DG Ivey Library

02/27/2023

We’re hiring again!

Looking to work overnight during the exam period? Join our library team to staff the library overnight during the 24 hour study space.

Deadline to apply is 5 pm March 13th.

11/02/2022

Reading week is almost here! We will be closed for maintenance November 5th and 6th, open 9:00am to 5:00pm Monday November 7th through Friday the 11th, and open 11:00 am to 7:00 pm Saturday November 12th and Sunday November 13th!

10/31/2022

Distinguished Pont Casse Press authors/founders, Irving Andre and Gabriel Christian, will be sharing a talk on the history of Dominica and unveiling the results of a collaboration with the University of Toronto Libraries to share online editions of their books on the history of Dominica with the world. Join and on November 4th at University of Toronto
William Doo Auditorium, 45 Willcocks Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2H3 Canada 5:30-8:30pm to celebrate the anniversary of Dominica's independence with an evening of food, music, traditional dance, and readings on the history of Dominica.

09/30/2022

08/27/2022

We reopen for the Fall 2022 semester on September 6th! 🍃🍁🍂 Monday through Thursday 9:00am to 9:00pm. Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm. Saturday and Sunday 11:00am to 7:00pm. See you in September!

06/29/2022

Hurray! It’s a long weekend! Our team will be enjoying an extra long weekend. Tomorrow, June 30th is Presidential Day, followed by Canada Day on July 1st. We will reopen Monday July 4th at 10:00 am.

04/14/2022

We are taking a quick break and so should you!

We’ll be closed on Friday April 15th and will be opening again on Saturday at 9am to resume 24 hour study space.

03/31/2022

March 31st is the Trans Day of Visibility.

We honour the trans community and have brought together a collection of books to make this day.

“Tomorrow will be different” by Sarah McBride
“Trans/Love” by Morty Diamond
“Dear Senthuran” by Akwaeke Emezi
“Detransition, baby” by Torrey Peters
“The thirty Names of Night” by Zeyn Joukhdar

Want to borrow one of these titles or find more books, just ask a library assistant for help!

03/04/2022

We are hiring night stewards!

The library will be open 24 hours during the exams break and we are looking for students to work overnight.

Interested in getting paid to stay up all night? Send us your applications by March 13th!

01/31/2022

Registration is now open!

We’re celebrating with a month-long edit-a-thon to improve coverage of Black histories on and new this year, .id

To kick off our celebration, we’re hosting a virtual panel discussion with Cheryl Thompson & Collette Murray, moderated by Mark Campbell. Join us for a lively & important discussion on the theme of Black and a praxis of care! 
📅 Mon, Feb 7, 1–2:30 pm

Our next Wikipedia/Wikidata editing session is coming up this Friday:
📅 Fri, Feb 4, 1–4 pm
📅 Fri, Feb 11, 10 am–1 pm
📅 Fri, Feb 18, 1–4 pm

Visit https://bit.ly/bhw2022 to register for the kick or editing events!

01/18/2022

Save the date(s)!!

Join us in celebrating Black History Month by improvising coverage of Black histories in Wikipedia and Wikidata!

We are kicking off with a panel on February 7th from 1-2:30. Then, we will be meeting for 3 hours each Friday in February.

Registration links will be available and shared soon.

01/17/2022

Early closure!

We are closing at 5 pm today due to the severe weather. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

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