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Read Magazines through Flipster!

Flipster provides online access to popular magazines like Sports Illustrated, Canadian and National Geographic, Toronto Life, Discover, Communication Arts and Applied Arts Magazine. Get the...

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National Indigenous Peoples Day

June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day, a day to celebrate the culture, heritage and contributions of Indigenous Peoples. We encourage everyone to take part...

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Whitby Campus Library Summer Hours

Beginning June 20, the Whitby Campus will be open on Wednesdays, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. You can still chat with us via askON...

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June is Pride Month and National Indigenous History Month

June is both National Indigenous History Month and Pride Month. It is a time to celebrate the history, diversity, and contributions of Canadians who identify...

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Accessibility Week is May 29 to June 4, 2022

Let’s be inclusive from the start. The Library offers access to the ACE Portal, which includes 5 different accessible formats for more than 15,000 books...

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The Canadian Electronic Library is now Canada Commons

This resource is a full-text database of ebooks, government documents and research reports from Canadian publishers, research institutes and government departments. Canada Commons brings rare, hard-to-find...

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The Moose Hide Campaign Day is May 12  

The campaign is an Indigenous-led, grassroots movement of men, boys, and all Canadians—standing up to end violence against women and children. Half of all women...

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May is Asian Heritage Month  

Let’s recognize the many contributions that Canadians of Asian heritage have made and continue to make to Canada. There are many notable Asian Canadians whose...

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Statista: data and charts

Netflix is starting to lose some of its 220 million subscribers, Disney+ has over 130 million subscribers but it’s starting to plateau as well. Get...

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New Health Sciences Research Hub from The Learning Portal

The Learning Portal recently launched the Health Sciences Research Hub to help nursing and other health sciences students navigate the process of finding evidence-based information....