Programs

Bring in a book of choice! We read for 30 minutes and then we each discuss what we have read.

Drop in

If you identify as a person with a disability and require an accessibility accommodation to participate in this program, please contact Accessibility Services by email, accessibleservices@tpl.ca, or voicemail, 416-393-7099, to make a request. Please contact us at least three weeks in advance.

La Bibliothèque publique de Toronto s'est engagée à assurer l'accessibilité. Veuillez nous appeler ou nous envoyer un courriel si vous êtes sourd(e) ou avez un handicap et souhaitez demander des mesures d'adaptation pour participer à ce programme. Veuillez nous en informer le plus tôt possible et nous ferons de notre mieux pour répondre à votre demande. Un préavis d'au moins trois semaines est préférable. Composez 416-393-7099 ou contactez-nous par courriel accessibleservices@tpl.ca.

Join us for an introductory lesson and learn about the most common tools. We'll explore the workspace and enhance images while investigating tools such as crop, levels, colour balance and more. See how an image can be altered and repaired using patch tools such as the clone and healing brush tools. We'll also dive deep into the world of layers and how you can manage them for those really unique and fun projects.

Basic computing skills are required. Keyboard and mouse skills are required.

Teens and Adults (ages 13 and up).

If you identify as a person with a disability or a person who is Deaf, and require this information in an accessible format, or an accessibility accommodation to participate in this program, please use the online form at tpl.ca/accessibility or voicemail, 416-393-7099, to make a request. Please let us know as far in advance as possible and we will do our best to meet your request.

Tinkercad is a web browser based 3D application. Through the creation of simple everyday objects students will learn the tools for object based 3D Design.

Questions? Call Fort York Branch Innovation Hub at 416-393-6203. 

Registration required. Limited spaces available.

If you identify as a person with a disability and require an accessibility accommodation to participate in this program, please contact Accessibility Services by email, accessibleservices@tpl.ca, or voicemail, 416-393-7099, to make a request. Please contact us at least three weeks in advance.

La Bibliothèque publique de Toronto s'est engagée à assurer l'accessibilité. Veuillez nous appeler ou nous envoyer un courriel si vous êtes sourd(e) ou avez un handicap et souhaitez demander des mesures d'adaptation pour participer à ce programme. Veuillez nous en informer le plus tôt possible et nous ferons de notre mieux pour répondre à votre demande. Un préavis d'au moins trois semaines est préférable. Composez 416-393-7099 ou contactez-nous par courriel accessibleservices@tpl.ca.
 

Join us for a tech-themed open house! 

Come and tinker with modern pieces of technology that Toronto Public Library has to offer including 3D printers, Dash and Dot robots, Snap Circuits electronics, and more. 

This program is open to all ages.

To register, please call the Goldhawk Park branch at 416-396-8964 or speak with a staff member in person.

For more information about this program please contact dihonline@tpl.ca.

Toronto Public Library is committed to accessibility. Please call or email us if you are Deaf or have a disability and would like to request accommodation to participate in this program. Please let us know as far in advance as possible and we will do our best to meet your request. At least three weeks' notice is preferred. Phone 416-393-7099 or email accessibleservices@tpl.ca.

Join us for a classic, jazz and pop concert performed by Roa Lee on a traditional 25-string Gayageum. A Q&A session will follow. Drop-in.

If you identify as a person with a disability and require an accessibility accommodation to participate in this program, please contact Accessibility Services by email, accessibleservices@tpl.ca, or voicemail, 416-393-7099, to make a request. Please contact us at least three weeks in advance.

Every Saturday, you are invited to drop in for a few casual games of chess in a welcoming environment. All ages are invited. Improve your chess skills and meet other players. No registration required.

If you identify as a person with a disability and require an accessibility accommodation to participate in this program, please contact Accessibility Services by email, accessibleservices@tpl.ca, or voicemail, 416-393-7099, to make a request. Please contact us at least three weeks in advance.

Celebrate 100 years of the Gerrard/Ashdale Branch by visiting our exhibit of local art and poetry that honours our favourite library memories. 

Community members of all ages are invited to submit their art and poetry for this exhibition, with the theme "Memories of Gerrard/Ashdale Library". What are your favourite memories of Gerrard/Ashdale? 

Art will be exhibited all day on Saturday May 11, with the opening of the exhibit from 12pm-1pm.

Exhibitors: Please drop off art/poetry at our branch by Monday May 6. 

After the exhibition, art/poetry can be picked up on Mon May 13.

For more details, please contact the branch at 416-393-7717.

If you identify as a person with a disability and require an accessibility accommodation to participate in this program, please contact Accessibility Services by email, accessibleservices@tpl.ca, or voicemail, 416-393-7099, to make a request. Please contact us at least three weeks in advance.

Take a journey back in time to see how the Gerrard/Ashdale Library and the surrounding area have changed over the past 100 years. We will have photographs and historical material on display, including Gerrard/Ashdale's photo albums from decades past.

For more information, please contact the branch at 416-393-7717.

If you identify as a person with a disability and require an accessibility accommodation to participate in this program, please contact Accessibility Services by email, accessibleservices@tpl.ca, or voicemail, 416-393-7099, to make a request. Please contact us at least three weeks in advance.

Are you curious about local history and the stories that shaped our community? Local historian Joanne Doucette will be hosting an "Ask a Historian" table on our 2nd floor, as part of Gerrard/Ashdale Library's 100th Birthday Celebration.  

No registration required. For more information, please call the branch at 416-393-7717

If you identify as a person with a disability and require an accessibility accommodation to participate in this program, please contact Accessibility Services by email, accessibleservices@tpl.ca, or voicemail, 416-393-7099, to make a request. Please contact us at least three weeks in advance.

Come celebrate your Saturday morning at Port Union Library! You can colour your favourite characters or create freestyle Legos with family and friends! This is a drop in program but limited to a room capacity of 20 participants. Arrive early to secure your spot!

No registration required.

If you identify as a person with a disability or a person who is Deaf, and require this information in an accessible format, or an accessibility accommodation to participate in this program, please contact Accessibility Services by email accessibleservices@tpl.ca, or voicemail at 416-393-7099 or use the online form at tpl.ca/accessibility to make a request. Please contact us at least three weeks in advance.