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CBC Sports: Olympics

Full coverage of Sochi 2014 by CBC Sports, including up-to-the-minute results, schedules, news, videos and photos. CBC/Radio-Canada is Canada’s official broadcaster of the Olympic Games.

Microfilm

Come in to view birth, marriage and death registrations as well as the following historical newspapers on microfilm: Citizen, Express, Lions Gate Times, North Shore Press, North Shore Press Review, North Shore Review, North Shore Times, North Vancouver District News, Sunday News, Times, and West Vancouver News.

We also have microfilm of the North Shore News (1976 onwards), Province (1960-1988), and Vancouver Sun (1971 onwards).

*NewToBC – The Library Link for Newcomers

Newcomers should visit this site to learn more about the services and programs public libraries offer recent immigrants. The “Settlement Information for New Comers” section provides all kinds of information to help you settle and build connections to your new community such as:

• Immigrant Programs and Services
• Settling in BC: Questions and Answers – Q&A to help new immigrants before or after their arrival in BC. The topics include: daily life, driving & transportation, education & child care, employment, health, housing & setting up, immigration & citizenship, money & banking, and the legal system
• English Language Learning Materials
• Useful Immigrant Settlement Guides and Websites – The topics include: settlement, employment, language learning, education, health, refugee supports, newcomer LGBTQ2S+, and BC’s First Nations & Indigenous Peoples.
• Skilled Immigrant InfoCentre (SIIC) – SIIC is located in the central branch of Vancouver Public Library and provides useful information to help you find meaningful employment in BC.
• Immigrant Demographics by Community
• 5 Ways Newcomers Can Learn About Indigenous Cultures in BC – Resources to help new immigrants find information on Indigenous People in BC
• 5 Career Mentor Programs to Help You Achieve Your Career Goals – These programs were created specifically to help you understand the world of work in Canada. They can help you learn answers to questions you don’t know you have.

In Our Time

Episodes of BBC Radio’s popular ‘history of ideas’ show are archived here. Listen to a podcast on the age of the universe, or whether we are near to achieving the thinking, feeling computer.

TEDx Events

“Created in the spirit of TED’s mission, “ideas worth spreading,” the TEDx program is designed to give communities, organizations and individuals the opportunity to stimulate dialogue at the local level.” Check out the Editors Picks, or look for upcoming webcasts. 

TED Ideas Worth Spreading

TED (Technolgy, Entertainment, Design) offers “1500+ talks to stir your curiosity.” Wondering where to start?

Khan Academy

With a library of over 4,200 high quality short videos on everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and hundreds of skills to practice, they are on a mission to help you learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace. Created by Salman Khan who began posting math tutorials on YouTube, it’s a fantastic way for high school and university students to get help with difficult concepts.  

Udacity

Another Stanford initiative, Udacity is funded by Google and other tech firms and is chiefly technology oriented. Course materials are available to anyone, but to enrol in the full course experience, there is a monthly fee (approximately $200/month on average). “Nanodegrees” in specific areas are granted to those who enrol and pass the necessary courses.

EdX

The first MOOC –  an MIT course in electrical engineering – led to the creation of edX, a partnership between MIT, Harvard, Berkeley and University of Texas. McGill University, the University of Toronto and others have since joined, offering courses “designed to be interesting, fun and rigorous.” 

Coursera

Coursera has over 33 international partners and courses that span the humanities, medicine, biology, social sciences, mathematics, business and computer science. 

Need a study break?

Check out  these brand new teen reads!

Read together everyday!

Some suggestions of our favourite picture books to share with young children. 

148 Apps (iOS only)

All apps reviewed on 148 Apps must meet the criteria of excellent graphical quality, originality and well-designed content as well as useful support material.

App Advice (iOS only)

Current app reviews and news.

PC Magazine

PCMag’s latest hands-on reviews of iPad Apps, iPhone Apps, BlackBerry Apps, Android Apps, Palm Apps, Windows Mobile Apps, Mobile Utilities and Mobile Games.

Brightstorm Math

Brightstorm has a great collection of videos on an array of different subjects, all led by skilled teachers. The math collection has videos of lessons and problem-solving techniques for everything from Pre-Alegebra to Calculus.

Studying From Home?

These are some great websites to keep your skills sharp while school is out.

Pew Internet & American Life Project

As their mission states, “The Pew Internet & American Life Project is one of seven projects that make up the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan, nonprofit ‘fact tank’ that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world.” Check out their teens page for all of their latest research on young people and technology, social media, online privacy and more.

The Joan Ganz Cooney Center

The Cooney Center is an independent research organization that specializes in advancing children’s learning through digital media. The information is highly-accessible and the site covers a wide range of topics from early learning and technology , to apps, to learning through digital play.

Parenting in the Age of Digital Technology

This article provides an easy-to-read summary of a major 2013 American study on the challenges of parenting in today’s technology-rich world.