Adults

Learn what a budget is and why you should create one. You’ll also receive tips to help you reach your financial goals and ideas to help you adjust your spending.

Dive into your family history with Ancestry Library Edition. We will explore the basic navigation of the site, and share tips and tricks.

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.

Join us for a discussion as Leah chats with host Kimberly Penner about what led her to write about faith, leadership and a culture shift in the context of climate change. In Tending Tomorrow, Leah shares her own journey of meaning-making amid environmental and social upheaval with the hope that readers will use it to make sense of their own experiences, values and beliefs.

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

Honey bees are famous for their sweet honey, but there are more products from the hive to discover! In this hands-on artisanal workshop, we’ll learn about and experience the wonders of beeswax with our Alvéole beekeeper.

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.  

Drop in and learn about seed saving from expert Bob Wildfong from Seeds of Diversity. There will be lots of hands-on examples and seeds to share!

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.

Get creative with macramé! Learn how to make your own DIY macramé feather, for a wall hanging or just for fun. No experience necessary.

Dr. Mohamed I. Elmasry, emeritus professor of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo, will join us to discuss his new book, iMind: Artificial and Real Intelligence, which is gaining international media attention for its innovative approach to similarities and differences in how human brains and human-made devices process and retain information.

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

Learn the benefits of using RRSPs and TFSAs, and how to decide whether to invest in an RRSP, a TFSA or both. You’ll also learn about the different kinds of RRSP and TFSA products available.

Under the direction of a Spanish teacher, practice conversational Spanish, meet other Spanish speakers and make new friends. A basic knowledge of Spanish is necessary in order to be able to participate.

Learn how to make old fashioned wax seals using hot glue guns. Use them as decorations for stationary or sticking on the back of envelopes for a fancy touch.

Join WPL and SPECTRUM for a reading circle for 2SLGBTQIA+ folks and allies that takes less commitment than a book club. We'll have different readings (short stories, essays, poetry, etc) that we will read together and then discuss. No preparation needed! The readings will explore 2SLGBTQIA+ topics and/or be written by 2SLGBTQIA+ writers.

Textile presents its inaugural fall literary event, Black Talk: In Conversation with Hanif Abdurraqib and Antonio Michael Downing, including readings from Hanif's and Antonio's newest works — There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension and Stars in My Crown, respectively.

Each week we will gather at the library and set off on a walk through the McCormick neighbourhood. We will follow our outing with some light stretching and regroup at the library.

Join us for discussion with award winning short-story writer and essayist Heather O’Neill as she discusses her newest release The Capital of Dreams.

As the common saying goes, “you cannot pour from an empty cup.” In order to take care of other people and tasks, we must take care of ourselves as well. It can be difficult to incorporate beneficial time for yourself given how busy life gets, which is why this program is intentionally designed to give you time for just that.