Events
Explore Early Literacy!
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten (1BBK) is a free literacy program for newborns, babies, toddlers and preschoolers.
Along with discovering new stories and authors, this challenge is also a great way to introduce early literacy to your little one which will make learning easier when they start Kindergarten.
Join OPL’s online challenge to log reading and earn badges all along the way!
January Celebrations
Tamil Heritage Month / Happy Pongal
January is an important month for Tamil Canadians. The Tamil Harvest Festival, Thai Pongal,
as well as other Tamil artistic and cultural events, take place in January. Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Happy Chinese New Year / Happy Lunar New Year
Lunar New Year, festival typically celebrated in China and other Asian countries that begins with the
first new moon of the lunar calendar and ends on the first full moon of the lunar calendar, 15 days later.
The lunar calendar is based on the cycles of the moon, so the dates of the holiday vary slightly from year to year, beginning some time between January 21 and February 20 according to Western calendars. Brittanica.ca