What’s Happening at WPL

Get ready for stories, songs and lots of fun activities.

Living With Loss is a peer grief support group for adults 18+ which provides a space to connect with others who are grieving a death. You do not have to attend every group session, but can select the sessions that suit your specific needs. You are welcome to join at any phase of your grief and attend for as long as you need the support.

Make messy slime with us. Add in glitter, beads, colour, anything you like! Have fun together in a safe and supportive environment for 2SLGBTQ+ children, families, and allies.  This is a drop-in program.

Living With Loss is a peer grief support group for adults 18+ which provides a space to connect with others who are grieving a death. You do not have to attend every group session, but can select the sessions that suit your specific needs. You are welcome to join at any phase of your grief and attend for as long as you need the support.

Learn how to make your own paper from scratch! During week 1 we’ll get messy when we make the paper (it starts out as wet mush!). Week 2 we will decorate our paper, and make the pages into notebooks, cards, or journals.

Rhyming, singing and movement are all building blocks for vocabulary and storytelling. We've got it all in this engaging programs for ones.

Learn all about building and structures through songs, games, and lots of crafts and activities.

Join us to play STEM-themed Jeopardy in celebration of all things science! Test your knowledge in groups and battle for the title of STEM Champion.

We’ll explore the many ways to create with fibre materials like sewing basics, macrame and crochet.

Let's Talk is a free 8-week program that provides career guidance to newcomer youth. It is a great opportunity for newcomers to learn more about the academic and career pathways available in Canada while meeting new people and practicing their English. We will also be providing bus tickets, volunteer hours, and food during the sessions.

Join the City of Waterloo, Royal Canadian Legion, and the Waterloo Public Library for a learn to knit or crochet workshop. In these two-hour workshops participants will learn how to make knitted or crocheted poppies. The poppies will be added to our Remembrance Reflections Commemorative Project honouring those who served in times of war. All supplies will be provided.

Practice your conversational English and meet new people with the YMCA Immigrant Services. This program is open to all English levels.

This two-part series is a great opportunity for tweens and their favourite grown-ups to work as a team to create a tiny creature in a tin. In the first session you'll sew a tiny felt creature together by hand using felt and thread. Then in week two, you’ll decorate a cozy tin for the creature to live in. This is a unique kid and caregiver program that’s geared at building intergenerational relationships as you both learn something new together.

Enjoy an evening of Canadian film and TV Trivia, mocktails, and prizes with Thom Ernst, Toronto-based film critic, broadcaster, and author of the memoir The Wild Boy of Waubamik and 101 Fascinating Canadian Film and TV Facts. He is the former host of television’s longest running film program, Saturday Night at the Movies.

This active play program is all about mind, body, creativity, and play. Move, learn, and explore with exciting new activities each week.

Tactile toddler time encourages semi-independent play through various arts & crafts. Toddlers will be applying critical thinking skills, fine motor skills, and their creativity to create fun, tactile pieces.

Make different projects and gadgets each week using various materials and tools.

Learn to code, or improve your coding skills with Fiero Code during this after school program. Fiero Code allows you to work at your own level to improve your coding and software design expertise.

Join us for a casual drop-in writing group. Bring a work in progress, or start something new in this co-working space for writers.  

Encourage a love of reading with this fun, interactive literacy program. Participants will pair up with a volunteer literacy tutor for guided reading sessions followed by language games and activities with the group.