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Indigenous Portal

Engage with KFPL's Indigenous programming, collections and community partnerships!

Programs, Events, Services and Recommendations

The Isabel Turner Branch will be temporarily closed starting Fall 2024 for renovations. During this time, we’ll be temporarily moving to the Cataraqui Centre.  Get updates here.

Illustration of men and women, the text reads Emancipation Day.

Emancipation Day Reads

August 1 is Emancipation Day in Canada, marking the end of slavery in the British Empire with the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833. It’s a time to reflect on Canada’s history, honour Black and Indigenous resilience and recommit to justice and equity. Explore powerful stories of resistance, freedom and identity with this booklist.

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Library Kiosk

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Enjoy expanded service in the Kingscourt neighbourhood with the Library Kiosk at Kingston Secondary School.

CD/album covers with text reading Black History Month; celebrate Black Musical Artists through KFPL.

Your favourite talented Black musicians

We asked you to share your favourite Black artists, albums and songs, and you delivered! Borrow a CD or stream an album from hoopla and celebrate Black musicians. Where we recieved specific album and/or song reccomendations, we're sharing them with the tag Let's hear it

"The fact is, there must be hundreds of black musicians, and they’ve had such an enormous influence on every aspect of American music, that a playlist that lasted hours would only scratch the surface. Without black music and musicians, there wouldn’t be much American music." - Tricia, KFPL patron

Book covers on a pink bokeh background with text reading reading for Relationships.

May We Suggest: Relationship reading

Read about love and how to love, whether it’s self-love or cultivating a relationship on the vast spectrum of partnership including monogamy and non-monogamy. These books will help you learn more about yourself, how you relate to others and how to improve as a partner or friend.