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Give back to your community - find out how!

It's almost here! Join us on Tuesday March 26th from 2:30 - 5:00 pm for our 2013 Agincourt Community & Volunteer Fair!  Why not drop by the Agincourt Branch Meeting Room to discover the many volunteer opportunities waiting for you?

If you are you looking to make a difference in your community, or in  some one's life, our Volunteer Fair will help you to make the right connections. 

Are you currently in High School and need to get community service hours?  Drop by and meet with representatives to learn how you can volunteer with their organizations and get your required hours. 

 

 

Some of the organizations attending include:

• Catholic Cross Cultural Services
• Chinese Cultural Centre GTA
• Toronto Environmental Alliance
• Toronto Public Library
• CICS- Centre for Information and Community Services
• Agincourt Community Services Association
• St Paul's L'Amoreaux

Enjoy FREE snacks and while you are at the library, why not get a library card or update your library record?  

Everyone is welcome!

For more information, call Agincourt Library at (416) 396-8950.

March Break Fun @ Steeles and Bridlewood Branches

There are lots of fun activities happening at Steeles and Bridlewood Branches for the whole family! Come and check them out...

 

 

March Break Programs @ Steeles Branch

• Monday, March 11 – Treasure Boxes ~ 2-3pm

            Hide your secret treasures in your own treasure box designed by you!  

• Tuesday, March 12 – St. Patrick’s Day Craft ~ 2-3pm

            Enjoy the luck ‘o the Irish as you make these St. Patrick’s Day crafts   

• Wednesday, March 13 – Movie – Finding Nemo ~  2-3:30pm

            Bring a snack and enjoy the movie on the big screen!

• Thursday, March 14 – Colour Your Own Easter Egg ~ 2-3pm

             Get into the Easter spirit early while dying your own Easter egg.

• Friday, March 16 – Mystic Drumz

            Join Mystic Drumz in a hands-on drum circle full of music and rhythm.

•  Saturday, March 16 – Movie – Hotel Transylvania @ 11am

            Enjoy popcorn and the movie Hotel Transylvania on the big screen!

 **LIMITED tickets will be given out at 1:30pm for all programs EXCEPT the Saturday movie**

 DAYCARES, CAMPS OR GROUPS MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE.  416-396-8975

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March Break Programs @ Bridlewood Branch

• Monday, Mar. 11   “Pizza & Poetry” Paper pepperoni! 2:00-2:45pm
  

• Tuesday, Mar. 12  “Royalty School"  Kingly lessons, queenly fun! 2:00 - 2:45pm

• Wednesday, Mar. 13 “Library BINGO” Game on! 2:00 - 2:45pm
  

• *Thursday, Mar. 14    “Silent Storytelling- Noriko Yamamoto” *Limit 50.  Tickets will be given out starting at 1:15 on Thursday only.  2:00 - 3:00 pm.

• Friday, Mar. 15   “Hat Day – Craft Day”  Silly stories…silly hats.  2:00-2:45pm

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Buzkashi Boys, an Oscar nomination, and its Canadian connection.

 Thumbs-up for the Canadian director, Ariel Nasr, the producer of Buzkashi Boys, on the film's nomination in the Short Film Live Action cetegory at the 2013 Oscar Academy Awards. I learned about Ariel Nasr when I was preparing for the NFB Film Club screening of The Boxing Girls of Kabul at Agincourt Library.  

Ariel Nasr's career in film-making can be traced back to his collaboration with none other  than the NFB with the release of Good Morning Kandahar in 2008.

 

Buzkashi Boys is the first production of the Afghan Film Project. Ariel Nasr founded The Afghan Film Project in order to create to  and sustain a local film-making industry in Afghanistan. 

 

   

 Buzkashi Boys is produced by an alliance of international and Afghan filmmakers and it follows the story of two young friends who aspire to become "Buzkashi Boys" by competing in the Buzkashi tournament, a traditonal horse riding sport in Afghanistan.  If you want learn all about the game of Buzkashi, go to  Gale Virtual Reference Library and sign in with your library card.

  

offers access to The Boxing Girls of Kabul through its digital store.  You can either download the movie, rent it, or buy it in DVD format, or borrow it for free from Toronto Public Library.

 

The NFB Film Club is a joint NFB/ TPL program that is available in various library branches across the city.  The next NFB film screening at Agincourt Library will take place on March 19, (6-8 pm) and will feature Status Quo: The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada. Film screening will be followed by discussion.  All are welcome and we hope to see you there.

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

For a list of libraries offering NFB Films, click here. 

 

Community Volunteer Fair at Agincourt Branch

Community Volunteer Fair 2013

Tuesday March 26th

2:30 - 5:00pm

Agincourt Branch, Meeting Room

Are you looking to make a difference in your community, or in  some one's life?  Come to our Volunteer Fair to make connections, and discover how you can make a difference!

Are you currently in High School and need to get community service hours?  Drop by and meet with representatives to learn how you can volunteer with their organizations and get your required hours. 

