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Mango Languages App: Learn a New Language or Improve Your English
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Learning a new language is not always easy but Toronto Public Library can make learning fun and free with Mango Languages! Mango Languages is an online language-learning resource that can help you learn over 70 languages, including English, French, Japanese, German, Greek, Italian, Arabic, Korean and more. You can use... Continue reading
Posted Jul 31, 2017 at New to Canada
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Filing Your First Tax Return in Canada: Free Resources for Newcomers
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One of the early signs of spring in Canada is tax season! Most Canadian income tax and benefit returns for 2016 are due on April 30, 2017. Newcomers, including refugees, are required to file a tax return with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) even if they have only been in... Continue reading
Posted Mar 19, 2017 at New to Canada
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The Journey From Here to There: Children's Picture Books about Refugees
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Many people have come to Canada as refugees throughout the 20th century and more and more in recent years, in times that reflect the global waves of wars, violence and conflicts, poverty and distress. The refugee story is the story of humanity, our neighbours, friends, elders, communities at large –... Continue reading
Posted Jan 31, 2017 at New to Canada
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Finding Books, Movies and More in 40 Languages: Diversity and Multilingual Collections at Your Library
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Looking for a book in Italian? Hindi DVDs? Picture books in Russian? Korean magazines? Chinese e-books, e-audio books and e-videos? Look no further! Toronto Public Library's multilingual collections offer books, magazines, DVDs, newspapers and digital content in over 40 different languages. Browse Online by Language Check out the library's revised... Continue reading
Posted Oct 31, 2016 at New to Canada
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Thank you both for reading and for your encouraging comments. Polish culture is thriving in Toronto indeed! Every month we feature a different language collection on the Toronto Public Library's New to Canada blog.
Toggle Commented Oct 19, 2016 on Polish Books, Chopin and Pierogi at Your Library / Po Polsku w Bibiotece at New to Canada
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Polish Books, Chopin and Pierogi at Your Library / Po Polsku w Bibiotece
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When composer and virtuoso pianist Frederic Chopin died in 1849 his body was buried in Paris, but his heart was taken to Warsaw, Poland's capital and interred in a pillar at the Holy Cross Church. That was the composer's wish on his deathbed. And that is how much he loved... Continue reading
Posted Oct 2, 2016 at New to Canada
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Planning to Register for Summer Camps and City Programs? Get Ready for FUN Guide 2016!
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Despite the record-breaking warm winter we have had in Toronto this year, summer is still far away. Yet the beginning of March is an exciting and nerve-racking time of the year for local Toronto families. Registration for Toronto Parks and Recreation Spring and Summer programs begins this week! Explore recreation... Continue reading
Posted Feb 28, 2016 at New to Canada
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Celebrating Canada's Black History Today: People, Books, Free Library Events
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"All I wanted was to see a movie"..."I can't sell downstairs tickets to you people"...Viola sits in the lower section anyway, before she’s pulled out and thrown into a jail cell. Meet Viola Desmond, a woman who insisted on keeping her seat at a Halifax movie theatre in 1946 rather... Continue reading
Posted Feb 11, 2016 at New to Canada
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Happy Birthday, TIFF! A Film Watcher's Guide to Multicultural Films at Your Library
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The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is turning 40 years this month! It has been the major cultural event every fall in Toronto in recent decades and one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world. There is a feeling of glamour and fashion during the ten days of... Continue reading
Posted Sep 16, 2015 at New to Canada
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Celebrating the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games - Diversity, Hospitality, Grit!
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The Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games started on July 10 with a spectacular ceremony! You can watch the CN Tower fireworks as part of the opening! Ten days later the medals count is growing while athletes from 41 participating countries compete - in the third largest international multi-sport games in... Continue reading
Posted Jul 21, 2015 at New to Canada
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Korean Collections at Toronto Public Library
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Once a month on this blog we feature a language collection and today we would like to present to you the great free Korean collections that Toronto Public Library offers - borrow thousands of Korean books for adults and children, magazines, DVDs, music CDs (including Kpop!), as well as language-learning... Continue reading
Posted Apr 28, 2015 at New to Canada
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Top Spanish eBooks, eMagazines and Other Free Spanish Resources at Your Library
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Toronto Public Library offers a variety of materials in Spanish to our Spanish-speaking customers - you can borrow for free Spanish books, magazines, DVDs, music CDs, as well as Spanish language-learning materials. Toronto has a large Spanish speaking population and in addition - Spanish is a popular choice for people... Continue reading
Posted Jan 31, 2015 at New to Canada
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Library Settlement Partnerships Celebrate LSP Week with "Food From Around the World"
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Welcome to the beautiful, colourful month of October and Canadian fall! There is so much happening all around and the libraries are buzzing with activities as well! One wonderful library celebration this fall is "LSP week 2014" - the Library Settlement Partnerships will be hosting their annual celebration between October... Continue reading
Posted Oct 7, 2014 at New to Canada
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Free Parent Conference, After School Newcomer Hubs and Volunteering
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TEEN PARENT NEWCOMER CONFERENCE Are you a parent of teens or pre-teens? Sanderson Branch of Toronto Public Library is hosting a Parent Conference on Saturday, October 4 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at Scadding Court Community Centre (707 Dundas Street West). Parents will learn about the popular After School Newcomer HUB at... Continue reading
Posted Sep 30, 2014 at New to Canada
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The Library Now Has Free Telephone Stories in 15 Languages!
