Word on the Street – This Sunday!
Looking for some good deals on books? Want to hear award-winner authors read from their work? Well look no further than Toronto’s annual Word on the Street National Book and Magazine Festival, this...
View ArticleCanadian-born Eleanor Catton wins The Booker
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton wins the Man Booker Prize 2013. ..
View ArticleLunchtime Features Oct. 21 – 25
Do you know what happens if you forget to give credit to someone else’s ideas or words? Find out as we teach Gr. 11 English classes to explore the issues around academic honesty and protecting...
View ArticleTeen Health and Wellness database
Designed for “high school students with nonjudgmental, straightforward … self-help support. Topics include diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, mental health, suicide, bullying, green living,...
View ArticleLunchtime Features: Oct. 28 – Nov. 1
Photo: Kevin Zhang This week, the library is working with Gr. 9 Girls and Boys Phys. Ed. classes to help them research information for brochures for the Sexuality unit, using databases such as Teen...
View ArticleLunchtime Features Nov. 4 – 8
Photo: Kevin Zhang This week the library is continuing it’s work with Phys Ed classes in research on Sexuality and Mental Health as well as ESLD classes on notetaking and planning a presentations on...
View ArticleWhite Pine 2014 Launches Wed. Nov. 13th
Next Wednesday Nov. 13, after school in the Window Lab, the library will launch the 20 nominees for the White Pine 2014 Award. Save the date! Read at least 5 of either the Fiction or Non-Fiction...
View ArticleCongrats to Lynn Coady on the Giller
Click for excerpt. Click for bio Congratulations to Lynn Coady who has been named the 2013 winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize for her short story collection Hellgoing, published by House of Anansi...
View ArticleLest we forget
Remember the fallen and the freedom they fought for on Nov. 11 and the entire month by wearing a poppy. Come to the library and see our Remembrance Day display. Browse our collection of Canadian...
View ArticleLunchtime Features Nov. 11 – 15
This week, the library is showing how to access reliable information on mental and physical health with phys ed classes. Plan ahead knowing there will be limited access. Please respect the classes...
View ArticleThe White Pine Book Launch was a great SUCCESS!
Thank you to everyone who attended the White Pine Book Launch on Wednesday, Nov. 13th. We are excited to get started with our monthly meetings and to read some great books. Stay tuned for more...
View ArticleLunchtime Features Nov. 18 – 22
This week, the library is showing how to access reliable information using the databases available to all Earl Haig students. You can check them out by clicking on the Alphabetical List of Databases...
View ArticleLunchtime Features Nov. 25 – 29
This week, the library is continuing to work with Individuals and Family In a Diverse Society using our notetaking and research skills for resources such as the rich ones in our e-book collection....
View ArticleWhat’s Your Holiday Reading Wishlist?
Britannica Image Quest The library would like your reading wishlists! Follow the steps below to make a suggestion. #1. What subject piques my interest? Think about your interests (movie types,...
View Article@ehsslibray Now On Twitter!
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View ArticleLunchtime Features Dec. 2 – 6
Did you know that the inventor of the telephone was Canadian? Learn more about this and more inventors through the new and improved Canadian Encyclopedia. This week, the library is busy teaching...
View ArticleEHSS Library on CTV News
See our library and students featured on CTV News speaking about online encyclopedias. Check out the new Canadian Encyclopedia here! ..
View ArticleThe NEW Canadian Encyclopedia
The Canadian Encyclopedia update is now available on-line. thecanadianencyclopedia.ca In addition this encyclopedia, also provides access to the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada, The Canadian...
View ArticleLunchtime Features Dec. 9 – 13
This week, the library will be working with Gr. 10 Academic students on researching Elizabethan England in preparation for the study of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Discover more about...
View ArticleRemembering Mandela
Biography in Context “Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid icon who became the first president of a democratic South Africa, passed away Thursday at his home in Johannesburg after a prolonged lung...
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