National Rehabilitation Information Center

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The National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC) is the library of the [United States] National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). We collect, catalog, and disseminate the articles, reports, curricula, guides, and other publications and products of the research projects funded by NIDILRR, as well as the wider community of disability and rehabilitation research. 

 

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Blackpast

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BlackPast is dedicated to providing reliable information on the history of Black people across the globe, and especially in North America. Our goal is to promote greater understanding of our common human experience through knowledge of the diversity of the Black experience and the ubiquity of the global Black presence. Welcome to the largest online encyclopedia on African American and Global African history on the Internet.

 

Catholic Research Resources

The Catholic Research Resources Alliance website has two resources of note: Catholic Portal, which allows users to identify items in a wide variety of research collections, and Catholic News Archive, a text-searchable collection of over 30,000 issues of Catholic newspapers with a focus on dioceses in the United States.

Stress Free Zone @ Robertson Library and Pop-up Surprises

Stress Free Zone @ Robertson Library & Pop-up Surprises

 

Feeling overwhelmed? Studying getting you down? Do you need to just take a break? 

 

Back by popular demand, the Robertson Library is hosting the Stress Free Zone! Step into the Zone to relax and have some fun! Play a game, colour, get crafty, smile for a selfie fashion shoot, get creative with Lego, or just unwind in our beloved beanbag chairs. Make a holiday wish and hang it on our Wishing Tree. Maybe your wish will come true!

 

The Stress Free Zone is now open and continues until December 17th.

 

And, there will be a daily pop-up surprise in the Library for students during the exam period. Study break treats, snacks, and more! Check the Library’s social media each day for details or drop by the Library.

 

Good luck with your exams!

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2023 Governor General Literary Awards and Scotiabank Giller Prize

Embrace your love of reading! Check out our book display and find your next great book!

 

The Library has award-winning Canadian books for you to discover, whatever genre of books you are in the mood to read.

 

The display includes the finalists and winners of the 2023 Governor General’s Literary Awards (GGBooks) in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama.

 

The Canada Council for the Arts is responsible for administering and promoting the Governor General’s Literary Awards. The awards  recognize Canada’s best English-language and French-language books in seven categories and encourage Canadians to read Canadian literature. 

 

Lists of finalists and winning books from previous years are available on the Canada Council for the Arts website: https://ggbooks.ca/about

 

Also included in the book display are the longlist, shortlist, and winner of the 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize. The Scotiabank Giller Prize is awarded annually to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story collection published in English.

 

Check out the Scotiabank Giller Prize website for further information, including this year’s winner, Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein: https://scotiabankgillerprize.ca/

 

Discover your next favourite author – read award-winning Canadian literature!

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