Salt Spring Island Public Library

06/13/2026

🪂 ☀️!!CALLING ALL TEENS!!☀️ 🪂
Summer is here and school is almost out!

Over the summer we will have a few fun and totally FREE events for Teens:
📖ZINE MAKING & MARKET📖
💄MAKE UP TUTORIALS💄
💀SHAKESPEARE THEATRE💀
🌈PRIDE CRAFTS🌈

For registration or questions contact Keeley
[email protected]

06/12/2026

Raffi was our surprise guest at Mother Goose yesterday with Family Place! It was such a treat to sing our favourite Raffi songs with Raffi himself. We sure hope he comes back soon! Raffi Cavoukian

06/12/2026

Fidgets foster focus?

For Real!

Fortunately, free fidgets from the FabLab can help you find support for your focus!

Fidgets can:

1. Improve Focus
2. Reduce Anxiety
3. Support Different Learning Styles
3. Encourage Self-Regulation

We can 3D print thousands of different fidgets for you, for FREE in the FabLab!

We also now have real mechanical keyboard switches for satisfying fidget action.

Book your appointment in the FabLab on the Library website.

06/11/2026

Psssttt.....it's Father's Day next weekend, have you bought your presents yet? Come to the library on Saturday and support SSI Kids and do your shopping there! All the products are homemade, crafted with love. Bring cash!

06/11/2026

Full details are also available and evolving at https://indigenouspeoplesweekend.ca/

So many amazing things happening during Indigenous Peoples Weekend!

06/11/2026

Another reason to check out Indigenous Peoples Weekend at the Farmers' Institute!

We are excited to share that Thu-it (Truth) is coming to Salt Spring. Curated by Quw’utsun Cultural Connections, this multi-media experience tells the Truth about Quw'utsun worldviews, including pre-contact and the lived and ongoing impacts of colonization, through elder testimony and historical timelines. Elders' circles will also facilitate learning and dialogue with attendees.

The exhibit runs from June 18-21 at the Farmers Institute (351 Rainbow Rd.).

Elders Led Circle:
June 19th 10-2pm

Exihibit:
June 18-20 10am to 4pm
June 21 10am to 2pm

06/11/2026

Join us and our guest speaker at the Farmers' Institute this year for Indigenous Peoples Weekend.

✨ Travelling the Pathway of Truth & Reconcilitation💫
Presenter Dr. David Schaepe traces survivors' decades-long path toward truth and reconciliation, focusing on the investigations he leads for the Stó:lō Nation Chiefs Council into three residential schools and a hospital in BC's Fraser Valley. He outlines the Xyólhmet ye Syéwiqwólh ("Taking Care of Our Children") project's methods and goals, highlights the BC Indian Residential School Technical Working Group's Declaration Rejecting Denialism, and draws on 40+ years of survivor testimony to document residential school histories.

Saturday, June 20th: Dr. David Schaepe
Location: Farmer’s Institute for Indigenous Peoples Weekend SSI (inside the Tipi)
Time: 12pm
(Full program schedule will be announced here:
https://indigenouspeoplesweekend.ca/ )

06/10/2026

Pop-Up Recording Studio is back!

Completely free music recording in the Library (after hours of course!).

We bring in a professional Music Producer and all the equipment needed to record full bands, ensembles, solo artists or pretty much any musical group.

When it's all done, you will receive a mixed & mastered version of your song, ready to upload to streaming services!

Space is very limited, applications due July 3rd. Link to apply in comments and library website.

Recording dates July 24-26.

06/10/2026

Tree limbs in last night's winds are currently making traverse of the Mouat Park path off of Art Spring via McPhillips.... challenging. We will assess the situation shortly, the CRD has been contacted, and we will let you know when StoryWalk is accessible once again!