All month long, libraries across Canada are raising awareness of the valuable role libraries play in Canadians’ lives. Libraries promote cultural awareness, engage in the community, provide educational programs, support freedom of expression and so much more. Books are just the beginning!

A library card starts a lifelong adventure, connecting you with everything you need to inspire learning, creativity and fun. To get your card, register online or visit a library branch.

Looking for help with your genealogy research? Come to one of six drop-in sessions from Oct. 4 to Nov. 15, alternating between the Central and Isabel Turner Branches. Our local history librarian and members of the Kingston Branch of Ontario Ancestors (formerly the Ontario Genealogical Society) will be on hand to answer questions and offer assistance.  

The first sessions are:

• Tuesday, Oct. 4 at Central Branch, Local History Room (second floor)
• Thursday, Oct. 13 at Isabel Turner Branch, Cataraqui Room

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.

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

Funding/Grant Opportunities:

• Better Homes Kingston
• Canada Greener Homes Grant
• Community Foundation for Kingston & Area – Climate Crisis Fund
• Enbridge Rebates
• Kingston Community Climate Action Fund
• Pittsburgh Community Benefit Fund - Community Grants

Your favourite storytellers have a podcast! Join Kingston Frontenac Public Library's team of singing, joking, reading, moving and grooving programmers, and our friends, for a short podcast that will keep kids of all ages inspired and entertained.

In this month's episode, hear the Little Red Hen's story, jump from puddle to puddle, pick up a few facts about potatoes, laugh at our buzz-worthy jokes, and learn about a very special book with KFPL's Kathy and her friends!