VI Regional Library Nanaimo North

05/30/2026

🎉 Today, VIRL turns 90! 🎉

For 90 years, Vancouver Island Regional Library has connected people, ideas, and communities across Vancouver Island, Haida Gwaii, Bella Coola, and the Central Coast.

What began in 1936 with six branches, 12,648 books, and a $500 grant has grown into one of British Columbia’s largest and most geographically diverse public library systems, serving urban centres, coastal villages, and some of Canada's most rural and remote communities.

This anniversary is more than a celebration of our history. It’s a celebration of the generations of people who have learned, discovered, connected, created, and found belonging through their libraries.

Today, communities across the VIRL system are celebrating this milestone with local events, guest books, activities, refreshments, and opportunities to share library memories. It's also the official launch of the VIRL 90th Anniversary Passport Program, inviting people of all ages to explore libraries across the region, collect stamps, and win prizes.

Thank you to everyone who has been part of VIRL’s story over the past nine decades. Here's to 90 years of stories, learning, connection, and community.

Learn more and join the celebration: virl.bc.ca/90th

05/15/2026

Join us for the final TRC57 Speaker Series webinar before our summer break with Dr. Aaron Mills on May 20 from 12–1pm PT.

In this deeply reflective talk, Dr. Mills invites us to reconsider resurgence and reconciliation through the lens of rooted constitutionalism: an Indigenous understanding of political community grounded in land, relationship, and responsibility.

Drawing from Anishinaabe teachings, Indigenous law, and lived experience, this conversation challenges us to think differently about governance, belonging, and our shared relationship with the living earth.

This is a powerful opportunity to pause, reflect, and engage with ideas that continue to shape the path forward for reconciliation in Canada.

🎟️ Register now and join the conversation before we break for summer.
https://virl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JKmldLuwS0-j0EuGrUYgxQ #/registration

The TRC57 Speaker Series will return in the fall with two more inspiring speakers.
More info: https://trc57speakerseries.ca/speakers/dr-aaron-mills/

05/03/2026

Not sure what to do with that orchid your friend gave you? Or are you jazzed about tropical plants in general? Join Master Gardener Richard Bernier to learn about keeping tropical orchids in your home. You can catch up on previous sessions too!

Register to get the Zoom link.

Learn all about keeping tropical orchids in your home with a certified Master Gardener! This is a FREE course that …

04/24/2026

Photo Club went to Neck Point Park!

04/24/2026

📸 Photo Club did a field trip assignment at Neck Point Park. Enjoy our images from this treasure of a park!

👉 Want to join in on the fun? All devices are welcome. Message us for details, or email [email protected]

04/20/2026

What does reconciliation look like when it’s understood not as a completed task, but as an ongoing practice...here on earth, in our everyday lives?

The TRC57 Speaker Series continues with Dr. James Tully, who invites us to rethink reconciliation not as a finished goal, but as an ongoing way of living well together, on this land, and with one another. Drawing from his work Reconciliation Here on Earth, this conversation connects relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples with our shared responsibility to the living earth itself.

This isn’t abstract theory, it’s a grounded, thoughtful look at how reconciliation shows up in our everyday lives. The kind of conversation that challenges you, and stays with you.

📅 April 22 | 12 PM (PT)
💻 Free live Zoom event

Join a growing community leaning into these important conversations.

👉 Register now: https://virl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UAq2UcSEQeS_3CfZ7pFi4w #/registration

🔎 Explore the full Season 6 lineup: http://trc57speakerseries.ca

Come curious. Leave changed.

04/16/2026

TOMORROW! Register now to get writing in a safe, supportive environment. 🤓

REGISTRATION REQUIRED! Frogs Fell from the Sky: Fiction in Poetry a poetry circle with Mary Ann Moore   We will …

04/05/2026

Want to try your hand at writing some poetry? Let experienced facilitator Mary Anne Moore guide you through exercises to awaken your inner poet or re-inspire you. REGISTER for our Poetry Circle on Friday, April 17 at 2pm!

REGISTRATION REQUIRED! Frogs Fell from the Sky: Fiction in Poetry a poetry circle with Mary Ann Moore   We will …