Earl Haig SS Library

To those who celebrate, Gōng Xǐ Fā Cái (click to hear Cantonese) and Xīn Nián Kuài Lè (click to hear Mandardin – from about.com).  Check out our databases for more information on this holiday (◙click here for more on the Lunar New Year from Britannica).  2012 is the ◙Year of the Dragon.  Come see the display for print materials on the holiday.

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“During the Battle of Ypres in 1915, Canadian Lt.-Col. John McCrae was inspired to write the poem In Flanders Fields on sighting the poppies growing beside a grave of a close friend who had died in battle.

The poem was a great inspiration in adopting the poppy as the Flower of Remembrance in Canada, France, the U.S, Britain and Commonwealth countries.”

(Ann MacMillan, CBC News, Nov. 10, 2010)  See the whole article here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2008/11/07/f-remembrance-day.html

Click here for more resources including streaming videos.

Click on the image to see the fallen from recent wars.

Click on the map to see the residences of the enlisted Torontonians who died during WWII

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In preparation for our Remembrance Day Assembly on Nov. 11th, learn more about the people who have given their lives as “we bear witness and explore the true human cost of war” (CBC).

The Toronto Public Library celebrates Asian Heritage Month with programs all over town.  ◙ Click here for more info.

Asian Homelands Festivals

Eight Asian Homelands Festivals on Saturdays throughout May celebrate the breadth of Asia, including Balinese music and dance, Chinese opera, Persian dance, Arabian and South Asian cooking, and storytelling from across Asia. Only Marco Polo covers more Asian ground than our 2011 Asian Homelands Festivals!  Click here for more info

Also check out this ◙ Virtual Museum of Asian Heritage by Heritage Canada.

Find out what the Toronto District School Board is doing ◙ by clicking here.

Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
1929 – 1968   (assassinated)

>> “I have a dream” speech

Who are some famous Black Canadians?  Click here to find out.

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