for the Climate Emergency video presentation to get started! Borrow Seth Klein’s A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency and learn more about the book here.
Continue the conversation towards a more fair, cleaner, healthier, safer, world for our next generations right here, right now. Explore a daily CO2 dashboard and consider that reversing and reducing greenhouse gas emissions is the only way through the climate emergency. Sign up for the Climate Emergency Unit’s newsletter and stay informed about various campaigns. Join the Ontario Climate Emergency Campaign!
Want to learn more or do more?
Local Groups, Actions and Resources:
- 350 Kingston
- Cataraqui Conservation Native Tree & Shrub Sale
- City of Kingston’s Climate Leadership Plan
- City of Kingston’s Neighbourhood Tree Planting Program
- Commuter Challenge (June 5-11)
- Cycle Kingston
- Earthub
- Little Forests Kingston
- Loving Spoonful
- National Farmers Union 316
- Sustainable Kingston:
- Support the Wolfe Island Commons Pier Revitalization Project
- Volunteer with Sustainable Kingston's community engagement team
- Switch
- Topsy Farms Rewilding Project
- Utilities Kingston Preventative Plumbing Program
- Utilities Kingston Rain Barrel Program
- Wintergreen Studios
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