Community partnerships

A new digital exhibition offers a glimpse of life in Canada during the Second World War. Based on clippings in a scrapbook made in the 1940s by the mother of Canadian wartime journalist Jack Calder, the exhibit considers how the home front and battle fronts were connected.

Calder, who worked as a reporter for the Chatham Daily News prior to enlisting, was a natural storyteller and was among the first to document the war from the front lines sharing details of raids, take downs, and even encounters with the royal family.

While the exact number of residential school-related deaths remains unknown due to incomplete records, there are estimates that more than 6,000 unmarked graves have been found to date. An art installation displayed this week in the Leddy Library honours those victims.

Located in the library’s main stairwell, the installation contains roughly 6,000 small shirts cut from orange paper and strung together.

June is Indigenous History Month and, to honour its intent, Leddy Library’s Indigenous outreach librarian Jennifer Soutter has curated a 

The Leddy Library will host its final monthly book giveaway this month.

Books will be available for free, however, donations are appreciated and will support student appreciation initiatives. 

The book giveaways will take place in the main lobby on the following dates during the library’s regular operating hours:

• March 28th – 30th

Books will be available first come first serve. Please bring your own bags/boxes.