CELEBRATE ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH

The Toronto Public Library celebrates Asian Heritage Month with programs all over town.
◙ Click here for more info.


ASIAN HOMELANDS FESTIVALS
Eight Asian Homelands Festivals on Saturdays throughout May celebrate the breadth of Asia, including Balinese music and dance, Chinese opera, Persian dance, Arabian and South Asian cooking, and storytelling from across Asia. Only Marco Polo covers more Asian ground than our 2011 Asian Homelands Festivals! Click here for more info


Also check out this ◙ Virtual Museum of Asian Heritage by Heritage Canada.


Find out what the Toronto District School Board is doing ◙ by clicking here.


◙ Asian Heritage Poster

Help End Homophobia

Try out the CBC Vote Compass 2011

Get involved in the democratic process early!  Don't take your democratic right for granted. With the recent turn of world events, it's even more important to appreciate the voting rights we have in this country.  Try out the CBC's voting compass and see where you stand on the issues at hand.

Click here or on the image below to try it out.

Celebrate National Poetry Month

Celebrate ◙National Poetry Month and check out a collection of poetry by your favourite writers in the library.

Try your hand at the ◙ CBC's  Literary Limerick Contest.


Read a collection by ◙Dionne Brand, a Toronto Poet (and author of ◙What We All Long For) who was just shortlisted for the $65,000 Griffin International Poetry Prize.

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