Trips & Social
Welcome Inside: Peterborough Petes Hockey Club
OnlineBringing Peterborough to You…Virtually! Join us for a behind the scenes tour of the Peterborough Petes Hockey Club. Shelbi Kilcollins will show us around the Memorial Centre and the Peterborough Petes' dressing room (depending on the COVID restrictions at the time), talk us through the hockey equipment and give us lots of fun hockey facts. …
Welcome Inside: Hutchison House Living History Museum
OnlineBringing Peterborough to You…Virtually! Join us for a behind the scenes tour of the Hutchison House on Brock Street in Peterborough. The house was the 1837 home of Peterborough's first physician, Dr John Hutchison. We will look around the museum and see what life was like in Peterborough in the early 1800s. As we look…
Welcome Inside: Art Gallery of Peterborough
OnlineBringing Peterborough to You…Virtually! Join us for a behind the scenes tour of the Art Gallery of Peterborough. Andrew Ihamaki, Education and Programming Coordinator at the AGP, will take us on the tour. We will see artworks from the gallery's permanent collection and a special exhibition of art reflecting life during the pandemic. Andrew will…
Welcome Inside: Peterborough Public Library
OnlineBringing Peterborough to You…Virtually! Join us for a behind the scenes tour of the Peterborough Public Library with librarian Karen Bisschop. Learn how you can join the library and access all the free books, media, and digital resources. Did you know you can read newspapers and magazines from all around the world using the library’s…
Welcome Inside: Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre
OnlineBringing Peterborough to You…Virtually! Join us for a behind the scenes tour of the Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre to learn about Ontario's native turtles and see inside the hospital that treats injured turtles before releasing them back into the wild. Stick around after the tour for the English Conversation Group. This is a great opportunity for…
National Indigenous People’s Day – Discussion with Dominique O’Bonsawin and Beading Check-In
OnlineThis year, in honour of National Indigenous People's Day, the New Canadians Centre is committed to learning more about Indigenous culture. We have partnered with Cedarlilie Bead Shop, owned and operated by Dominique O'Bonsawin, an Abenaki and French-Canadian artist, to bring you a Community Art Project to bead strawberry pins. In many Indigenous cultures, the strawberry is known as…
Welcome Inside: Peterborough City Hall
OnlineBringing Peterborough to You…Virtually! Join us for a behind the scenes tour of City Hall with City Clerk, John Kennedy. You will have a chance to see inside the city hall including the Council Chamber and other key places. We'll also learn about how Peterborough City is run and how our taxes are used. Stick…