VI Regional Library Qualicum Beach

06/02/2026

While Storytime is moving to Wednesdays for the summer, Qualicum Beach Rhymetime will still be on Fridays for the summer months. This program is geared more for toddlers/babies (it's mostly songs and rhymes and bubbles and stuff), but siblings and older kids are always welcome too.

Thanks,
Nathan

06/02/2026

Qualicum Beach Tuesday Family Storytime is now WEDNESDAY Summer Storytime for the next few months (June-Aug).

Same deal as before, geared for preschool ages, but all ages welcome. Starting this week!

Thanks,
Nathan

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/

05/13/2026

Mindfulness in May has wrapped up for the year. Here are the People's Choice winners (Sr and Jr):

-Blue Heron by Petra Balázs
-Held by the Garden, by Frankie Love

(Also pictured, the Student Artist Awards winners)

A huge thank you to all the talented artists and the hundreds of folks who visited the exhibition!

04/30/2026

The official opening is May 2nd at 1:30 but this year's amazing youth art exhibition for Mindfulness in May is UP NOW!!!!

Pop by any time we're open between now and and May 10th to check out some inspiring youth art and vote for your favorite for our People's Choice prizes.

Pop by to check out some great youth art during the Mindfulness in May art exhibition at the Qualicum library, …

03/31/2026

📣🗣️Today, March 31, we recognize National Indigenous Languages Day, a time to honour the rich diversity of Indigenous languages and the ongoing work of communities to revitalize and share them.

Explore Indigenous language resources through our Indigenous Languages webpage: https://virl.bc.ca/read-watch-listen/audience/indigenous/indigenous-languages/

You can also visit FirstVoices, an internationally recognized platform where Indigenous communities share and promote their languages, oral cultures, and linguistic histories, including resources from Vancouver Island, Haida Gwaii, and the Central Coast: https://www.firstvoices.com/languages

03/19/2026

What if reconciliation isn’t about the past—but about promises we’re still responsible for today?

The TRC57 Speaker Series continues with Dr. Michael Asch, one of Canada’s leading thinkers on treaties and Indigenous–settler relationships. His work challenges a common assumption: that treaties are “done deals.” Instead, he asks us to see them for what they truly are—living agreements that still shape how we share this land.

This is the kind of conversation that shifts perspectives—and stays with you.

📅 March 25 | 12–1 PM (PT)
💻 Free live Zoom event

Over 200 people joined our first speaker. Don’t miss your chance to be part of what’s quickly becoming a powerful, community-wide dialogue.

👉 Register now: https://trc57speakerseries.ca/
🔎 Explore the full Season 6 lineup: https://trc57speakerseries.ca/season-6-speakers/

Come curious. Leave changed.

03/03/2026

Upcoming poetry event!

Join us at the Qualicum library for a poetry reading featuring Kamal Parmar, poet laureate of Nanaimo (2021-2024), reading from …

03/03/2026

Upcoming author event!

Join us at the Qualicum Beach library for a reading with Joline Martin, author of “War Resisters”. War Resisters offers …