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Do you enjoy listening to stories? Have you heard of Dial-a-Story? Toronto Public Library has a FREE phone line 416-395-5400 you can call 24 hours a day and listen to recorded stories in 15 languages. Recently we added a new language - there are now stories recorded in Tagalog! It... Continue reading
Posted Jun 6, 2014 at New to Canada
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Celebrate Being Canadian During Citizenship Week!
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Did you know that this week Canada celebrates Citizenship Week! Citizenship and Immigration Canada offers many Citizenship Week events between October 21 - 27, 2013, in partnership with local organizations across the country, including here in Toronto and Mississauga. Image: The Centre Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in August... Continue reading
Posted Oct 25, 2013 at New to Canada
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Sweet Summer Strawberries in Ontario
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June is Strawberry Month, goes the saying! As I walk by the local corner grocery store, I see baskets of fresh local strawberries. My mouth waters and I know it is summer! The cooler weather this Spring may have delayed the strawberry season a little bit, but fresh fragrant sweet... Continue reading
Posted Jun 27, 2013 at New to Canada
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Hi Mary and thank you for your question. Unfortunately, the branch-based "English Can Be Fun" program is being discontinued as of this summer. The Library is working to integrate and promote outreach services for newcomer children and youth through the website, the TD Summer Reading Club, Word Out! Teen summer reading and other services. I hope that helps and please do encourage the newcomer families that you meet to visit the library and talk to library staff about useful programs and resources.
Toggle Commented Jun 18, 2013 on ESL Summer Classes, Learn English with Mango and More at New to Canada
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ESL Summer Classes, Learn English with Mango and More
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The ESL summer brochure of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) just came out and here is the good news for English language learners in Toronto this summer! You can attend summer ESL (English as a second language) classes between July 2-26, 2013. The choice of classes during the summer... Continue reading
Posted Jun 4, 2013 at New to Canada
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Toy Piano Composers and junctQin Keyboard Collective: New Music 101 at the Library
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Join us for "New Music 101 series" at the Beeton Auditorium, Toronto Reference Library with The Toy Piano Composers and The junctQin Keyboard Collective! Our final and free program from this year's contemporary classical music series is on Monday, May 6, 2013 at 7pm. Our series host and music critic... Continue reading
Posted May 4, 2013 at Arts & Culture
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Immigrant Diversity Week: Celebrate, Educate, Participate!
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April 29 to May 3, 2013, is Immigrant Diversity Week! By our guest blogger Winona. Immigrants bring many skills, talents, experiences, and knowledge to the Canadian workforce! The Toronto East Quadrant Local Immigration Partnership Employment, Education, and Training Action Group is organizing Immigrant Diversity Week, an awareness week that will... Continue reading
Posted Apr 26, 2013 at New to Canada
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Ontario Maple Syrup festivals: A Canadian tradition in early spring!
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It is the beginning of March and this also means maple syrup festival time in Ontario! As the maple tree is one of the symbols of Canada - taking part in a Maple Syrup harvest festival is a wonderful way for new Canadians to experience Ontario nature and taste from... Continue reading
Posted Mar 1, 2013 at New to Canada
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Learning English at Toronto Reference Library: The largest ESL collection in Toronto
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Did you know that the Toronto Reference Library is home to the largest public collection of ESL (English as a Second Language) materials in Toronto? [A view of the Languages and Literature Department and the Information Desk, 4th floor, Toronto Reference Library. Behind the desk there is a large reference... Continue reading
Posted Jan 15, 2013 at New to Canada
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Hi Salina! I am not sure who would have been the program coordinator for the program at this branch at the time that you had volunteered. To verify that information - I would suggest to please call either Flemingdon Park branch at 416-395-5820 OR the Leading to Reading volunteer coordinator for the East region Cathy Thomson at 416-396-8601. All the best with your university application. Iana
Toggle Commented Jan 9, 2013 on Summer Leading to Reading for children who need reading help at New to Canada
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I like to take my family to the outdoors Christmas market in the Distillery district the first half of December. Also at Harbourfront there is a lovely Swedish Christmas festival usually the first weekend of December - they celebrate light and Santa Lucia - look for the young woman wearing a long white gown and a crown of candles. For a taste of Hanukkah visit a free event at the MNJCC - the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre at Spadina and Bloor. And I love going to holidays concerts of carols and sing-alongs - many of them are free at churches, libraries or on the street. The WholeNote free publication publishes a long December concert listing (some are free or "pwyc").
Toggle Commented Jan 9, 2013 on Fun And Free Things To Do Over The Holidays at New to Canada
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