Atwater Library and Computer Centre

By Crowdcast: The Atwater Poetry Project presents readings by poets Rebecca Păpucaru and Gillian Sze. Curated and hosted by APP Coordinator Faith Paré. To REGISTER and get the link, click here.

By Zoom: POETRY WORKSHOP – For the Atwater Library AWE Project, poet Rebecca Păpucaru leads beginners to advanced students, writers and readers alike, in a full-bodied conversation and creative exploration of our relationships with our bodies through writing prompts and exercises. REGISTER and get the Zoom link: awe@atwaterlibrary.ca.

By Zoom: TFSAs and RRSPs – For the Atwater Library Financial Literacy Program, Lynn Bennett, Certified Financial Planner, conducts an information session on Tax Free Savings Accounts (TFSAs) and Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs). REGISTER and get the Zoom link: lverge@atwaterlibrary.ca.

By Zoom: For the Atwater Library Lunchtime Series, pediatric emergency physician and writer Samir Shaheen-Hussain discusses his book Fighting for a Hand to Hold: Confronting Medical Colonialism Against Indigenous Children in Canada, winner of two 2021 Quebec Writers’ Federation awards. To REGISTER and get the Zoom link, click here.

By Zoom: REIMAGINING THE FUTURE OF AGEING  – Julian Hanna, an academic who is popularizing manifesto writing (see his 2014 article in The Atlantic), is conducting a discussion and writing exercise: in a few words, what is your rallying cry for old age? For the Atwater Library’s Combatting Ageism Project in partnership with Concordia University’s engAGE. REGISTER and get the Zoom link: eric@atwaterlibrary.ca.

By Zoom: NUTS AND BOLTS OF WILLS – For the Atwater Library Financial Literacy Program, lawyer Ann Soden and notary Anna Kamateros conduct an information session with discussion. To REGISTER and get the Zoom link: lverge@atwaterlibrary.ca.

By Zoom: A PICTURE AND A THOUSAND WORDS: Paired Art and Writing Workshops – For the Atwater Library AWE Project, visual artist Anna Jane McIntyre leads an hour of art activities and Montreal writer Elaine Kalman Naves leads an hour of writing activities. REGISTRATION IS CLOSED but a new set of AWE workshops starts on March 8: awe@atwaterlibrary.ca. 

By Zoom: The Atwater Library Book Club, led by writer Mary Soderstrom, discusses The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri. REGISTER and get the Zoom link: patrick@atwaterlibrary.ca.

By Zoom: PHOTOGENIC MONTREAL – For the Atwater Library Lunchtime Series, co-editors Martha Langford and Johanne Sloan give an illustrated presentation on their new book about “how photography imagines Montreal’s post-industrial identity.” To REGISTER and get the Zoom link, click here.

By Zoom: 2021 INCOME TAX PREPARATION – For the Atwater Library Financial Literacy Program, Lynn Bennett, Certified Financial Planner, gives an overview of 2021 provisions of federal and provincial income tax. Q&A. To REGISTER and get the Zoom link: lverge@atwaterlibrary.ca.