Atwater Library and Computer Centre

From mid-July 2026 to mid-February 2027, we’re conducting a digital collage storytelling project for English-speaking seniors in the Montreal area. The “History We Call Home Project” merges digital literacy, visual communication and personal history as participants learn how to use Google Slides to make a collage about their Montreal origin story. Zoe Welch is the project coordinator.

Two or three times a month, usually on Wednesdays from 2:00 to 3:30 pm, we conduct live online information sessions with Q&A on a variety of topics, including the following:

TAX-FREE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS (TFSAs)
REGISTERED RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLANS (RRSPs)
INCOME TAX
LATE-LIFE LEGAL ISSUES
WILLS and MANDATES

Everyone is welcome and admission is free, thanks to funding from the Department of Canadian Heritage of the Government of Canada.

Go here for the schedule of upcoming events and for links to videos with helpful info about personal finances.

For more information about our Financial Literacy Program, please email lverge@atwaterlibrary.ca.

From the Fall of 2025 to the early Spring of 2026, there’s an exhibition of photographs of the Dumoine River on the Atwater Library’s mezzanine (Floor 1 by elevator) next to our Adair Auditorium.

The exhibition is an initiative of CPAWS · SNAP Canada to spread awareness of the importance of the Dumoine River in western Quebec and the efforts underway to preserve its watershed.

Our YouTube channel has a video of an excellent talk on John Redpath, who was a driving force of our organization in our early years when we were known as a mechanics’ institute. The talk traces Redpath’s life and his immense contributions to the economy as well as the political and social institutions of Montreal and Canada.

The Life and Legacy of John Redpath (1796-1869): A Talk by Richard Feltoe – Nov. 21, 2024

The talk was part of our Lunchtime Series in partnership with the St. Andrew’s Society of Montreal.

Our Annual Benefit Cocktail Party was a tremendous success and raised funds that are a vital component of our lean budget for operations and programs. Held on November 6 in our own building, the gala evening featured live music by the Dave Turner Jazz Trio, an online auction and an exhibition of Montreal cartoons by Terry Mosher (Aislin) and Jacques Goldstyn (Boris). We are grateful to our generous sponsors and donors as well as all who bid in the auction and purchased tickets.

Guest of Honour Andrew Molson gave an inspirational talk about the Atwater Library’s valuable contribution to the quality of community life and termed us “cool”!

Terry Mosher aka Aislin served as emcee and our President, Bruce Bolton, paid tribute to Andrew Molson.