Lifelong Learning

Library Usage

Denman Island

Items borrowed per Capita from the Community Library

2.28 books per active library member in 20221

Hornby Island

Items borrowed per Member

35.32 books per active library member in 20222

Programs at the Hornby Island Branch of the Vancouver Island Library have not resumed post-COVID as of the publishing of this report.


All Community Members

  • Adult Education
  • Arts Council Programming
  • Baroque Festival
  • Book Launches
  • Creative Threads Conspiracy
  • Denman Island Community Education Society
  • Denman Museum
  • First Aid
  • Local Theatre
  • Monthly Open Mic
  • Music Lessons
  • Readers and Writers Festival Workshops

Youth

  • Clay Creations
  • Dungeons and Dragons
  • Everything on a Spectrum
  • Textile Arts
  • Youth Squad

Programs

All Community Members

  • Adult Literacy
  • Arts Council Programs
  • First Aid
  • Healthcare Programs
  • Herring School by Conservancy
  • Hornby Island Education Society Programs
  • Literary Lunch
  • Music Lessons
  • Natural History Programs
  • Theatre

50+

  • Book Club
  • Bridge
  • Creative Writing
  • Games Night (All welcome)
  • Knitting
  • Life Drawing
  • Meditation
  • Theatre

Youth

  • Babysitter Course
  • Board Game Nights
  • Music Lessons
  • Natural History Programs
  • Theatre

Clubs and Activities

  • Bird Watchers
  • Book Clubs
  • Fabricators: weaving and spinning club
  • Games Nights
  • Marimba
  • Model Boat Sailing Club
  • Photography Club
  • Quilters Guild
  • Theatre
  • Weavers
  • Women’s Wednesday (Summers Only)
  • Writers Group

  1. Committee Member. (2023). Dora Drinkwater Community Library Committee ↩︎
  2. Supervisor. (2023). Vancouver Island Regional Library: Hornby Island Branch ↩︎