Some of the organizations attending include:

• Catholic Cross Cultural Services
• Chinese Cultural Centre GTA
• Toronto Environmental Alliance
• Toronto Public Library
• CICS- Centre for Information and Community Services
• Agincourt Community Services Association
• Society of Sharing

Enjoy FREE snacks and while you are at the library, why not get a library card or update your library record?  

Everyone is welcome!

For more information, call Agincourt Library at (416) 396-8950.

 Download 2013_Volunteer_Fair_Flyer_Agincourt

Want to start your business but don't know how?

Are you thinking about starting a business but worrying about your prospects for success? Are you already in a business but struggling?

Running from April 18 to June 6, every Thursday, 6:30-9:30, Agincourt Branch is hosting Business Inc. seminar series through which you can learn from professionals on how to plan or update your business plan and access valuable business resources including research, advisory and networking. Here is an outline of the eight seminar modules:

1. Taking the leap to entrepreneurship                         
2. Market research for your business
3. Resources for researching your business
4. Developing a powerful marketing strategy
5. Creating an operating framework for success
6. Building blocks for financial management
7. Financing for business growth
8. Making your pitch

The Business Inc. seminar program is a three-way partnership between Toronto Public Library, The City of Toronto and Toronto Business Development Centre. The program normally costs $700 but, thanks to the generous support of the Toronto Public Library Foundation, we are offering the full
program for only $100 plus HST. All applications received by the deadline (March 28, 2013) will be reviewed and 20 will be selected to participate.

Here is some more information regarding this program:

• Application form: available online www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/businessinc
  or pick up a copy at Agincourt Branch
• Orientation session for you to learn more before applying:  Thursday, March 7 at Agincourt
  Branch (155 Bonis Ave.)
• Deadline for application: Thursday, March 28
• Submit application, by fax 416-345-9044 or email
  to BusInc@tbdc.com
• Questions: call 416-345-9437

Bridlewood Branch Celebrates the Year of the Snake

Bridlewood Branch celebrated the Year of the Snake on Saturday, February 16 as part of their ongoing and successful partnership with CICS. 

 

The drop-in program attracted 150 local customers to particpate in Chinese Calligraphy, Face Painting for Children and creating Lunar New Year decorations with recycled red pockets!

 

 

March Programs at Steeles Branch

Why not come and join us for some great movies at Steeles Branch, this March?

Free Movie for Teens & Adults:

Friday, March 1 @ 4:30PM, Free Popcorn will be served!

You Pick the Flick

Pitch Perfect vs The Perks of Being a Wallflower

                    

Free Family Movie

Saturday, March 16 @ 11AM, Free popcorn will be served

Who Cares?

Agincourt Library and the National Film Board present director Rosie Dransfeld's new documentary, Who Cares?, about the "gritty and dangerous world of Edmonton's sex trade workers' heartbreaking cycle of addiction, violence and prostitution."

Tuesday, Feb. 19 from 6-8 pm.

There will be a short discussion after the film. 

Help with Homework 24/7.....anytime.....anywhere

 

Articles and Online Research

 

SoS!!... all these sneaky deadlines that have been creeping towards you.....silently.....and without any warning, they start to scream and yell  demanding your immediate attention.  ReLaX and take a deep breath......everything you need, in order to finish that essay or this novel study, is literally at your fingertips, that is, if you have a library card . Hers is what you need to do:

• Go to torontopubliclibrary.ca and then select Articles and Online Research link.

• Select a subject area under "Databases by Category" list on the right-hand side of the page, or go to "A to Z list of All Databases" on the left-hand side menu.  The first title on the list, Academic OneFile, is a very good place to start your search.

• Have your library card ready so you can "sign in for access to online resources" and then you'll find yourself inside  Academic OneFile. 

 The cool thing about that database is that it is a one-stop shopping for academic journals, magazines, books and other different types of references.

If you desperately need a "printed book" as a source for your research, go to Gale Virtual Reference Library.  There, you will find actual books and encyclopedias on many subject areas.  You can search within the book you selected, and you can view or download your selected section in PDF format.

Two other general databases that can help you in almost all subject areas and offer a variety of document types including multimedia, primary documents and academic Journals are:  Britannica Online, and Discovering Collection.  For social issues or ethical debates, go straight to Opposing Viewpoints in Context.  That database is a wealth of information on your topic of interest. It provides a selection of opposing viewpoints on a particular issue along with a host of different resources including video, audio and image sources. 

 Since most of these databases are "Gale" databases, take a look at the Online Tutorials For Gale Databases blog. 

 Hope some of these databases will help you in your endless stream of school assignments and reports. 

Adventures in Astronomy @ Agincourt Branch

Gravity -- From Falling Apples to Ripples in Space-time

Everyone experiences the force of gravity.  It keeps us from flying into space and keeps the planets in orbit around the sun.

Monday, January 21 from 6:30-8:00 pm, join Ilana MacDonald (Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophsyics, UofT) as she traces the concept of gravity from humanity's earliest theories to her own fascinating research on the ripples in space-time caused by inspiralling binary black holes.

For more information please call 416-396-8950.