• 20 Great Writing Habits for 2020 with Zoe Landale

    Salt Spring Public Library Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Ave, Salt Spring Island, Canada

    An interactive Writing Workshop, free of charge to aspiring writers of all kinds, at every level. Zoe Landale taught for 15 years in the Creative Writing Department at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, and lives on Pender Island. Registration is limited to 10 persons, and pre-registration is required. Free for library members.

  • The Peace Class

    Salt Spring Public Library Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Ave, Salt Spring Island, Canada

    First of 10 one-hour sessions at the Salt Spring Public Library. 3:30 p.m. Info: https://www.ssi-peace.com/

  • Dance Your Ability

    All Saints By-the-Sea 110 Park Drive, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

    Fun facilitated dance movement and nutritious lunch for seniors. All abilities welcome. Free event most Fridays through March 27, with free lunch provided by Harvest Kitchen. All Saints lower hall. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Info/registration: 250-537-9971.

  • Tech Tutoring with Jim Watkins

    Salt Spring Public Library Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Ave, Salt Spring Island, Canada

    Thursdays at Salt Spring Public Library. 10 a.m. to 12 noon. 

  • An Introduction to Mindful Self-Compassion

    Star of the Sea Centre for Spiritual Living and Practice 2600 Fulford-Ganges Rd, Salt Spring Island, B.C., Canada

    Facilitated by Marcia Burton. Experiential morning of exploration at Star of the Sea Centre for Spiritual Living and Practice. 10 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Registration required at staroftheseassi@gmail.com.

  • An Introduction to Mindful Self-Compassion

    Star of the Sea Centre for Spiritual Living and Practice 2600 Fulford-Ganges Rd, Salt Spring Island, B.C., Canada

    Facilitated by Marcia Burton. Experiential morning of exploration at Star of the Sea Centre for Spiritual Living and Practice. 10 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Registration required at staroftheseassi@gmail.com.

  • Tech Tutoring with Conrad

    Salt Spring Public Library Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Ave, Salt Spring Island, Canada

    Mondays at Salt Spring Public Library. 12 noon to 3 p.m.

  • Tentacle Tribe Dance Workshop

    ArtSpring 100 Jackson Avenue, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

    All levels dance workshop for teens and adults led by Tentacle Tribe founders Elon Höglund and Emmanuelle Lê Phan. ArtSpring. 5 to 7 p.m.  

  • Tech Tutoring with Jim Watkins

    Salt Spring Public Library Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Ave, Salt Spring Island, Canada

    Thursdays at Salt Spring Public Library. 10 a.m. to 12 noon. 

  • My Clothes, My World:  How Fashion and the Climate Crisis Are Linked

    Salt Spring Public Library Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Ave, Salt Spring Island, Canada

    Transition Salt Spring hosts SD64 administrator/educator Vivienne Challandes for a presentation on the Fashion Takes Action program changes the lives and attitudes of students regarding fashion and climate. Salt Spring Public Library. 7 p.m.

  • Dance Your Ability

    All Saints By-the-Sea 110 Park Drive, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

    Fun facilitated dance movement and nutritious lunch for seniors. All abilities welcome. Free event most Fridays through March 27, with free lunch provided by Harvest Kitchen. All Saints lower hall. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Info/registration: 250-537-9971.

  • Sixty Years of Reading Tile-Making Workshop

    Salt Spring Public Library Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Ave, Salt Spring Island, Canada

    Workshop will see kids will create a permanent installation of tiles for the library. SS Public Library Program Room. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.  To pre-register, call 250-537-4666, or email info@saltspringlibrary.com

  • Willow Sculpture Family Workshop

    Mahon Hall 114 Rainbow Road, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada

    Learn to make a 3D structure from willow, then weave in beach-combed plastics. Willow salmon created will be displayed in the gallery. A free family drop in workshop for ages six and up. Mahon Hall. 10 a.m. to 1 pm. Free. RSVP at wor@ssartscouncil.com or 250-537-0899.

  • Workshop: Mixed-media Accordion Book

    As part of the Against the Current: Orca + Salmon exhibit at Mahon Hall, Joyce Majiski, SSAC Artist in Residence for 2020, offers a tow-day workshop on making a mixed-media accordion book for ages 16 and up. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Info/registration at https://ssartscouncil.com.

  • Workshop: Mixed-media Accordion Book

    As part of the Against the Current: Orca + Salmon exhibit at Mahon Hall, Joyce Majiski, SSAC Artist in Residence for 2020, offers a tow-day workshop on making a mixed-media accordion book for ages 16 and up. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Info/registration at https://ssartscouncil.com.

  • Tech Tutoring with Jim Watkins

    Salt Spring Public Library Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Ave, Salt Spring Island, Canada

    Thursdays at Salt Spring Public Library. 10 a.m. to 12 noon. 

  • A Call To Prayer

    Star of the Sea Centre for Spiritual Living and Practice 2600 Fulford-Ganges Rd, Salt Spring Island, B.C., Canada

    Rev. Elaina Hyde-Mills offers a four-part two-hour weekly gathering entitled A Call to Prayer. Star of the Sea Centre for Spiritual Living and Practice. 2 to 4 p.m. Registration is required at staroftheseassi@gmail.com In the sessions, participants will consider and develop personal prayer practices that lead us more fully into regular communication and relationship with […]

  • Dance Your Ability

    All Saints By-the-Sea 110 Park Drive, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

    Fun facilitated dance movement and nutritious lunch for seniors. All abilities welcome. Free event most Fridays through March 27, with free lunch provided by Harvest Kitchen. All Saints lower hall. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Info/registration: 250-537-9971.

  • Tech Tutoring with Jim Watkins

    Salt Spring Public Library Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Ave, Salt Spring Island, Canada

    Thursdays at Salt Spring Public Library. 10 a.m. to 12 noon. 

  • Dance Your Ability

    All Saints By-the-Sea 110 Park Drive, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

    Fun facilitated dance movement and nutritious lunch for seniors. All abilities welcome. Free event most Fridays through March 27, with free lunch provided by Harvest Kitchen. All Saints lower hall. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Info/registration: 250-537-9971.

  • The Many Layers of Empathy

    Star of the Sea Centre for Spiritual Living and Practice 2600 Fulford-Ganges Rd, Salt Spring Island, B.C., Canada

    Workshop facilitated by Laura Dafoe at Star of the Sea Centre for Spiritual Living and Practice. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Registration required at staroftheseassi@gmail.com.

  • Basic Amateur Radio Licensing Course

    Meaden Hall 120 Blain Road, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

    Four-Saturday course begins today with the first session at Meaden Hall and the remaining three at the Portlock Park portable. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Amateur Radio (Ham radio) works when other communications do not. Whether through voice communication on a hand-held radio or computerized messages transmitted via satellite, Amateur Radio Operators use radio to […]

  • Talking Circles: A Way to Wisdom in Difficult Times

    Online event

    Laura Dafoe leads a Star of the Sea workshop on Talking Circles via the Zoom platform. Also known as Peace-Making Circles, the exercise offers a holistic approach to nurturing healthy relationships within communities and may be useful at this time of crisis. Based on Indigenous practices from around the world, ‘Circles’ call upon the spiritual, […]

  • Stay Safe Online Course

    A three-Thursday online course offered by PARC and designed for youth who want to stay at home alone for short periods of time, with a focus on personal and home safety begins today, Aug. 13, and continues Aug. 20 and 27. Pre-registration required through ssiparc.ca or 250-537-1402. Registration closes Monday, Aug. 10 at 4 p.m.