I you love learning and the library, wait until you see the Canada 150 Living Library program Saturday at Coquitlam Public Library’s City Centre branch.
From 10 a.m. to 4 pm in Rooms 136 and 137, you can drop in and visit with a living book — a person who will share their knowledge and experience with you in a 20-minute chat.
These fascinating people have all made positive contributions to our nation and they will talk with you one-on-one about their jobs, volunteer work and activism.
Here are just a few of the living “books” you can “borrow”:
• 10 a.m. to noon: Eileen Mohan — activist against gangs, drugs and guns following the murder of her son, Christopher, an innocent victim caught up in a Surrey Six gang hit in 2007.
• 10 a.m. to noon: Trish Mandewo — a champion for social change who supports programs that empower women locally and in Africa.
• 11 a.m. to noon: Margaret F. — founder of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women.
• 2 to 3 p.m.: John P. — Rhodes scholar, retired lawyer and teacher. He now volunteers as an English as an Additional Language tutor.
Registration is not needed for this event. For more information, phone librarian Teresa Rehman at 604-937-4157.
