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June is Pride Month

Pride Month is an opportunity to celebrate everyone in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community! In the not-too-distant past (and even sometimes today), many people in this group...

national accessibility week 2023
May 28 to June 3 is National AccessAbility Week

This year’s theme is “Disability Inclusion: From Possibilities to Practice.” Across the country, everyone is encouraged to celebrate: the valuable contributions and leadership of persons...

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National Nursing Week is May 8 to 14

National Nursing Week happens annually during the week of Florence Nightingale’s birthday, May 12. She was a British nurse and founder of modern nursing. it was...

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Mental Health Week is May 1 to 7

Nearly 50% of Canadians who feel “really or seriously stressed” at least once a week. Let’s give our mental health and mental well-being some much-needed...

Access Engineering
Access Engineering for McGraw Hill

This online resource includes access to highly requested McGraw Hill textbooks in the engineering disciplines, along with other specialized reference resources, including thousands of interactive graphs and...

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The Library has a new streaming video resource

Can-Core Video Library is a growing collection of thousands of documentaries, television programs, and news segments from Canadian and Indigenous filmmakers and producers. There is...

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March is National Engineering Month

Travel, robotics, the device you’re reading this on – we have engineering ingenuity to thank for it. National Engineering Month is a time to celebrate...

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The Campus Library addresses commercial textbook-access challenges

The traditionally high cost of textbooks and other course materials represents a major financial hurdle for many students. As part of Durham College’s commitment to...

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Black History Month

Each February is Black History Month in Canada. This is a month to recognize the contributions Black Canadians have made to our history and culture....

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Girls and two spirit (MMIWG2S)
Honouring MMIWG2S 

The Women’s Memorial March, which occurs annually on February 14, honours the lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit across Canada. In...