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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.

Enhance your library access — register for Extended Hours at the Pittsburgh Branch.

Library Kiosk

Library Kiosk at kingston secondary school

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

An illustrated pea pod open with three peas wearing headphones inside. Two are sharing an illustrated microphone. Text reads Peas in a Podcast.

Summer sun and fun with KFPL's podcast!

Do whales have belly buttons? Do fish go on vacations? Will the princess feel the pea under her pile of mattresses — and will the prince ever find love?

Spend a bit of your summer with KFPL's Kathy and her friends! Find Peas in a Podcast with KFPL wherever you get your podcasts.

The Pan African flag against a blue sky. Book covers for Until We Are Free, Canada's Forgotten Slaves, It Was Dark There All The Time and Unsettling The Great White North are in front of the flag. Text reads May We Suggest: Emancipation Day

Emancipation Day reading

Many people point to Canada as a haven for people escaping slavery via the Underground Railroad, but slavery didn't stop at the border. Canada has a terrible history of enslaving Indigenous and African peoples — a history we all need to know and never forget. Emancipation Day commemorates the abolition of slavery across the British Empire while encouraging us to fight anti-Black racism and discrimination and to celebrate the strength and perseverance of Black communities in Canada.

These books offer valuable insight. Don't miss the national and local facts in the descriptions, contributed by Judith Brown.