February 18th is Heritage Day!

This year we celebrate Maud Lewis. A wonderful Nova Scotian artist that expressed herself with brightly coloured paintings of her world. They once sold for $5 each but are now worth 10s of thousands of dollars. To learn a bit about this piece of our heritage click on the picture.

African Heritage Month

We share an incredible history in this country. Like a story book it has good and bad throughout its pages. It took many different kinds of people to get us here today and it will take many kinds of people to take us to where we are going.

I invite you to learn more about Canada's history

What do the Black Loyalist have to do with Nova Scotia?

How many African Nova Scotian communities can you name? 

How did Viola Desmond's actions make history?

What happened to Africville?

Was there slavery in Canada?

  

Stop by the library to learn more!